pampelmoose: sparks + innovation — sparks + innovation

So Radiohead, arguably the world’s biggest unsigned rock band, deliver to the recording industry what I would consider the worst possible news – the band is releasing its new album itself, on its own terms without a record label, no strings attached. That they chose to do this and send this message on the first [...]

The rock band Radiohead has proved it can sell albums by the truckload, having moved more than 8.2 million units in the U.S. alone since its debut in 1993. Now, however, it’s trying to demonstrate something else: that given the choice between buying an album and taking one for free, music fans will actually pull [...]