Comments on: “In Rainbows” Turns One: Where Are We Now? http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:57:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733362 Maura Johnston Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:25:33 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733362 <p>hey nine inch nails stans, take it easy. i wasn't saying that reznor copied radiohead. i was saying that his experiments came after radiohead's (true) and improved on them in a big way (also true).</p> <p>jeez, you try to compliment a guy and this is the thanks you get...</p> hey nine inch nails stans, take it easy. i wasn’t saying that reznor copied radiohead. i was saying that his experiments came after radiohead’s (true) and improved on them in a big way (also true).

jeez, you try to compliment a guy and this is the thanks you get…

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733402 Anonymous Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:53:39 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733402 <p>Tiny little correction, a mistake journalists always seem to make. Trent Reznor did not "run away" with Radiohead's idea. Even before he left Interscope Records he used to talk about releasing his albums this way.</p> <p>Here's an interview from May 2007, 5 months before "In Rainbows" :</p> <p>"I've have one record left that I owe a major label, then I will never be seen in a situation like this again. If I could do what I want right now, I would put out my next album, you could download it from my site at as high a bit-rate as you want, pay $4 through PayPal. Come see the show and buy a T-shirt if you like it. I would put out a nicely packaged merchandise piece, if you want to own a physical thing. And it would come out the day that it's done in the studio, not this "Let's wait three months" bulls---."</p> <p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21741980-5006024,00.html">[www.news.com.au]</a></p> Tiny little correction, a mistake journalists always seem to make. Trent Reznor did not “run away” with Radiohead’s idea. Even before he left Interscope Records he used to talk about releasing his albums this way.

Here’s an interview from May 2007, 5 months before “In Rainbows” :

“I’ve have one record left that I owe a major label, then I will never be seen in a situation like this again. If I could do what I want right now, I would put out my next album, you could download it from my site at as high a bit-rate as you want, pay $4 through PayPal. Come see the show and buy a T-shirt if you like it. I would put out a nicely packaged merchandise piece, if you want to own a physical thing. And it would come out the day that it’s done in the studio, not this “Let’s wait three months” bulls—.”

[www.news.com.au]

]]> By: DocStrange http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733432 DocStrange Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:46:12 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733432 <p>I've noticed a rise in record labels and bands releasing the lead single for free online in advance of the album or releasing a free song by other means. So far the list includes: Foxboro Hot Tubs, Sigur Ros, The Offspring, The Streets, Nine Inch Nails ("Discipline" and "Echoplex" before <i>The Slip</i>), Los Campesinos!, Coldplay, Slipknot and Franz Ferdinand.</p> I’ve noticed a rise in record labels and bands releasing the lead single for free online in advance of the album or releasing a free song by other means. So far the list includes: Foxboro Hot Tubs, Sigur Ros, The Offspring, The Streets, Nine Inch Nails (”Discipline” and “Echoplex” before The Slip), Los Campesinos!, Coldplay, Slipknot and Franz Ferdinand.

]]> By: amrcanpoet http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733442 amrcanpoet Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:34:58 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733442 <p>"The phrase "the Radiohead model" was misused approximately 10,000,00 times by lazy journalists."</p> <p>Lazy journalists also don't edit before publishing.</p> “The phrase “the Radiohead model” was misused approximately 10,000,00 times by lazy journalists.”

Lazy journalists also don’t edit before publishing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733372 Anonymous Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:16:08 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733372 <p>ASH has it totally correct. Trent Reznor had this idea originally it toke him some time to create something to use it on. Where as Radiohead read what he said and had a something to use it for already created. Radiohead used it as a marketing tool. Trent used it as a way to thank fans and to avoid the corporate thievery of the record industry.</p> ASH has it totally correct. Trent Reznor had this idea originally it toke him some time to create something to use it on. Where as Radiohead read what he said and had a something to use it for already created. Radiohead used it as a marketing tool. Trent used it as a way to thank fans and to avoid the corporate thievery of the record industry.

]]> By: indiefolkforever http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733412 indiefolkforever Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:54:40 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733412 <p>The new Ryland Bouchard (formerly The Robot Ate Me) uber deluxe release is pretty jaw-dropping, just for the indie-to-extravangance ratio alone.</p> <p>Seeds Box Set:<br> -FOUR 7" COLORED VINYL RECORDS.<br> -BOOK W/ILLUSTRATIONS BY DANIEL GIBSON.<br> -ENGRAVED & NUMBERED WOOD HOLDING BOX.<br> -HAND SILK-SCREENED T-SHIRT & CARRYING BAG.<br> -FULL LENGTH CD WITH ALL FOUR EP's.<br> -FULL LENGTH CD OF B-SIDES/UNRELEASED TRACKS.<br> -DVD W/VIDEOS + EXTRAS. EXPLICIT CONTENT.<br> -HAND SILK-SCREENED POSTER, MISC ITEMS.<br> -WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN STORES.<br> -LIMITED RUN OF 500 COPIES.</p> <p><a href="http://www.rylandbouchard.com/">[www.rylandbouchard.com]</a></p> <p>I love The Robot Ate Me, but this is a little rich for my taste ($100 pre-order...)</p> The new Ryland Bouchard (formerly The Robot Ate Me) uber deluxe release is pretty jaw-dropping, just for the indie-to-extravangance ratio alone.

Seeds Box Set:
-FOUR 7″ COLORED VINYL RECORDS.
-BOOK W/ILLUSTRATIONS BY DANIEL GIBSON.
-ENGRAVED & NUMBERED WOOD HOLDING BOX.
-HAND SILK-SCREENED T-SHIRT & CARRYING BAG.
-FULL LENGTH CD WITH ALL FOUR EP’s.
-FULL LENGTH CD OF B-SIDES/UNRELEASED TRACKS.
-DVD W/VIDEOS + EXTRAS. EXPLICIT CONTENT.
-HAND SILK-SCREENED POSTER, MISC ITEMS.
-WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN STORES.
-LIMITED RUN OF 500 COPIES.

[www.rylandbouchard.com]

I love The Robot Ate Me, but this is a little rich for my taste ($100 pre-order…)

]]> By: AL http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733382 AL Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:39:54 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733382 <p>There was also, of course, Girl Talk, who went so far as to allow a free download in addition to the "pay whatever you like" model.</p> <p>And just yesterday I saw that Shinkoyo records, a label run by Brooklyn-based band Skeletons, recently put up it's entire back catalog on a pay what you like plan. This is interesting in that Skeletons and the other acts on Shinkoyo certainly don't have a substantial fanbase, but I suppose this works for them in that most of these albums were only printed in very limited editions in the first place, so any money they might make from the downloads is a bonus.<br> <a href="http://www.shinkoyo.com/">[www.shinkoyo.com]</a></p> There was also, of course, Girl Talk, who went so far as to allow a free download in addition to the “pay whatever you like” model.

And just yesterday I saw that Shinkoyo records, a label run by Brooklyn-based band Skeletons, recently put up it’s entire back catalog on a pay what you like plan. This is interesting in that Skeletons and the other acts on Shinkoyo certainly don’t have a substantial fanbase, but I suppose this works for them in that most of these albums were only printed in very limited editions in the first place, so any money they might make from the downloads is a bonus.
[www.shinkoyo.com]

]]> By: Richaod http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733392 Richaod Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:34:01 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733392 <p>Ehh, it's not really Nickelback doing it so much as Roadrunner. They've done the "available free for 24 hours thing" for Slipknot, Trivium etc. and it seems to work.</p> <p>Personally I got so inundated with RCRD LBL/Pitchfork/Stereogum mp3s that I spent more time deleting than listening to them... so I've almost had too much free music. :P</p> Ehh, it’s not really Nickelback doing it so much as Roadrunner. They’ve done the “available free for 24 hours thing” for Slipknot, Trivium etc. and it seems to work.

Personally I got so inundated with RCRD LBL/Pitchfork/Stereogum mp3s that I spent more time deleting than listening to them… so I’ve almost had too much free music. :P

]]> By: galactushungers http://idolator.com/5061657/in-rainbows-turns-one-where-are-we-now/comment-page-1#comment-733422 galactushungers Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:03:06 +0000 925f547c97e2cc9460a4196191b76dc3#comment-733422 <p>Radiohead's "model" still just a novelty, though. The fact that the quality of the album is last on the list is pretty telling, and no one's even talking about how good (or bad) NIN's free albums are.</p> Radiohead’s “model” still just a novelty, though. The fact that the quality of the album is last on the list is pretty telling, and no one’s even talking about how good (or bad) NIN’s free albums are.

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