<![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:06:55 EDT Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:06:55 EDT http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2619982 @Lucas Jensen: Well, when I tried jumping on a couple of hours ago, the site didn't come up immediately so I thought there's no point in trying to make an internet purchase on an unreliable server.

I couldn't wait any longer and ended up downloading it from the bay in 10min. It's a good album. :)

bruzie

]]> 33:309139:c2619982 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:06:55 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2619975 I really like the songs, and as an electronic music nerd it's fun to play 'spot the Ondines Martinot' and 'Spot the Max Patch.'

One thing I must say about it: I won't feel like I've really heard it until I get the box and listen to the vinyl and/or CD. 160kbps MP3 files kinda blow; I encode everything I listen to at 320kbps VBR, which sounds so close to the uncompressed original that I doubt anyone could pick out the MP3s in a blind test.

It sounds like listening to FM radio on cheap boombox. Doesn't obscure the good things about the songs, but it's fatiguing to try and hear everything that's going on behind the cloud of encoding grunge. I'm tempted to run it through a BBE Exciter and re-encode it.

chaircrusher

]]> 33:309139:c2619975 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:06:10 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2619759 @bruzie: A smoking ruin? I bought it again today no problem. Took me 5 minutes.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:309139:c2619759 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:53:06 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2619026 is anybody going to tell me WHY this is good? "track 3 has keyboards". "thom sounds - yes - funky!" "very good indeed". "radiohead". none of it makes me any less baffled.

ass-hat

]]> 33:309139:c2619026 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:10:11 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2619023 @Catbirdseat: just another conspiracy theory. A well founded one though.

loudersoft

]]> 33:309139:c2619023 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:10:04 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2618935 Honestly as much as I love Radiohead (I did buy the diskbox for christ's sake) I don't see how this, or NIN giving their albums away on the net is going to change anything. You're still going to have record labels because crap bands like Nickelback, and Avril are still going to go by the old model because they want to be super rich, and they want that "safety" of a major label. This is a cool thing to do, and cheers to Radiohead for doing it, but this isn't going to change anything as long as we still have "musicians" who buy into the "we need a label to put out our music and tell us what to do" method of being a rock star.

wakeupbomb

]]> 33:309139:c2618935 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:04:59 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2618707 As their server(s) are a smoking ruin, I'll get this from a (dis)reputable source (when I'm not using a work computer) and then pop along in a few days to 'make a direct donation' to the band when they get back up and running.

Maybe I should chip in a bit more to 'pay' for the copy of 'Hail to the Thief' that I also downloaded (lousy stinkin' DRM)

bruzie

]]> 33:309139:c2618707 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:53:02 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2618005 (that comment was re: Loudersoft, btw)

Catbirdseat

]]> 33:309139:c2618005 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:09:27 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2617994 Where did this "10 servers" business come from? I can't find any references to it anywhere other than the lone blog post you quoted from today.

Does just making something up totally out of thin air now qualify it to be "rumored as?"

Catbirdseat

]]> 33:309139:c2617994 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:08:55 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2617275 It's already up on eBay:

[cgi.ebay.com]

mike a

]]> 33:309139:c2617275 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:20:54 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2617255 @Lucas Jensen: You and me both.

And yes, it's really good.

dana danger

]]> 33:309139:c2617255 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:19:49 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2616917 I really enjoyed it from start to finish.

Quine

]]> 33:309139:c2616917 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:57:45 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2616205 It's very good. Like it a lot.

Ned Raggett

]]> 33:309139:c2616205 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:08:06 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2616194 @zackbowman: As I stated in my earlier comment, my download took a whopping thirty seconds.

I was amazed.

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

]]> 33:309139:c2616194 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:07:18 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2616084 If the process of getting the album on the first day was anything, it was technically flawed because of what an immense undertaking it was to get deliver that many copies from 10 servers (10 years, released on 10th with 10 days notice on 10 servers etc.).

I listened to it all night long and didnt get to bed until 4am.

loudersoft

]]> 33:309139:c2616084 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:00:07 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2615641 @Lucas Jensen:

I got mine off rapidshare because the actual download from Radiohead was stuck. Damn their fans!

zackbowman

]]> 33:309139:c2615641 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:26:16 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2615601 I'll tell you what it means.

PREH-SHURE!

Dickdogfood

]]> 33:309139:c2615601 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:23:17 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2615415 Why would you ever get it from Rapidshare? I just don't understand people. Just get it from the band themselves. At least they can know how many people did it. I desperately want this experiment to work. I feel like what they are doing--making their music available to everybody with a computer--is so empowering. The average band can give their stuff away for free, but nobody would care. To have a big band do it: well, that's something. And I take no small amount of delight in the subversion of the traditional promo CD philosophy, and not just for the astounding environmental implications.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:309139:c2615415 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:07:41 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2615360 it's a nice listen and all, but i doubt i'll have any desire to hear it again once a few days pass. GOOD THING I GOT IT FOR FREE.

it seems that the Rapidshare, et al. links are being pulled down rather fast though

AL

]]> 33:309139:c2615360 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:03:03 EDT <![CDATA[Adding To The Noise: Idolator's Two-Listen <i>In Rainbows</i> Review]]> http://idolator.com/tunes/.leak.-of-the-day/adding-to-the-noise-idolators-two+listen-in-rainbows-review-309139.php#c2615207 Wait, there's a new Radiohead record out today? Better get myself to Wal-Mart ASAP!!!

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:309139:c2615207 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:53:24 EDT