Radiohead:In Rainbows

Radiohead’s new album “In Rainbows” will be this week’s major release — they are releasing it independently and allowing fans to set the purchase price to download the album (even free): http://www.inrainbows.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Rainbows http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/16654550/radioheads_in_rainbows_trackbytrack_preview

Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor has followed suit and split from  Universal.  Both bands have a strong fan-base — it’s like the postpunk era again (Simon Reynolds’ “Rip It Up And Start Again” has some great chapters that end with MTV’s start).