- by Scott Colothan
- Wednesday, January 02, 2008
- Photo by: Katie Lincoln
- filed in: Indie
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Thom Yorke has accused record companies of getting in the way of the relationship between bands and fans and claims that they also take all the cash.
The Radiohead frontman was speaking once again about ‘In Rainbows’ being released as a ‘pay-as-you-like’ digital download and had some harsh words for record labels.
He said: “We have a moral justification in what we did in the sense that the majors and the big infrastructure of the music business has not addressed the way artists communicate directly with their fans.
"In fact, they seem to basically get in the way. Not only do they get in the way, but they take all the cash."
Yorke continued to Radio 4’s Today programme that it was important that the band gave ‘In Rainbows’ a physical release as well as a download.
He said: "We didn't want it to be a big announcement about 'everything's over except the internet, the internet's the future', 'cause that's utter rubbish. And it's really important to have an artefact as well, as they call it, an object."
Meanwhile in totally unrelated Thom Yorke news, to see the Radiohead man laughing like a girl, watch the clip below. It’s fucking hilarious.
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