The Hold Steady Slam Radiohead And Muse

The Hold Steady have hit out at Radiohead's decision to allow fans to pay what they wanted for their latest album 'In Rainbows'.

Guitarist Tad Kubler said he was lost by the bands decision, which, he said, showed how they were “trying too hard not to be Radiohead.”

Radiohead were widely praised last year for revolutionising the music industry with their honesty-box principle, which Gigwise understands attracted 1.2million downloads in the first twenty-four hours.

"I think they've lost the plot. What are they doing? Where are they going? What's happening? I don't get it any more. They lost me,” he told BBC 6Music.

“I still appreciate what they're doing, or what they're trying to do. But I think they're trying too hard not to be Radiohead. That seems a little ridiculous to me".

He continued: "I like them as a rock band, all the buttons and sequencing and stuff like that I don't really care for. I'm a fan of rock music and what they're doing now I don't think is very good.

“When you have that kind of money, you can put on a great performance regardless of what you do. If you can't go out and pick up your instruments and play a good show, that doesn't do it for me. I don't have any interest in that".

Speaking at last weekend's V Festival, Kubler also hit out at the event's headliner, Muse, saying that their music “doesn't do it for me".

But he did praise Oasis, saying: "I love Oasis. I love them. I think that what they do is earnest. I think it's honest. When they get up and do what they do, it's one take and they get up and they perform. I trust Noel Gallagher to do a good job with the record".