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 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

 Yorke, Flea in Unholy Union 

Radiohead frontman teams up with 'sock-penised' Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist

Sep 29, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead purists, prepare yourselves: Frontman Thom Yorke is teaming up with, of all people, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The "sock-penised" bassist, along with Beck drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist Mauro Refosco, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, will back Yorke up as he performs material from his 2006... More »

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entertainment • music • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • Jay-ZTV • Red Hot Chili Peppers

 Radiohead: No More Albums 


Aug 11, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead has recorded its last album, frontman Thom Yorke told the Believer in a recent interview. Instead, the band will focus on download-only singles and EPs. “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again,” he said. Though the band believes... More »

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music industry • music downloads • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • album

MUSIC REVIEW

 Radiohead Stuns With 
 Anthem for WWI Vet 


Aug 10, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead made waves when they let fans download their last album for whatever price they wanted, yet a new online-only track has been released in the past week to far less fanfare. "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)" commemorates the last British veteran of World War I, who died last... More »

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music • veterans • music downloads • British military • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • World War I

 Radiohead on 
 Miley 'Feud': 
 Grow Up 

Band responds to her threat to 'ruin them'

Mar 13, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The members of Radiohead don't seem too worried about Miley Cyrus' threat to "ruin them" issued after they passed on meeting her at the Grammys, MTV reports. "When Miley grows up, she'll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement," the band told Us Weekly. Hannah... More »

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Kanye West • feud • Radiohead • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards

Miley Vows to 'Ruin' Radiohead After Snub

Band's refusal to say hello has starlet fuming

Mar 6, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Rockers Radiohead aren’t huge Hannah Montana fans, the Daily Mirror reports. Miley Cyrus tells a Portland radio station she’s bent after the band snubbed her at the Grammy Awards. “My manager asked and said, you know, ‘Miley, she’s really obsessed and she’d really like... More »

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Kanye West • Radiohead • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards

 Krauss, Plant Win 
 Big at Grammys 

Telecast short on awards, long on performances

Feb 9, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant boasted the highest number of Grammys last night, grabbing five awards, including honors for Album of the Year for Raising Sand, E! reports. Other big winners included Lil Wayne, who scooped up four Grammys, and Coldplay, which snagged three awards, including one for Best Rock... More »

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awards • award show • USC • Robert Plant • Radiohead • Alison Krauss • Grammy Awards • Lil Wayne • Coldplay

Lil Wayne Grabs
8 Grammy Nominations

Coldplay comes in second with 7, including one for album of the year

Dec 4, 08 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Lil Wayne led the field at the Grammy nominations last night, AP reports. The rapper's eight nominations included one for album of the year for Tha Carter III—the first album to go platinum in its debut week since 2005. Coldplay came in second with seven nominations, which also included... More »

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Robert Plant • Radiohead • Alison Krauss • Grammy Awards • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • Recording Academy • Ne-Yo • Katy Perry • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty • Lil Wayne going to jail

Rockers Form Group to Fight for Rights

Coalition aims to give UK bards more control over copyright

Oct 4, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of British rock stars have joined together to form an organization that seeks more control over the music they create, the Guardian reports. The manifesto of the Featured Artists' Coalition calls for bands to have much more say over copyright—one of the issues that spurred founding members Radiohead... More »

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music industry • rock stars • copyright • file sharing • union • musician • Pink Floyd • Radiohead

Music Biz
Can't Dodge Piracy: Study

It's time to embrace 'incredibly popular' sites, say authors

Aug 4, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Offering fans cheap online access to music doesn't make a dent in illegal downloads, a new study of Radiohead’s latest album shows. Although In Rainbows was released online for whatever fans wanted to pay, it was illegally downloaded millions of times, reports the Financial Times. The study advocates accepting... More »

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music industry • piracy • copyright • Radiohead • P2P • illegal downloading • In Rainbows

 Stones Exit EMI, 
 Jump to Universal 

Post-1971 catalogue comes with Jagger & Co., who take potshot at now-former label

Jul 25, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After the latest skirmish between EMI’s new owner and the recording label’s bands, the Rolling Stones have fled for Universal—in a $15 million deal that includes rights to all Stones releases since 1971. Mick Jagger & Co. knocked EMI on the way out the door, the Times... More »

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Rolling Stones • Universal Music Group • EMI • Radiohead • record label

 Concert Sales 
 Slump as Gas
 Prices Climb 

Pump prices on top of tickets breaking the bank

Jun 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soaring gas prices are turning down the volume on ticket sales for this year’s summer tours, Rolling Stone reports. Major festivals like Bonnaroo and Coachella didn’t sell out—a rare occurrence—while top acts like George Michael, Maroon 5, and Stevie Wonder are facing difficulty finding fans. That... More »

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music • music industry • Stevie Wonder • Madonna • Radiohead • ticket sales • George Michael • Maroon 5 • Bonnaroo • summer tours

 Radiohead Inspires
 Short-Lived Museum 

Tower Records outlet in Tokyo displays rarities from act—but only until tomorrow

Jun 4, 08 8:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Tokyo music store is turning itself into a Radiohead museum, notes newyork-tokyo.com blogger Taeko Saito—but fans have only another day to get there. The Tower Records outlet in Shibuya has rare records and footage on display, and even towels used to wipe the sweat off frontman Thom... More »

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Japan • Radiohead • Thom Yorke • Tower Records

 Green Bands 
 Can't Stop Fans 
 From Polluting 

Rock armies have to reach the show somehow

May 30, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's not easy being a green band. While touring musicians try to cut their carbon footprints with biodiesel buses and recycling, fans wreak environmental havoc, reports Rolling Stone. The venues arena rockers need sit miles outside of city centers, forcing concertgoers to gas up and hit the road. And... More »

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environment • pollution • rock bands • Radiohead • carbon emissions • concert tour

 Radiohead to Fans:
 Get Animated 

Band offers $10K, Cartoon Network exposure for music video

Mar 20, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Radiohead is breaking new ground again—this time asking fans to make an animated video for any song on its pay-what-you-want In Rainbows album. The band itself will choose the grand-prize winner, who’ll get $10,000 to animate a full-length version. Would-be competitors have until April 27 to submit... More »

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music industry • contest • animation • music videos • Radiohead • Nine Inch Nails • In Rainbows • Aniboom.com

OPINION

NIN Nails the Recording Industry

Trent Reznor's self-released album cements new business model

Mar 6, 08 9:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The early success of Nine Inch Nails' experiment on the Internet may mean that Armageddon is one step closer for the recording industry, writes Tony Sclafani for MSNBC. The industrial rock powerhouse released a new album on its website Sunday without a label's support, and the response has been both... More »

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music industry • Radiohead • Nine Inch Nails • Trent Reznor • Intrescope • Internet music

Nine Inch Nails Releases New Album Online

Ghosts I-IV follows Radiohead-style tiered-pricing model

Mar 3, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Nine Inch Nails followed in the Radiohead revolution's footsteps yesterday, self-releasing a 36-track instrumental record online without warning and announcing an elaborate set of pricing options. You can pay nothing and listen to the first nine songs, “100% DRM-free,” and enjoy a pile of extras, Pitchfork Media reports.... More »

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copyright • Radiohead • Nine Inch Nails • Creative Commons • self-release • Trent Reznor • Saul Williams • Ghosts I-IV • online release • In Rainbows

Radiohead Album Offered Free Online Tops Charts

'In Rainbows' still popular even after months of free downloads

Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Rock band Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows" debuted in the No. 1 spot in record sales on Billboard charts this week despite being available for free on the band's website for months. The down side: only 122,000 copies were sold—good but not great—and the release topped... More »

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music • music downloads • digital downloads • Radiohead • Capitol Records • Billboard charts • music label

Most-Traded Music, Movies and TV Shows of 2007

Shop Boyz, Heroes, Resident Evil excite most P2P users

Jan 1, 08 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs:
  1. Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star"
  2. Akon, "I Wanna Luv U"
  3. Sean Kingston,
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television • music • Heroes • list • file sharing • Radiohead • Akon • T Pain • movies

Radiohead
to Webcast Show on New Year's Eve

Tech-savvy group celebrates 'new' CD

Dec 27, 07 9:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Radiohead will celebrate the CD release of its buzz-generating new album In Rainbows by streaming a pre-recorded concert on its website at midnight on New Year’s Eve. The band broke new ground by first releasing the album online under a pay-what-you-want formula. The New Year's Eve show will include... More »

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webcast • concert • album release • Radiohead • Thom Yorke

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