In an interview with The Guardian, Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon took a closer look at Radiohead’s recent “pay-what-you-want” business model: “I don’t really think they did it by themselves. They did a marketing ploy by themselves and then got someone else to put it out. It seemed really community-oriented, but it wasn’t catered towards their musician brothers and sisters, who don’t sell as many records as them. It makes everyone else look bad for not offering their music for whatever.” (via P4k)
Sonic Youth’s latest, The Eternal, is out next Tuesday on Matador.
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June 5th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Sonic Youth is on the cover of the new issue of Signal To Noise. Sunn0))) interview too. Just got it in my mailbox today!
June 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
NO SHIT! The entire music industry knows it was a marketing ploy by Radiohead.
Sony was set to release it physically and digitally.
Duh!
June 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
ok kim go design jeans for urban outfitters and play marc jacob parties and stop hating
June 5th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
damn right they didnt do it for their “musician brothers and sisters” they did it for the fans. too bad for you if you cant sell as well as radiohead. play better/more important music and you will.
success in the music business is not “whats good for the goose is good for the gander” politics. every fucking band for themselves and radiohead is smart when it comes to how they want their fans to perceive/appreciate them.
the only bands who can really whine about this are indie bands with a fraction of the success that kim deal and sonic youth have had. poor kim deal, not being able to choose all the options on her brand new cars….
June 8th, 2009 at 10:50 am
hk – it’s Kim GORDON. Kim Deal was in the Pixies and the Breeders.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:51 am
IS in the Pixies/Breeders.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
After reading the article, I feel that I need more info. Can you suggest some resources ?
p.s. Year One is already on the Internet and you can watch it for free.