Giant screams of “Oh MY GOD!” catapulted across our apartment this morning as Sean discovered that Radiohead’s new album, In Rainbows is not only being released in less than 2 weeks with absolutely no lead up or warning, but it is available for download only from their website.

How is that for an “Up Yours!” to record companies the world over?!

Hah! Only Radiohead could pull this off. A special discbox version of the album will be released in December, however you can only get that via their website and you need to order it as each album is made to order. Its a fancy shmancy vinyls/album/photographic journey/ artwork dealio made especially for fans.

This is music history. No other band has ever attempted to say ‘we can do this without your money’, no other band has stuck it so royally to the money grubbing, control freak, commercial arsekissers that are record companies.

Oh and the absolute kicker of this whole thing…when you pre-order the download, they ask YOU if you would like to donate towards the making of the album. You have a choice as to whether or not you pay for Radiohead’s newest album.

History in the making, kiddos. What a splendid day to be a music fan.