Remix Radiohead's "Reckoner" in iTunes

Radiohead may be the one band around today that truly cannot be placed into one genre of music; they've created one of their own. Not only does the band bring something so different to the table (whether you like them or not), but the band truly stands for what they believe in and lives by their principles, without forcing their beliefs upon others and being overtly preachy. If you think the price of their streams are a "rip off"- don't buy them. Regardless of what one says, the fact remains that the band is offering other people to share in their love and passion for music by adding personal touches to their various "in rainbows" tracks. The band also encourages people to then share their creativity with others. Sure, they might not be the first band to do this, but to call them poseurs is absolutely ridiculous.

Those guys who are talking this down need to seriously think again. We spend out entire lives on sites like TUAW and DIGG saying how it sucks the music industry has us by the balls and how they use outdated methods to generate revenue that alienates the end user/audience. What Radiohead is doing should be applauded regardless of whether they are the first, the second or the hundredth band to try this. Ultimately they are innovating, engaging directly with their fans and should be supported.

TY! - I was thinking the same thing as the first comment - nin gets no press for doing a lot of innovative things - how can you challenge the record business if your on a major label?

F Radiohead, a lot. Seriously, what a bunch of poseurs. "Come get our free album! It was recorded with a string, two soup cans and a wax cylinder!"

"Stems" is what ProTools calls them, IIRC. A 'stem' being a submix of a bunch of tracks.

While I love Radiohead, they keep getting credit for things Nine Inch Nails does better. Trent Reznor has been consistently doing this, releasing their last album free in any audio quality imaginable. Also, when you remix a Nails song (of which many have been released in GarageBand) you do not lose ownership of the track after uploading in to the NIN Remix site. I just get frustrated hearing about Radiohead "breaking new ground" again and again.