Cult band also talk about their controversial record on Starbucks label
Sonic Youth's
Kim Gordon has claimed that
Radiohead showed up smaller, poorer bands with the release of 2007's
'In Rainbows', calling their release plan a "marketing ploy".
Radiohead let their fans pay as much or little as they wanted for the download release of the album, with many fans choosing to download it free.
Gordon has refuted the idea that the
Oxford band put out the album off their own backs, criticising the plan.
"They did a marketing ploy by themselves and then got someone else to put it out," she told
The Guardian.
She added: "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. }
she's completely right. I always thought this way.