So, last week, it seems Thom Yorke got his computer hacked and material from 1995-1998 stolen. The kidnapper was asking for 150 thousand dollars or he'd release all of it. Radiohead's response was to release legally (for a price of £18) unde the title "Minidiscs [Hacked]" to be donated to Extinction Rebellion. Or, it can be heard for free on this site: https://radiohead.bandcamp.com/

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It comprises 18 mini-discs of material recorded during the "OK Computer" album sessions. Here's a Google doc with the list of contents: https://docs.google.com/d...yo/preview

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[Edited 6/11/19 9:00am]

Probably my 2nd favorite group or artist, but 18 hours?! I probably could only do that if it was actual songs n not just noodling n whatnot, a more "focused" engagement. That being said, the first 2 minutes were actually kinda fire, sounding like Exit Music (for a film) with different lyrics . I read that some1 made a mix with just the new stuff/highlights, I'd totally be down for that shit .

In search of longer version of Paranoid Android , I dediced 2 just let 1 play (MD120) n am actually kinda into it. Like 18 minutes in, this real 90s sounding (poppy almost ballad) demo played . Don't ask me the lyrics 2 it cuz .

I love it. It's going to take me a week to get through it all though.

New releases from two of my favorite artists (Prince, Radiohead) in less than a week!

nextedition said:

I love their action on the hack. We should do this more often, just release it and the hackers have nothing anymore.

Same with bootleggers