Tom Smith of Editors spent yesterday slagging off Radiohead, calling the release of In Rainbows ’selfish’. He initially went on BBC 6 Music to protest that Ed O’Brien’s recent comments about file-sharing had conflicted with the release of the Oxford band’s last album two years ago:

It’s a weird thing to say that but in giving it away for free, it didn’t feel like it had any connection to the bigger problem and it was selfish. It’s like music is just background [for file-sharers], you can just grab bits and pieces rather than an album as a whole. But I think the big artists have a responsibility for the smaller artists, to speak up when things are going wrong. I also find it weird that they [Radiohead] gave their album away for free. I think that’s in direct conflict to [taking a stance against file sharing].

He then went on NME Radio later that day to clarify his original comments:

I’m not saying they [Radiohead] started a problem, I’m not spearheading a campaign against them. The problem is devaluing music. Radiohead gave away their record for free… big bands have responsibility for small bands.

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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Max
Filed under: Albums, News