Radiohead Releases Their Eighth Album, The King of Limbs

For any of you Radiohead fans out there, today is a great day. Today, Radiohead digitally released their eighth album, entitled The King of Limbs. The album was originally planned to be released tomorrow, but the band surprised fans by releasing it a day early. You can purchase the album at http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/ – it is currently $9 for the MP3 format and $14 for the WAV. The band will release a physical CD in the UK on March 28, and a “newspaper edition” which contains two 10” vinyl records, a variety of artwork, and a digital download.

Radiohead has a history of doing things a bit differently. The band sold their previous album – In Rainbows – online for whatever price the customer wanted to pay for it. Fans worldwide are extremely excited for this album, as it is their first since October, 2007. Radiohead has an extremely loyal international following, due to their genius (check out #’s 8 and 9 of this list), accessibility to fans, giving nature, and truly unique music.

The band has been giving their trademark non-committal answers when asked about touring for the new album, but there have been rumors that they may make an appearance at Glastonbury. Radiohead’s most recent performance was in Los Angeles, where they played specifically to benefit Oxfam America’s work in Haiti. The concert was in a small theater that fit only 1,300 people, so Radiohead auctioned the tickets and fans paid an average of $440 for them, totaling 572,000 for Oxfam.

To check out some truly strange dancing by lead-man Thom Yorke in the first released single from the album, see below.

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