Urban Hat€monger ?

The Downliners Sekt are a group on musicians from London who for the past 3 or 4 years have been offering their music free online with an option to donate money.

On the subject of Radiohead they say this...

Its quite frustrating when people tell us 'Cool! Like Radiohead!'. It seems those guys turned themselves into free music scene leaders within 3 months, making more money than any fuckwit on a major label.
Since our first release we offered the option to download the album for free or donate what one thought was worth paying. That was 3 years ago, and we weren't the first ones.
Mr Radiohead turns up with his cool new idea and his 160 fucking kbps and the world bows to his mediocrity. This is how they hijacked for their own sake a social phenomenon and turned it into a marketing tool to promote their physical release.
Because of the low quality of the files, the lack of artwork and credits, and huge difference between the free release mixes of the free release and the commercial ones, we quickly assumed they didn't take the radical path.
Radiohead becomes number one on the bestselling charts, and the industry wins another battle in its propaganda devaluing the quality of mp3 releases.

I thought it was an interesting point of view that in a way i've never really looked at it before. Without irate Radiohead fans who probably just think 'they're jealous of Radiohead success' does anyone think they have a point?

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