First they give away In Rainbows, but now… We always thought Radiohead are officially the coolest band in the world, but reading this we’re even more convinced. Here’s what went down: in August 2009, some 50 Czech Radiohead fans organized to create a sort of flash mob-meets-Awesome; I …Shot That conceptual move at a Radiohead concert: each armed with a camcorder, they sat in the audience at Prague’s Výstaviště Holešovice Exhibition Hall and captured the band’s intense performance from numerous angles. The result is the most visceral and compelling Radiohead live footage: the Czech fans happened to capture Radiohead on one of the band’s most “on” nights ever, but in the most depth, and the rawest immediacy. The DIY project so impressed Radiohead, they’ve given the fans not just the blessing to release what they’ve done as a DVD, but also have provided high-quality audio to go along with it. It’s easy to see why Radiohead decided to get on board such a non-traditional, unexpected effort: the concert featured a near-perfect mix of familiar, beloved Radiohead songs like “The Bends” and “Exit Music (For A Film)” along with instant-classic unreleased tracks like “These Are My Twisted Words.” It’s such a compelling, entrancing document, capturing the essence of what makes Radiohead so vital more viscerally than we’ve eve noticed before. If this is yet another example of how the New Music Industry is going to work, we’re in…


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