Radiohead, NIN... Journey?

The New York Times has a story about Wal-Mart's recent deals with artists that cut out record companies, who are increasingly becoming unneeded middlemen. A quote:

"In some ways, the arrangements that Wal-Mart has made with Journey and the Eagles represent the mainstream equivalent of the path that artists like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have taken by releasing albums on the Internet without a traditional label."

In other news, Journey's new album features the band's third singer in three years (above, posing dramatically in front).