An article about musicians protesting the use of their tunes to torture prisoners begins with "March Of The Pigs" "blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate" at the U.S. Military detention center in Iraq where it "hit Prisoner No.... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR UPSET HIS MUSIC USED TO TORTURE PRISONERS, DUDE FROM DROWNING POOL NOT SO MUCH»
Posted on December 12, 2008 (62 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Drowning Pool | Massive Attack | Nine Inch Nails | Trent Reznor | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Nine Inch Nail was going to have James Cameron's crew film his upcoming tour in 3D for theatrical release/DVD. He was even adding an extra show that would've turned into a free filming and "thank you" party, but he... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR BLAMES FORMER LABEL FOR SQUASHING 3D FILM »
Posted on December 5, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Nine Inch Nails | Trent Reznor
People seeing NIN's mind-blowing live spectacle this tour have also been treated to persistent backdrop-blowing BSODs. Thing is, Trent's a Mac guy -- so consider those Windows error messages all part of the act (and subliminal jabs at MCRSFT). If... CONTINUE READING NINE INCH FAILS»
Posted on September 11, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh It wasn't always smooth, but it was definitely memorable: Lollapalooza's top-heavy booking panned out this year, giving each night a bit of magic and each day an air of anticipation. Day Last didn't exactly... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 4, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Black Kids | Blues Traveler | Chromeo | Girl Talk | Gnarls Barkley | Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | Lollapalooza | Mark Ronson | Nine Inch Nails | Saul Williams | SXSW | Trent Reznor
The first annual Pemberton Festival, in the city of the same name in British Columbia, Canada, definitely did its work attracting the right names to attract the right attention -- Tom Petty, Nine Inch Nails, Jay-Z, Coldplay, the Flaming Lips,... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM PEMBERTON FESTIVAL»
Posted on July 29, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Chromeo | Coldplay | Death Cab For Cutie | Grand Ole Party | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Matisyahu | Metric | MSTRKRFT | My Morning Jacket | N.E.R.D. | Nine Inch Nails | Pemberton | Sam Roberts Band | Serj Tankian | SXSW | The Flaming Lips | Tom Petty | Tragically Hip | Vampire Weekend | Wolfmother
We've all been following Courtney Love's blogged beef with Ryan Adams. In a new post she takes a break to write at length about her brief, intense relationship with Mr. NIN and that, sadly, she's planning to stop blogging: "EMBARRASSES... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY TALKS ABOUT TRENT REZNOR, BLOG HIATUS»
Posted on July 25, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | Nine Inch Nails | Trent Reznor
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. Okay, I'll admit it: I fell for the cover trick. It's Kerrang!, right?... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: KERRANG!, JULY 4, 1998»
Posted on July 22, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Billy Corgan | Courtney Love | Kim Gordon | Nine Inch Nails | Sonic Youth | The Smashing Pumpkins
People are rightfully enjoying Microcastle, Deerhunter's Heasley-eque followup to 2006's Cryptograms. Most of us have seen and heard most of it, but you might not have all the facts or artwork. For instance, access iTunes: the leak had a couple... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER'S MICROCASTLE ALBUM ART & "GAME OF DIAMONDS" (DEMO)»
Posted on July 10, 2008 in , , (11 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter | Nine Inch Nails
From what we know, Trent's upcoming North American trek is gonna be an all-out A/V assault, and possibly maybe like nothing you've ever seen: The NYT mentioned Reznor was collaborating with his go-to graphics guy Rob Sheridan and the Montreal-based... CONTINUE READING NINE INCH NAILS WARM UP FOR THE TOUR WITH "1,000,000"»
Posted on June 23, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails
In a New York Times piece from this weekend called "Frustration and Fury: Take It. It's Free.," Jon Pareles visits Trent Reznor's place "on the outskirts of Beverly Hills," where there's an ever-expanding kitchen renovation in the works; in fact,... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR PREPS MUSIC SOFTWARE, TV SHOW, LIVE SHOW, AND COMES OFF REALLY WELL WHILE TALKING ABOUT IT»
Posted on June 9, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Trent Reznor
Maybe you're still absorbing Ghosts and "Discipline" (and no longer absorbing NiggyTardust!, or however you spell it), but if you head on over to theslip.nin.com/ you'll find a note from Trent -- who must be taking a break from all... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR CAN'T STOP GIVING STUFF AWAY FOR FREE»
Posted on May 5, 2008 in , (29 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Trent Reznor
Some details leaked a few weeks back, but now you can peruse the full line-up for Virgin's Baltimore stop and decide whether to shell out the $175 (plus $175 for gas). The third annual Virgin East Coast delivers some familiar... CONTINUE READING BOB DYLAN, CHUCK BERRY JOIN USUAL SUSPECTS FOR VIRGIN FEST 2008»
Posted on April 28, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Foo Fighters | Jack Johnson | Kanye West | Lil Wayne | Moby | Nine Inch Nails | Stone Temple Pilots | Underworld | Virgin Mobile Festival | Wilco
When Trent blogged about "Discipline" Tuesday night, some of you were amused by this part of his post: We're considering a real-time live webcast of me signing 2,500 copies of the just-arrived, super-ultra-mega-deluxe GHOSTS edition all day Thursday. These really... CONTINUE READING WATCH TRENT REZNOR SIGN 2,500 CDS»
Posted on April 24, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails
Just weeks after unleashing Ghosts to our machines, Trent Reznor delivers another exciting freebie. It's a rock song you will probably like! "Discipline" was released to radio today (how quaint) and will be available for download on nin.com, where Trent... CONTINUE READING NEW NINE INCH NAILS - "DISCIPLINE"»
Posted on April 22, 2008 in (36 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr | Nine Inch Nails | SXSW
Last week, Chicago Sun-Times's Jim DeRogatis leaked over a dozen names performing at this summer's 45th annual Lollapalooza festival, including the Alternative Nation power troika of Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, and Nine Inch Nails. Lollafounder Perry Farrell responded in... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 FULL LINE-UP REVEALED»
Posted on April 6, 2008 (68 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Jim DeRogatis | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
Just when we were thinking we could get away with just one trip to Chicago this summer, Lolla drops details on the sort of lineup we were expecting to see from the Coachella folks a few months ago. Jim DeRo... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 HEADLINERS, PARTIAL LINEUP LEAKED»
Posted on April 4, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Gnarls Barkley | Grizzly Bear | Kanye West | Lollapalooza | Nine Inch Nails | Radiohead | Rage Against The Machine | The Raconteurs | Wilco
Or, Reznor Vs. In Rainbows, if you will. As you all know, they've both found success experimenting with album price points in a big way, and debuting music online. And rumor has it they'll both be headlining Lolla '08. On... CONTINUE READING REZNOR VS. RADIOHEAD»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in (28 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Thom Yorke | Trent Reznor
We'd just finished reading Chris Anderson's Wired piece extolling the virtues of businesses' move toward making everything "Free!" when the tipline blew up saying Trent did just that. Again. So, wake up and start downloading, T. Rez is getting Niggy... CONTINUE READING DOWNLOAD NINE INCH NAILS' GHOSTS I-IV»
Posted on March 2, 2008 (37 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Nine Inch Nails | Peter Bjorn And John
Yeah, the industry keeps on shifting. TVT, the New York-based independent label that brought us Nine Inch Nails back in the day, has reportedly "terminated" most of its employees and is filing for Chapter 11. Looks like the Polyphonic Spree, Pitbull, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Pitbull, Ambulance LTD, and Ying Yang Twins are without a home. Still no word on how this will affect Lil' Jon's forthcoming Crunk Rock. TVT's been in a protracted and costly legal battle with Cash Money Click and, yes, nobody buys records anymore, but we blame the whole mess on Punk Goes Crunk. Just because.
Posted on February 19, 2008 (11 comments)
Once upon a time, Trent seemed to offer the ultimate sanction of piracy when he told Australia to steal his shit. We fast-forward four months to find Trent's calling for a tax on all ISPs. And you're thinking, "I know... CONTINUE READING TRENT REZNOR PROPOSES INTERNET TAX»
Posted on January 14, 2008 (54 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Saul Williams
As we previously reported, Josh Homme and Co. doubled up their holiday sweaters, literally traveling underground to play a show in a German salt mine. Very Zola, except it's not in France. Well, the event actually happened. We weren't there,... CONTINUE READING QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE RAIL AT INTERSCOPE, GO WAY UNDERGROUND»
Posted on December 4, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Queens Of The Stone Age
Trent and Doug Morris are so not exchanging Christmas gifts this year. We're all familiar with Reznor's frustration with Universal's pricing system (and his proposed solution), one of many contributing factors to his leaving UMG altogether. But Universal's not done... CONTINUE READING UNIVERSAL DELAYS REMIX.NIN.COM LAUNCH, REZNOR TRIES TO AVOID GETTING "SPLASHED BY URINE"»
Posted on November 20, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails
We've unofficially handed Saul Williams a prize for the best album title of the year. The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! also includes an amped cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Williams's voice doesn't hit those early Bono heights, but... CONTINUE READING SAUL WILLIAMS COVERS U2, TALKS NIGGYTARDUST»
Posted on November 5, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Saul Williams
You've likely heard that label free and piracy condoning Trent Reznor's teemed with Oprah and Robyn's favorite poet-type musician Saul Williams to help him release his new, wonderfully titled album The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of NiggyTardust! all In Rainbows-like.... CONTINUE READING NEW SAUL WILLIAMS TRACK MYSTERIOUSLY LEAKED»
Posted on October 29, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Nine Inch Nails | Saul Williams
People's head spun when Radiohead announced their little experiment in the tip jar release model, and although terms and details of a proper CD release remain to be seen, the past week's been a parade of major label artists (sort... CONTINUE READING GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE BAD NEWS (FOR RECORD LABELS): MADONNA LEAVES WARNER FOR LIVE NATION»
Posted on October 11, 2007 (17 comments)
Tags: Jamiroquai | Madonna | Nine Inch Nails | Oasis | Radiohead
