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Posts tagged "Trent Reznor"
Let’s Fight Over Who Gets Inducted Into The Rock Hall: 2015 Edition
The Smiths are human and they need to be loved (by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)…just like everybody else does.
Nine Inch Nails, Hesitation Marks: Album Review
The beautiful thing about Hesitation Marks, the latest offering from Trent Reznor, is that it is a Nine Inch Nails album without any expectations because it literally appeared out of thin air about 2 months ago. Being a completely unexpected album means it can be NIN’s most experimental yet. They could go pop (“Everything”), industrial (“Came Back Haunted”), electronica (“Disappointed”)….hell, they could even do dubstep if Reznor willed it (Thankfully they didn’t go that route). Like Reznor says during the […]
New Release Report 8/27/13
The last week of August brings forth a trio of releases from some artists that I either a) Never cared about, b) Used to love but don’t care about now, and c) Kinda sort of like but don’t care about anymore. As for a): There is something about Avenged Sevenfold that I vehemently hate. Is it that they’re headlining over deftones and Ghost on their upcoming tour or is it because, frankly, their music is awful? Regardless of my opinion, […]
Nine Inch Nails, ‘Copy of A:’ The Singles Bar Review
If ‘ Came Back Haunted ,’ was the bombastic opening single in advance of NIN’s seventh studio album, then ‘Copy of A,’ flirts with the band’s beginnings and minimalist tendencies. The latter’s studio version recently ‘leaked,’ to the internet the other day and we’ve had it on repeat for the better part of the last 48 hours. We’re now less than one month out from the release of Hesitation Marks and if the online fervor and recent festival performances haven’t gotten die-hard’s into a […]
Metal Monday Volume 132 (7.22.13)
I knew this book was going to be fun when in the opening foreword, co-writer Jon Wiederhorn stated that Uncle Al’s trials and tribulations “makes Motley Crue’s The Dirt look like Goodnight Moon“. And it really, really does! Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen is a must-have for Ministry and rock bio fans because when it comes to Jourgensen, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll isn’t just a saying it’s a way of life. As a longtime fan […]
Nine Inch Nails, “Came Back Haunted”: The Viewfinder Review
Listen…I’m going to be excited for the new NIN album and tour simply because it’s Trent and I think he’s a visionary. This video comes from a highly touted director in David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Lost Highway). It’s, admittedly by the warning that precedes it, an epileptic’s worst nightmare. What to expect? A picture of girl, transposed beneath a spider rotating back and forth, a head’s on view of a shark with human teeth, a creepy play-dough face, and Trent’s […]
Nine Inch Nails, “Came Back Haunted”: The Singles Bar Review
And Pretty Hate Machine mach 2 is in full effect. I might be in the Blerd minority when I admit that I am ridiculously excited for new NIN material. The last proper studio album, Year Zero, was incredible but this takes the cake. “Came Back Haunted” is the supah skrit first single from Nine Inch Nails’ forthcoming new album, Hesitation Marks, due on September 3rd and it is this glorious synth/electro driven banger in the vein of, yeah, Pretty Fuckin’ […]
Blerd Briefs: NIN, KoL, and EC&TR
A match made in musical heaven-coming soon to a record store near you.
Spin Cycle: How to Destroy Angels, An Omen
Two EPs in, How to Destroy Angels is showing no signs of living up to the duo referenced by their name.