Trent Reznor is on a roll. Just two months after NIN’s epic ambient release Ghosts I-IV , and not even a year after the excellent dystopia that was Year Zero , Reznor has unveiled another full length work - a more traditional sounding album that merges noisy industrial metal with hook-laden arena rock jams, all for free from the band’s website. Presented as a gift to NIN’s loyal fan base who made Ghosts a financial windfall, The Slip is a solid and accessible collection that, while not groundbreaking, still showcases Reznor’s newfound artistic freedom and energy.
On Monday, Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza Music Festival announced their stellar lineup for the August 1-3 event which will take place at the city’s Grant Park. This year looks to be unbelievable, with three of the 90s greatest acts (Radiohead, NIN, Rage Against the Machine) headlining and some excellent Canadian groups joining in as well.
Advance tickets are going for $190 US. They’ll go up to $205 once those are gone.
Holy crap, this one came out of nowhere. Less than a year after Trent Reznor released the politically charged Year Zero (and its the satisfying remix counterpart), another NIN album is upon us and it is easily one of the band’s most ambitious projects to date.
Following the lead of Radiohead’s In Rainbows, Reznor left his major label (Interscope/Universal) the pursue his own online business model (free downloads, expensive box set) and escape the creative boundaries associated with conventional distribution. The result is a four disc, 36 track instrumental album that sees Reznor laying down moody ambient pieces, melancholic piano compositions and full throttle industrial jams, experimenting beyond the traditional NIN sound and showcasing Reznor’s artistic maturity.
Lasagna Cat makes live action reenactments of old Garfield cartoon strips and then adds to the strangeness of it all by adding trippy music videos afterwards, this one being for NIN’s Head like A Hole. The result is both hilarious and hallucinative! Check out the Lasagna Cat You Tube page for more bizarre installments.
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