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Concert Review: Nine Inch Nails ACL Taping: Trent Reznor’s NIN lights up Austin City Limits [rating=5] Last night I was one of the lucky few who had a chance to catch Nine Inch Nails at their taping for an upcoming episode for Austin City Limits. Attendees were only admitted through online contest giveaways (over 17,000 […]
Gary Numan ‘Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind)’ Review: The progenitor of electronic rock makes a killer comeback. [rating=4] Gary Numan is one of the godfathers of electronic music. But like many pioneers, he’s more revered by musicians than the public at large, the exception being Numan’s new wave megahit Cars. But his influence on […]
Stream Nine Inch Nails ‘Hesitation Marks’: UPDATED: Click here for my Hesitation Marks review. Nine Inch Nail’s new album ‘Hesitation Marks‘ is almost upon us. And Trent Reznor is whetting fans appetites by streaming it free on iTunes a week before its Sept 3rd release date. Click here to listen. Make sure to click on […]
Watch the Lollapalooza 2013 lineup on YouTube all weekend. It’s finally here; the 2013 Lollapalooza lineup kicked off last night at Chicago’s Grant Park. For those too broke or distant to check out the festival, I feel your pain. But all is not lost; YouTube will be streaming the entire festival all weekend long. Click […]
Watch: New Nine Inch Nails ‘Came Back Haunted’ Video Directed by David Lynch As hinted at in RollingStone.com last week, Nine Inch Nails have released the official video for Came Back Haunted, the first single from their forthcoming album Hesitation Marks. Click here for my Hesitation Marks review. David Lynch directed the piece, and marks […]
When Trent Reznor announced earlier this year that he was resurrecting Nine Inch Nails for a series of shows, fans were also hoping new music would follow. And now there’s confirmation from Reznor himself that new material is on the way. **UPDATED: Click here for my Hesitation Marks review. The news came via the band’s […]
Well the wait is over! The official 2013 Lollapalooza lineup has been announced and it’s making me itch to head back to Chicago. The announcement came earlier than expected due to a leak, but it appears this has been confirmed as the real deal. Headliners include New Order (read my recent album review), the newly […]
Nine Inch Nails returns with new tour and revamped lineup. Trent Reznor has been busy lately. In addition to starting a new music streaming service, he’s working with his new band How To Destroy Angels and participating in The Sound City Players and the upcoming Queens Of The Stone Age album (both featuring Dave Grohl and […]
Top 40 Darkest Rock Albums Part 4 *Before reading make sure you’ve checked out part 1, part 2 ,and part 3 to see what you may have missed. Okay here we are for the final installment of the Darkest Rock Albums. We have just 10 more to go! If you want any of these in your […]
The Top 15 Lyricists in Alternative Rock It’s easy to pinpoint your favorite vocalists. Lung power, pitch and emotion make identification easy. And not every song needs great lyrics. There are plenty of great songs where wordplay is negligible at best. But when you can find a song whose words hit you deeply, you’re […]
