Nine Inch Nails + Health share an interesting bit of industro-pop called 'Isn't Everyone'; English Teacher combine post-punk and talky vocals on 'R&B'; The Limiñanas go electro garage psychedelic on 'Saul'.
Iggy Pop gave a great speech on Nine Inch Nails' Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, describing NIN's music as "a focused and relentless process of emotional destruction which paints a portrait of pain, pressure, and dissatisfaction", CoS reports. He then described how seeing NIN live (1995 in LA's Forum with David Bowie) felt - "Trent held the center of the room just by being a kind of dark spot, hunched behind the mic. I had seen the same thing accomplished in different ways by T. Rex at Wembley, Nirvana at the Pyramid Club, and Bob Dylan in 1965. This is the mark of a master artist – simply to connect”. Trent Reznor said that “as an artist I think the most significant accomplishment or feeling is realizing that something you created from a fragile and intimate place has reached out, resonated, and affected someone else", adding “the journey is far from over"
Nine Inch Nails have announced a line of limited edition "Pandemic" shirts, and a hat - "this collection of re-takes re-flects our anxiety and anger during this unprecedented time", NIN said. Included in the collection are the "Mutation" tee ("Time to mutate. Feels good man"), the "Every Day Is Exactly the Goddamn Same" tee ("Getting tired of predicting the future accurately"), the "USAshamed" tee ("American pride, R.I.P.")...
Beastie Boys, Ozzy Osbourne and Nine Inch Nails have cancelled their appearance at South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival 2020 in Austin, Texas due to coronavirus concerns, Kerrang reports. They were set to participate in the festival’s film section. The artists join major companies such as Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Studios, TikTok, Mashable and Intel, that have pulled out of SXSW due to health concerns. SXSW will screen employees and volunteers for signs of illness before they are cleared to work at the festival, and add handwashing stations and hand sanitizer throughout. SXSW begins officially on March 16.
Today the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the inductees for this year, it's - Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T. Rex. Billboard argues the inductees "represent one of the most forward-looking and least genre-stringent classes we've seen acknowledged by the Rock Hall". NPR points out to the lack of women in the Hall, generally and this year - over the course of 34 years, there were 69 women inducted out of 888 inductees or less than 8%.
Alessandro Cortini, Nine Inch Nails keyboard player, will debut on Mute this summer with a new album, 'Volume Massimo', that “combines his fondness for melody with the rigour of experimental practice” over eight tracks, as Fact Magazine reports. It arrives on September 27, and judging by the tracklist, there's plenty of love, albeit bitter - 'Amore […]
Netflix shared a new song from recently released fifth season of 'Black Mirror' - a remake of Nine Inch Nails' 'Right Where It Belongs' by Miley Cyrus, Spin reports. Cyrus stars in the episode 'Rachel, Jack and Ashley' as pop singer Ashley O, who performs re-worked, bubbly pop versions of NIN songs. NIN mastermind Trent […]
New Black Mirror episode 'Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too', with Miley Cyrus dropped on Netflix, with pop/country princess singing a reworked version of Nine Inch Nails‘ 'Head Like A Hole'. iNews reports that showrunner Charlie Brooker wrote new, peppier lyrics “Hey there, whoah-ho, I’m on a roll / Riding so high, achieving my goals / I’m […]
British folkers Mumford & Sons covered Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt' on saturday evening during their live show in Cleveland, Trent Reznor's home-city. Marcus Mumford and the band are currently on the road in support of their latest album 'Delta'. NME...
Last night Nine Inch Nails they played 'The Perfect Drug' for the first time ever. The song, which Reznor wrote for the soundtrack of David Lynch’s 1997 movie 'Lost Highway', was heavily influenced by jungle, and it’s really, really hard to play live. Stereogum reports. Still, the audience at Colorado’s historic Red Rocks Amphitheater had […]
Nine Inch Nails go on tour this fall with The Jesus And Mary Chain, and fans who wish to go and see them have to visit venues to purchase their tickets in person. The "physical world presale" will be held on May 19 in most cities, with the Denver date taking place on May 20. Trent […]
