New Music Monday: 3 March

Wow; what a week! There’s so many remarkable artists releasing new records this week, that I don’t really know where to start. This week’s bombshell, without a doubt, is Nine Inch Nails latest record, “Ghosts I-IV,” that was subjected to a free digital download by the band, just last night. The album is a 36 track instrumental collection, that’s been planed from last year’s fall, but its sudden leakage wasn’t expect by anyone; anything familiar?….

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Trent Reznor: ‘disheartened’ with latest project figures

[tag]Nine Inch Nails[/tag] frontman, Trent  Reznor, has recently revealed the “sales numbers” of his latest project, which he participated as a producer for [tag]Saul Williams[/tag]’s third album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust. The record was distributed exclusively in digital version via niggytardust.com and came in two versions: a free download limited to 192kbps MP3s and a $5 version, that gives the choice of downloading 192kps MP3 version, 320kbps MP3 version or lossless FLAC…

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Universal boycots NIN R3M1X3s website, Trent responds.

[tag]Nine Inch Nails[/tag] fans, around the world,  were exited about the release of the 1337 R3M1X album of Year Zero, titled Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D, however those whom actually like to contribute with material and remixes of the band’s tracks were terribly disappointed when the album’s accompanying website, remixes.nin.com, wasn’t launched. Apparently Doug Morris and Universal Records doesn’t want the website released, designed as a hub for submission and discussion of fan remixes, as they don’t want be…

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New Music Monday: 19 November

This week sees the most appreciated DJ duo [tag]Daft Punk[/tag] release their second live album “Alive 2007,” recorded during their set in Bercy, Paris. Skid Row fans will probably rejoice, as it’s former frontman Sebastian Bach releases his latest solo record “Angel Down”; so far previewers say “the metal album of the year, if not the 21st Century so far.” This should be interesting. One of my favorite albums of the year, “Year Zero” by…

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Trent Reznor protégé gives new LP for free

Saul Williams is a man of many talents: poet, preacher, actor and somewhere along the road, a musician as well. His third record “The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!”, produced by his long time friend NIN frontman Trent Reznor, will be available for digital download, at his website, for free on Halloween (October 31). Well actually the the download system is more of a [tag]Radiohead[/tag]-esque one, with a free download limited to 192kbps MP3s…

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Musical Independece Revolution: Oasis joins the fight?

Looks like [tag]Radiohead[/tag]’s latest independent approach to album promotion and sales, basically giving away their latest LP for how much you see fit, has sparked a wave a of revolution amongst the influential bands in the industry. Yesterday it was time for Trent Reznor and NIN to join in, after terminating their contract with their label and announcing “some exciting times for 2008.” Today we’ve found out that [tag]Oasis[/tag], curently unsigned to any label, are…

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Trent Reznor and NIN: Free Agents

Here’s a new blow to the mainstream music industry for ya: Trent Reznor and co. have just ended their contract with Interscope and are now free agents. The 18 year old relationship between [tag]Nine Inch Nails[/tag] and their label has officially been broken yesterday, during an announcement on the band’s website: “Hello everyone. I’ve waited a LONG time to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a…

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Queens of the Stone Age: “Era Vulgaris”

Band name: Queens of the Stone Age Album name: Era Vulgaris Label: Interscope Gender: Rock/Heavy Metal Released on: Jun 12, 2007 ZMErating: 4.5/5 Website: www.qotsa.com I gotta tell you guys i’ve been waiting for [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag] new album to come out, for like forever and when i finally got the leaked version i began to feel aching in my stomach and a chilling sensation down my spine, just the sheer anticipation of…

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