By Mathew Ingram http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/mingramEveryone is trying to find a way of adapting to the new reality of the music industry -- the fact that CD sales are dropping, that songs can be downloaded and shared instantaneously, etc. But is an Internet "tax" the way to do it? Late last year, the Songwriters Association of Canada came out with an open letter promoting the idea a...
From MTV.comBy James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Gil KaufmanIn April, Trent Reznor released Year Zero, a concept album about a future society teetering on the brink of apocalypse. It was supposed to be a grand work of fiction, but it could just as easily have been about the music industry in 2007 — a bleak, burned-out world where the sky fell on a daily basis and the rivers ran red.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Prince freed himself from record labels years ago. Paul McCartney, Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have followed. Now the Material Girl appears to be kissing her big-name record company goodbye for a cool $120 million.Madonna is expected to sign a recording deal with entertainment producer Live Nation. Could U2 be next? Justin Timberlake? Coldplay? Do superstars ev...
Hi Moggers! For those of you caught up in the unfolding events that is the marketing for NIN's Year Zero album (strange websites,taped phone calls,etc,) this will probably be familiar to you and for those of you not familiar, a good place to get caught up is ninwiki.com. Anyways, here's something I've been playing on my internet station at www.sonic1radio.com. Survivalism with a little extra. ...
Drop by the official Year Zero website for a stream of Nine Inch Nails' new album!Just click on "Listen to Year Zero" and go through a free registration. Then, all you have to do is get on your knees and pray that the RIAA doesn't come busting down the door and rock the fuck out!
got survivalism!The more I listen to Year Zero, the more I dig it. I was pretty lukewarm on "Survivalism" and "My Violent Heart" when I first heard them, but having listened to the CD a few more times I'm liking all of the songs. "Zero Sum" gets stuck in my head a lot. And I love some of the more chaotic, industrial noise kinds of breakdowns. (If later this summer I post a track full of ele...
Forgive me fellow moggers for taking leave of my senses for a brief moment and being taken over by a teenage girl with a crush...Trent Reznor is so hot. Always loved the music, never found him physically attractive. Then he gets off drugs, cleans up, cuts the hair, works out and jesus almighty! I mean, in the video for "The Hand that Feeds" he's all tight t-shirt and biceps and now in Survivali...
'Year Zero,' NIN's new concept album, focuses on a future world consumed by greed and power. It will be released April 17.Nine Inch Nails fans are in a frenzy because of a conspiracy theory surrounding the band's new album 'Year Zero.' A number of websites have revealed weird and frightening government cover-ups and have leaked new songs. All in order to possibly draw attention to NIN's new con...
Hi EverybodyI don't know why but, Trent is thinking about the present of México and Venezuela don't you?SURVIVALISM is a great track from an amazing album!Check this out!