Well, after 2 free singles, head on over to the NIN site to download a new album titled "The Slip". For free.
Nine Inch Nails has put up yet another single at their website, dubbed "Echoplex".
Nine Inch Nails are hitting the road this summer along with White Williams, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, A Place To Bury Strangers and Does It Offend You, Yeah? taking turns at opening the show.
July 25th Pemberton, BC - Pemberton Festival
July 26th Seattle, WA - Key Arena at Seattle Center (feat. Crystal Castles)
July 28th Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place (feat. Crystal Castles)
July 29th Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome (feat. Crystal Castles)
July 31st Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre (feat. Crystal Castles)
August 02nd Minneapolis, MN - Target Center (feat. Crystal Castles)
August 03rd Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza Festival
August 05th Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre (feat. Deerhunter)
August 07th Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena (feat. Deerhunter)
August 08th Worcester, MA - DCU Center (feat. Deerhunter)
August 12th Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum (feat. Deerhunter)
August 13th Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena (feat. Deerhunter)
August 15th Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center (feat. A Place To Bury Strangers)
August 16th Houston, TX - Toyota Center (feat. A Place To Bury Strangers)
August 18th Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center (feat. A Place To Bury Strangers)
August 20th Saint Louis, MO - Scottrade Center (feat. A Place To Bury Strangers)
August 22nd Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena (feat. Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
August 23rd Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills (feat. Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
August 27th East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (feat. Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
August 29th Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center (feat. Does It Offend You, Yeah?)
August 31st Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena (feat. White Williams)
September 02nd Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater (feat. Deerhunter)
September 03rd Salt Lake City, UT - The E Center Of West Valley (feat. Deerhunter)
September 05th Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena (formerly Oakland Arena) (feat. Deerhunter)
September 06th Inglewood, CA - The Forum (feat. Deerhunter)
An added note to my previous post; you are now required to register to the Nine Inch Nails site to download the new single "Discipline". As well Trent has left another comment on the site:
"We have some tour info coming... SOON (I know you love that word) as well as some other info about something else, too."
A new Nine Inch Nails track dubbed "Discipline" has made it's way to radio. A message on the NIN website was left by Trent Reznor, saying only "2 weeks!"
Still strong financially (if not stronger) from his recent "Ghosts I-IV" release, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor discussed the current state of modern music distribution in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Michael Atkin.
In the interview, Reznor questions Radiohead's approach for the distribution of their latest album, "In Rainbows," implying they should have offered higher mp3 quality and include artwork with the release.
"I think the way [Radiohead] parlayed it into a marketing gimmick has certainly been shrewd, but if you look at what they did, though, it was very much a bait and switch to get you to pay for a MySpace-quality stream as a way to promote a very traditional record sale. There's nothing wrong with that, but I don't see that as a big revolution they're kinda getting credit for. To me that feels insincere. It relies upon the fact that it was quote-unquote 'first,' and it takes the headlines with it."
Questioned on whether the industry might be influenced by the success recent releases had on the Internet, Reznor answered :
"The level of ineptitude I've seen at the major labels is stunning. The people in charge of a lot of the digital technologies and the aspects that are decimating their business that I've seen are people that seem to not even be on the Internet."
You can read more on Ars.
Nine Inch Nails will be releasing "Ghost I - IV" on April 08 in retail stores.
Sales performance surrounding Nine Inch Nail's impressive "Ghosts I-IV" album are starting to leak over the inter webs.
Apparently, he sold 2,500 copies of the deluxe package alone which has a price point of 300$ a piece. Reznor surely is happier with his album's performance compared to the relative disappointment surrounding his collaboration with Saul Williams.
Nine Inch Nails is the next big one to distribute their new album as free downloadable content. The band has just released the first volume of their new album “Ghosts” on BitTorrent sites as a free download. The band encourages its fans to share the album with friends, post it on websites and play it on podcasts, TorrentFreak reports.
Frontman Trent Reznor describes the project in the release notes of the official "Ghosts" website, where is it completely available through streams :
This music arrived unexpectedly as the result of an experiment. The rules were as follows: 10 weeks, no clear agenda, no overthinking, everything driven by impulse. Whatever happens during that time gets released as... something.
We began improvising and let the music decide the direction. Eyes were closed, hands played instruments and it began. Within a matter of days it became clear we were on to something, and a lot of material began appearing. What we thought could be a five song EP became much more. I invited some friends over to join in and we all enjoyed the process of collaborating on this.
The end result is a wildly varied body of music that we're able to present to the world in ways the confines of a major record label would never have allowed - from a 100% DRM-free, high-quality download, to the most luxurious physical package we've ever created.
You can get the first volume for free on the website, download volumes 1 through 4 for 5$ or even get the four volumes on a 2 CD set for a mere 10$.
I have to warn you that the site in being pounded by everyone at the moment and has loading issues. The .Zip file of the free volume 1release I downloaded was corrupted. However, “Ghosts” being released under a non-commercial Creative Commons license you can find it in the Internet's shady places. You know what to do (at least for the first volume).
Here's the video for Saul Williams' "Sunday Bloody Sunday" from the album "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust."
The album was produced by Trent Reznor and was available for free on NiggyTardust.com until recently.
Trent Reznor, producer of Saul Williams "Niggy Stardust", is taking a moment to reflect on the numbers the free album download generated in a insightful post on NIN.com.
Here are the raw numbers, quoted from Reznor's post :
Saul's previous record was released in 2004 and has sold 33,897 copies.
As of 1/2/08,
154,449 people chose to download Saul's new record.
28,322 of those people chose to pay $5 for it, meaning:
18.3% chose to pay.
Of those paying,
3220 chose 192kbps MP3
19,764 chose 320kbps MP3
5338 chose FLAC
Nine Inch Nails have released their track "Still" for download. For details, follow the link.
The Nine Inch Nails remix site has been launced and can be found here.
Fader announced the release of the new recording by Saul Williams: "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!". Produced by Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), the download will be available for free or for a $5 contribution to support the artist. There will be no additional options given for purchase of the album.
Musicane, a tool that enables artists to sell their music, will handle fulfillment, processing, bandwidth and customer service. Those who pay will have the opportunity to choose between three download formats: 192kbit/s MP3, 320kbit/s MP3 and Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), a format that doesn't remove any information from the audio stream--full CD quality. A full description of each file format with pros and cons will be available on the site. Those that don't contribute will automatically get the192kbit/s MP3. All versions are 100% DRM free and will include a PDF with artwork and lyrics. Williams' fans will also be able to embed Musicane's viral player on their own blogs or profiles, which will broadcast live-updated video messages from NiggyTardust and also contain the option to download or buy the album.
Here's the record's final tracklisting:
Black History Month
Convict Colony
Tr(n)igger
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Break
NiggyTardust
DNA
WTF!
Scared Money
Raw
Skin of a Drum
No One Ever Does
Banged and Blown Through
Raised to be Lowered
The Ritual
Trent Reznor has given details about the Nine Inch Nails release "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D" at the official website. The album will be released November 20th.
Nine Inch Nails have split with their record label Interscope. The following statement was made 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 totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate. Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed.
Interscope will be releasing "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D", a remix album of Year Zero, on November 20th.
Nine Inch Nail's vinyl release of "Year Zero" has been pushed back to September 25th.
Nine Inch Nails' "Year Zero" vinyl has been pushed back to September 18th.
The Graduate is going overseas to tour in September in support of Anhedonia, their Brian McTernan (Thrice, Senses Fail, Circa Survive, Moneen) produced full length debut on Icon MES.
The Graduate recently won mtvU’s The Freshmen for their video “Sit & Sink”.
9/1/07 - Konstanz , Germany @ ROCK AM SEE w/ Nine Inch Nails, The Sounds
9/3/07 Cardiff , UK @ Barfly
9/4/07 Liverpool , UK @ Barfly
9/5/07 York , UK @ Barfly (Fibers)
9/6/07 Glasgow , UK @ Barfly
9/7/07 Amsterdamn @ Melweg
9/10/07 London , UK @ Barfly
