The words Nine Inch Nails and hip rarely share the same paragraph, much less the same sentence, but with the announcement that Interscope’s last chance to make any money off Trent Reznor is a remix album, a few credible names have popped up. Evidently, the likes of Fennesz, The Faint, Ladytron, and New Order have […]

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To serve as a preview of its forthcoming The Black & White Album, The Hives have just released a six-song pack at iTunes today, which includes one bonus track not featured on the regular album (and written for the Cartoon Network’s fall season).  Tracklist: Tick Tick BoomTry It AgainYou Got It All..WrongWon’t Be LongWell All Right […]

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Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged session from November of 1993 is finally coming out on DVD November 20 via Universal Music. It’s so annoying how record companies hold back on goods just to milk the market every few years, but, sadly, this horse is primed for an unending flogging, since Kurt Cobain has been unwittingly appointed the […]

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With the pitch-shifting, futuristic melodies and the oddball techno stomp of its debut, Mirrored, Battles has pushed itself to the forefront of the experimental elite. The first single, “Atlas” showcased the band’s bag of complex wizardry with an unforeseen vocal melody over top a danceable backbeat, squawking, processed guitar jabs and rigid keyboard noodlings. The […]

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The Depeche Mode frontman’s second solo record is due out October 23 on Virgin. It’s nearly impossible for Gahan to shake the Depeche Mode footprint, especially when his solo work mines similar electronic terrain to the mothership. His commanding baritone has always been his bread and butter, but his songwriting is improving by leaps and […]

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Gina Gershon, who we all remember from that lesbian bondage flick, Bound, with Jennifer Tilly, wrote an entire album about the search and recovery of her beloved cat, Cleo. No lie. She’s doing a residency at The Box in NYC two days a week the month of October. Check out this insane cover art: Stream the crazy-ass video for “Pretty […]

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I’m as big a Joy Division fan as the next guy. Ok, maybe more than the next guy. All right, all right, a whole lot more than the next guy. But even I am going to be pretty effing hard-pressed to shell out $200 for a boxed set containing three measly records that I already own. Granted, those […]

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