Wednesday, 5/08/13

New music from Nearly

Nearly thereThe last time Jerome Dillon put out music under the Nearly moniker was in 2005, with his album Reminder. Much of the material on that first record came out of demos recorded in various hotel rooms throughout Europe in between touring as the drummer for Nine Inch Nails' Fragility tour. There were some live performances, and a limited CD/DVD of reminder live 2006, but since then, things got quiet on the Nearly front, right up until last week.

Jerome Dillon has composed original music for the upcoming No One Lives, an action-thriller directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) and released via WWE/Anchor Bay. Assisting him on the film's musical score are Robin Finck and Keith Hillebrandt, who also worked with him on new material for Nearly.

The track I sneaked a listen to features a piano melody and female vocals over buzzing atmospherics and strings, continuing the pensive mood that's right at home with music heard on the debut album. It does get upbeat at the very end - but just a little, not enough to spoil the flavor. You'll be able to listen for yourself in a few days - the songs will be available as free downloads on May 10th, coinciding with the release of the film.

Reported by leviathant at 02:42

Social media makes our job less interesting

Just because Nine Inch Nails has a sweet Tumblr and Trent Reznor has an Instagram account and Rob's been keeping the official tour page up to date doesn't mean they've got all your bases covered. Because did they tell you about this interview Jian Ghomeshi conducted with Trent while he visited Studio Q?



Pretty sure that wasn't on Tumblr. Neither was this article on Bowiesongs about the Outside tour, which I guess isn't so much news as it is reflection.
There was that time Greg from The Dillinger Escape Plan mentioned he's got a side project with one of the guys in Nine Inch Nails (hint: his name kind of rhymes with Squash Juiceless)
Josh Eustis did a Telefon Tel Aviv track with Dillon called Feel The Fall for this Bpitch Control compilation and it's a keeper.
Trent's got an appearance on the new Queens of the Stone Age album (but we haven't heard the track he's on yet). And Vice did an article about a photo series of stuff from backstage riders for famous bands, yes, there is cornstarch.
Both Eric Avery and Adrian Belew have been Facetweeting about NINEINCHNAILSLIVE rehearsals beginning this week, Adrian mentioned having over forty songs to rehearse, which obviously means 3.5 hour NIN shows every night of the tour, suckers!

Reported by leviathant at 02:17

Saturday, 4/13/13

how to destroy angels_ performs at Coachella, YouTube puts it on your screen

There are only a dozen or so dates where you can catch HTDA live, but if you don't have the budget to cross the country to catch a show, or didn't get a ticket in time, If I embedded the video, you'd have to scrub to 8:55 to get to the start of the show, but I link you to where everything starts. Mariqueen, backed by Alessandro, Atticus, Trent & Rob, perform amongst a shimmering animated display that's better seen than described.

(I know, I have a lot of catching up to do on other news. "Soon"!)

Reported by leviathant at 11:20

Monday, 2/25/13

Nine Inch Nails returns!

NIN 2013In an article titled Trent Reznor Announces the Return of Nine Inch Nails: Extensive Touring for 2013 and 2014, Amy Phillips at Pitchfork had the pleasure of breaking the news that Nine Inch Nails is hitting the road in 2013 through 2014, with an incredible playing alongside Reznor this time around:
- Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction)
- Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Talking Heads, David Bowie, etc. etc.)
- Josh Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv, Puscifer)
- Alessandro Cortini (NIN, Sonoio)
- Ilan Rubin (NIN, The New Regime, Lostprophets)
They're all talking about it at Echoing the Sound, so go see what they're saying.

Reported by leviathant at 11:53

Tuesday, 2/19/13

Check out Welcome oblivion_ now on Pitchfork

Just click here to listen to Welcome oblivion_ on Pitchfork's "Advance" player, which is a slick little interface bundling video clips, liner notes, and most importantly, a stream of the whole album, two weeks before it's due out. After announcing the stream, How to destroy angels_ tweeted a link to the official pre-order page, which differ from the Amazon pre-orders in that if you pre-order direct from HTDA, you have the option of getting a free download of the album in lossless 24/96 audio + PDF booklet.

All copies of the vinyl release come with a white-label CD copy of the vinyl audio, because I know that a lot of you people buying up that sweet, sweet 180gm goodness don't even own a functioning turntable.

Quit reading this and go listen, it's really good.

Reported by leviathant at 14:40

Thursday, 1/31/13

Video for HTDA "How Long?" debuts, LP details emerge

NPR!

NPR summarizes the news pretty well with Robin Hilton's article, "Trent Reznor: New Band, New Song, New Video, Still Terrifying" - they spoke (emailed) with both the band and the team behind the video. Not to be outdone, Pitchfork dropped knowledge about the full-length debut, including a tracklist for the album. "The vinyl version contains two extra tracks, which are also included on a white label CD that comes with the LP." Pitchfork also has the cover artwork for the vinyl, which will be different from the CD artwork and the downloadable album's artwork.


The song "How Long?" is also available on iTunes (US) as of this morning.

Reported by leviathant at 11:36

Wednesday, 1/30/13

Shynola directs the next How to destroy angels_ video

ShynolaOn Tuesday, Trent Reznor announced that "we have a new video for a new song dropping this Thursday" - and followed up saying "I finally got to work with SHYNOLA films." The video was picked up from Shynola's office earlier this month, and hits the net later this week.

You might not immediately recognize the name Shynola, but chances are pretty good you've seen videos they've produced - I was first introduced to their work when they directed the video for Radiohead's Pyramid Song, the first single off Amnesiac. Their name came up again a few years later as directors for the fantastic video for Queens of the Stone Age's second single from Songs for the Deaf, Go With the Flow. Looking over their wiki page, and with Shynola tweeting "That took a while" and "I spent my latter teenage years making animations in my bedroom whilst listening to Trent, so finally the seed sprouted", it's pretty apparent we're in for a visual treat tomorrow.

Reported by leviathant at 02:40

Friday, 1/25/13

Coachella Lineup announced: HTDA on Friday(s)

A few minutes ago, the official Coachella twitter account uploaded this image showing the lineup for the festival, which will run for two weekends, repeating the entire set in the event that you can't make one or the other weekends. And on Friday, How To Destroy Angels is on the roster.

Reported by leviathant at 00:58

Thursday, 1/24/13

HTDA debut LP drops March 5

Welcome oblivionThe first full-length album by How to destroy angels_, titled Welcome oblivion is going to be released March 5th. Amazon, as expected, is taking pre-orders for CD and vinyl, and of course on the day of the release, downloadable versions will be made available as well. Lossless downloads will only be available from the official store.

This announcement was made simultaneously with the release of the video for The loop closes, which can be seen on the still-growing destroyangels.com. Be sure and check out their instagram page as well, as there's some stuff there that doesn't get posted anywhere else. Except maybe sometimes on fuckyeahatticusross.tumblr.com.

All signs seem to point to some form of tour for HTDA this year, with a pretty sick stage setup. Maybe I'll even come out of hiding and see you at a show. Dear How to destroy angels_, please play at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, so I don't even need a car to see the show. Thank you, and goodnight.

Reported by leviathant at 03:10

TR to appear on Sound City soundtrack

Sound City, Here We ComeDave Grohl continues to live the dream, or at least, another dream - this one has him directing a documentary about a studio in Los Angeles where, for decades, incredible music (oh sure, and probably a lot of shit) was recorded. The film is called Sound City and it's shaping up to be a very interesting music documentary. Of course Trent Reznor appears in it, but a lot of people appear in it. Not as many people, however, are part of the companion soundtrack, "Real to Reel." Before I post those preorder links that you already know are coming, I'll explain why they might be of interest to you.

The final track on this album is a piece recorded by Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and Trent Reznor, and it's called Mantra. You can see them performing it in the photo attached to this update. You can even catch a glimpse of Trent on keys in one of the trailers for the film. So which will it be, CD, or vinyl? I pre-ordered the film, myself. Oh man, one more update and I can go to sleep.

Reported by leviathant at 03:08

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the guys with Grammy nominations

FIST FUCKTRENT REZNOR RECEIVES GRAMMY NOMINATION, NONE FOR SMASHING PUMPKINS AND SOUNDGARDEN reads the headline from GRUNGE REPORT, a website with a name that's almost worse than ours! What they failed to mention was that Rob Sheridan was also nominated for his work on the soundtrack, specifically for the packaging. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show will be broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET. You don't care because you'll find out who won on Twitter.

Reported by leviathant at 02:51

Trent Reznor did all these interviews and we didn't even tell you

"I am Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and How to destroy angels. AMA". A string of words so many redditors had hoped for, for so long. Some takeaways:
Aside from destroy angel's new EP, what's next for you? A number of things. Tweaking some things for the HTDA full LP (coming in Spring), helping Josh out on a new QOTSA track, working with Roy, starting rehearsals for two bands.
Blah blah blah Fragile Reissue blah blah? The 5.1 mixes are done and sound amazing. Alan was the only person who could have possibly done it, and he did not disappoint. There are a couple other elements involved that we want to get right before we put this into production. These involve packaging and additional content. Patience, my friends.

I don't think I quoted the second question exactly, but you get the point. Dig into the thread for yourself, and catch up on what he said.

If you'd like something a little more formal, Trent spoke with The Quietus back in December. I keep stumbling across good stuff at that site, and this is no exception. Ned Raggett speaks with Trent about exploring new avenues and the challenges of creativity.

What's that? The Quietus not good enough? Alright, pull out all the stops - The New Yorker profiled Trent a week later, and it's worth the read. You can get access to the full article from the New Yorker for $6 (I know, so painful, spending that cheddar), or you can read it for free at your local library, or if you want the birds-eye-view, Morad at Antiquiet summarizes the plot.

Actually, so does Pitchfork, and they write a much more attention grabbing headline: Nine Inch Nails Best-Of Due With New Songs, Reznor Working on Streaming Service With Beats by Dre. What I just did here is the opposite of that, it's called burying the lede. Thanks for reading!

Reported by leviathant at 02:43

The Soft Moon and Deadmau5 canoodle with HTDA and make awesome music-babies

When posting stories on the Hotline, I try to remain neutral-to-positive when it comes to endorsements that might sneak into what I try to keep as fairly straight news posts. This particular post falls in the 'positive' portion of that spectrum, because I like what The Soft Moon did to Ice Age, and I really really really like what Deadmau5 did to Ice Age. Mr. Zimmerman tried to slip a remix of survivalism under the radar 6 months ago (along with an instrumental version), and while I have a pretty bad bias against fan remixes that introduce new piano parts into the fold, suffice it to say I very much look forward to any further collaboration between Mr. Mau5 and the NullCorp camp.

Hey, remember when using the words "Free MP3 downloads" was the thing to do to try and get attention? It's interesting that they're just the norm now.

Reported by leviathant at 02:12

Mythical NIN remixes by Coil surface

In an unexpected but most excellent surprise, CD quality versions of a host of unreleased Coil remixes of Nine Inch Nails songs found their way onto the internet after nearly twenty years of hibernating on DAT cassettes. There's an article at The Unheard Music giving you the breakdown (and a mediafire link), I'll see if I can sum it up better:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT UNRELEASED COIL REMIXES OF GAVE UP, CLOSER, ERASER, AND THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL.


If the MP3s at Unheard Music don't suit your audiophile tastes, seek yer plunder on the bay and ye shall find FLACs. There's over 40 minutes of music, but the Gave Up remixes should be listened to understanding that they are snapshots recorded during the evolution of the track that would be used in the danceclub scene in Young Americans.

In related news, Danny Hyde is releasing "Moon's Milk in Final Phase" on 180gm vinyl - it's the last thing that he and Peter Christopherson of Coil worked on before Pete's untimely passing. It's a limited run of 500 copies, so get while the getting's good. If you've ever tried to source Coil-related vinyl after it's sold out, you'll be happy to get in on this before it's gone.

Reported by leviathant at 01:58

Broken City Soundtrack by the Bros. Ross + Claudia Sarne out now

Broken City SoundtrackWhile you weren't looking, Allen Hughes directed a movie called Broken City, and he was clearly pretty happy with the soundtrack for his film The Book of Eli, because he brought on Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, and Leopold Ross to do the soundtrack for Broken City. The score was released January 15th, and is available on Amazon and on iTunes.

A couple of the tracks also feature Kirk Hellie, who's previously worked with Atticus & Claudia on the unreleased 12 Rounds album, which totally exists, because 12rounds.net has MP3 downloads of three tracks from the album, and c'mon guys release it already because it sounds awesome.

Atticus created an Rdio playlist of songs that inspired the soundtrack, which you can read about and listen to at Indiewire. The playlist includes a few tracks from the new score, if you'd like to try before you buy.

Reported by leviathant at 01:48


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