SPIN's Week in Review, August 18-22
What we learned this week: Following Radiohead on tour is a full-time job. Heavy Heavy Low Low are worth a listen. And more.
By Spin Staff 08.22.08 5:40 PM
It was a busy week in SPIN.com-land, as we deployed our fearless rock'n'roll vagabond Zack on the road with Radiohead; hosted a stream of the entire new LP from Heavy Heavy Low Low; and debuted tracks from the Verve, Mercury Rev, and School of Seven Bells, among others. Check out this week's booty below:
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Nine Inch Nails Extend Tour
Trent Reznor and his backing band of industrial noisemakers add dates to NIN's Lights in the Sky tour.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 08.19.08 1:44 PM
Who? Alt-rock and industrial mainstay Nine Inch Nails, the brainchild of studio wizard and live force Trent Reznor.
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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails’ free digital album, The Slip, gets its wings today, as the limited-run CD version hits stores (with gatefold vinyl to follow on Aug. 12).
By Abby Everdell 07.23.08 9:19 AM
What? On May 2, The Slip—Nine Inch Nails’ eighth full-length since 1989—landed on the band’s website with little fanfare, and no option to pay. “This one’s on me,” a message from Trent Reznor read, his giveaway serving as the culmination of a career-long battle with what the alt-icon saw as the music industry’s unfair exploitation of consumers.
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New Nine Inch Nails Album Out on CD July 22
The Slip, Trent Reznor's latest record -- originally offered only as a download -- will arrive this summer on CD with a bonus DVD.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 06.26.08 1:14 PM
After originally dropping as only a free download, Trent Reznor and his industrial/alt-rock act Nine Inch Nails' new record The Slip will arrive July 22 as a limited-edition CD/DVD.
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Nine Inch Nails, 'The Slip' (The Null Corporation)
In pop music's future, there will be no such thing as days off.
By Mikael Wood 06.26.08 10:06 AM
"Once I start, I cannot stop myself," Trent Reznor sings in "Discipline," the most conventional tune on the unconventionally released The Slip, which hit the Internet in May with a price tag even a Radiohead fan could love. ("Thank you for your continued and loyal support," the Nine Inch Nails mastermind wrote on his site.
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