The Pretty Hate Machine

Their first album in over a decade is out this summer It appears that the first new Tool album in12 years is imminent. Today. the band shared a teaser on Twitter, featuring a date of August 30. According to Consequence of Sound, the band also revealed the date during a concert in Birmingham, Alabama last night, encouraging fans to share it on social media. Earlier this year, Maynard James Keenan revealed the album was "midway through mixing" and estimated a release date "somewhere between mid-May and mid-July." A month later, the band shared a photo with producer Joe Barresi and engineer Bob Ludwig. They also recently announced new U.S. tour dates. Tool's last album was 2006's 10,000 Days . Last year, Maynard's supergroup A Perfect Circle released Eat the Elephant , their first LP in 14 years.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke (Steve Jennings/WireImage), Talking Heads’ David Byrne (Ian Gavan/Getty Images), Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor (Brian Killian/WireImage), The Cure’s Robert Smith (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) Janelle Monáe will induct Janet Jackson, Harry Styles will honor Stevie Nicks at the ceremony Speakers for the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony have been announced. Presenters for this year’s inductees include David Byrne (for Radiohead), Trent Reznor (for the Cure), Janelle Monáe (for Janet Jackson), Harry Styles (for Stevie Nicks), Duran Duran ’s John Taylor and Simon Le Bon (for Roxy Music), Queen ’s Brian May (for Def Leppard), and the Bangles ’ Susanna Hoffs (for the Zombies). Byrne was inducted into the Rock Hall with Talking Heads in 2002, and May was inducted with Queen in 2001. Nine Inch Nails have been nominated on the long list for induction consideration twice, but have not been inducted. (When asked last year about being snubbed by th...

Brie Larson in Captain Marvel Marvel’s latest blockbuster,  Captain Marvel , is set in the mid-90s and, when not in super hero garb, star  Brie Larson  proudly rocks a  Nine Inch Nails  t-shirt. Now, to celebrate the film’s release, Marvel and NIN have teamed up for a collaborative t-shirt, which is available for a limited time on the band’s  website . NIN is  also selling  the plain white logo tee worn by Larson in the film. In an interview with  Popsugar ,  Captain Marvel  costume designer Sanja Milkovic Hays discussed the decision to make Carol Danvers a fan of  The Downward Spiral . “There was a lot of back and forth [about which band would go on her shirt], because we thought about the music, but we also had to look at the logos. We looked at some logos of bands, and some of them are very busy and colorful and stuff like that, so even though their music could be appropriate for the character, it would be too ...

Supernatural action film Stray opens in theaters today across America, marking the directorial debut of 27-year-old Joe Sill . The movie follows a damaged female detective and a young woman as they investigate a series of mysterious killings. It also stars an almost all Asian cast, including Japanese rockstar Miyavi as the complex, villainous character of Jin. It is Jin's quest for love and acceptance that drives much of the film's action. “I’ll be honest: I hadn’t heard of Joe Sill,” Miyavi explains. “But he managed to get me this three page letter explaining why I had to play Jin. Apparently Joe had seen my acting debut in Unbroken, and wanted that same level of vulnerability for Jin's character. It took me forever to read his letter, because English isn’t my first language, but I knew I wanted the role by the time I finished it.” For Sill, it always had to be Miyavi. “He was quite honestly the only person who could have pulled off this part. We needed someone mu...

INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA - AUGUST 11: Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performs live during the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival 2018 on August 11, 2018 in Incheon, South Korea. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/WireImage) Halfway through the final night of Nine Inch Nails' six-night, sold-out stand at the Hollywood Palladium, Trent Reznor addressed the audience. "Thanks for letting us try some different s**t tonight," Reznor said. Fans couldn't help but laugh. As if there was a choice. When you go see NIN you are seeing the show that Reznor wants you to see. But that's what fans want from one of rock's true auteurs. It's part of the reason Reznor's disciples, and his fellow artists, from Mike Shinoda and Steve Angello to Deadmau5 and Dave Grohl, who once told the  Hollywood Reporter  of Reznor, "He's my generation's most talented musician-producer-songwriter," love him so much. In September of 2017 I did a piece with LeRoy Bennett who...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons It was just Valentine's Day, so you might be looking for romantic music. Alternatively, you could just need some tunes to lift your spirits. A Trent Reznor instrumental playlist cannot help you with either of these objectives. But if you need distorted, minimalist instrumental music with industrial rock undertones, look no further — Trent Reznor, the king of industrial rock/metal and frontman for Nine Inch Nails, has been making it for over 30 years. From his breakout 1994 album “The Downward Spiral” to his Academy-award winning movie score of “The Social Network” (2010), there are simply too many good tracks to choose from. But that is just what I did. Here are the top 10 Trent Reznor instrumentals, ranked. 10. Hand Covers Bruise — “The Social Network” Who hasn’t listened to the soundtrack of “The Social Network” on the way back from Lamont library, trying desperately to justify a 3 A.M. El Jefe’s burrito run as the price of restless...

Though it established the band as an international juggernaut and brought a sinister edge to electronic music, Nine Inch Nails’ debut, Pretty Hate Machine, is an industrial dance album. It’s tormented and scathing, yes, but songs like Head Like A Hole, Sin, and Kinda I Want To are really for swinging your hips at a shadowy club. It wasn’t until  NIN  dropped 1994’s The Downward Spiral that the band showed just how extreme they could be — which they made abundantly clear with the album’s lead single, March Of The Pigs, which hit the world at large 25 years ago today. Given that Trent Reznor had sexy mid-paced tracks like Closer, Ruiner, and Reptile at his disposable, offering up March Of The Pigs to the public as a first taste of Downward Spiral was brave, inspired, and kind of insane. With its odd 7/8 time signature, rabid punk pace, and bizarre piano-driven chorus breaks, March is not only an unusual track for  NIN  to release, but an outlier in popul...

More movies than ever are being scored by alternative musicians, from Trent Reznor to Mica Levi to Jonny Greenwood. If there is a defining image that captures underground music awkwardly rubbing shoulders with Hollywood glamour, it is from  the 1998 Oscars . On a dark and enveloping stage, dressed in a crisp white suit, Elliott Smith stood motionless with his acoustic guitar. His “Miss Misery” was an unexpected nominee for Best Original Song that year, thanks to its inclusion in  Good Will Hunting , Gus Van Sant’s indie drama turned box office hit. Desperately bleak words crept out of Smith’s mouth with a fragility that belied the setting, if only for a moment. Up next was Celine Dion performing “My Heart Will Go On” from  Titanic , which of course won the award. When Smith stood under the glare of the Academy’s spotlight, movie soundtracks were en route to becoming an exercise in crate-digging. It was a trend bolstered by still-growing CD sales and a decade fil...