The Nine Inch Nails Hotline

Free stuff! Win a copy of the TGWTDT soundtrack + DVD

Yes, we've been quiet here at the Hotline. There's not a lot going on in the NIN realm, while simultaneously, lots of things have been going on in the lives of us who dust the shelves off here. I'm pretty sure we're going to see a bunch of things later this year, but until then -- FREE STUFF!Sony approached us and asked if we'd be in [cont...]

ASCAP to honor Trent Reznor with Golden Note Award

The ASCAP or The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers will honor Trent Reznor with its prestigious Golden Note Award on Aril 18, 2012 during its 29th Annual Pop Music Awards. The ASCAP Golden Note Award is presented to songwriters, composers, and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones. Past recipients include Elton John, Quincy Jones, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and [cont...]

Full performance footage of NIN on Dance Party USA unearthed

Over on Echoing the Sound, TheBang posted the fruits of a $100 purchase: A first generation video recording of NIN's infamous performance on Dance Party USA, from 1988 or 1989. The only evidence of the existence of this clip, for a long time, was the sample "Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails, woo! They're good!" on the US Head Like a Hole single. Over a decade later, a Closure DVD set surfaced on [cont...]

NIN phone cases available in the UK and Ireland

So I am about two months late on posting this but the company who sells smartphone cases with Nine Inch Nails artwork in the US has started selling them in the UK and Ireland. UK and Ireland fans can shop the cases here: http://www.case-mate.co.uk/nin

TGWTDT Limited Edition Pushed back to March 30th

I just received this email from Null Corp. - Thanks for your pre-order of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Limited Edition Vinyl Set. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen complications in the manufacturing process, the set is taking longer to produce than we anticipated and we will not be able to meet the February 6th shipping date. All the vinyl sets will now begin shipping on March 30th. We apologize [cont...]

Multitracks for five TGWTDT soundtrack songs released

Well, that came out of nowhere. Tunecore's blog posted multitracks for "Great Bird of Prey", "Oraculum", "Parallel Timeline With Alternate Outcome", "The Heretics", and "You're Here". Trent Reznor has made stems of songs from the film score available for your personal use.Commercial exploitation is not permitted.Stems will be available for download through March 31st, 2012.I stole this news from [cont...]

Trent Reznor: The Fresh Air Interview

The man behind Nine Inch Nails composed the music for the U.S. film adaption of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Here, he discusses composing the film's unsettling score, his early days making music in Cleveland and his work with Nine Inch Nails.Visit NPR's site to listen to the audio interview and read the article.

Golden Globe nomination and new interview with the Hollywood Reporter

It was announced today that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are nominated for a golden globe in the category best original motion picture score for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". They previously won this category in 2011 for The Social Network. Also, The Hollywood Reporter has a cover story with Trent Reznor featuring an interview and new photos.

NPR "All Songs Considered" lists Immigrant Song among 5 best covers of 2011

Over at NPR, where I hear far more interesting and varied music than on any commercial station, the All Songs Considered blog has a new entry tonight by Michael Katzif, which opens with an absolutely gushing write-up of the Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Karen O cover of Immigrant Song: "This treatment of "Immigrant Song" is an absolute stunner: Reznor's pulsating industrial electronics grind wi [cont...]

With the soundtrack out, it's talk-to-the-press time

The first new interview with Atticus and Trent to surface in quite some time showed in an LA Times article written by Todd Martens, and not long afterward, The Sun followed suit over in the UK. Both articles are worth the read, but here are some highlights:'Finally! Now there's serial killers, tension, anal rapings and stuff like that'His next project with the band he founded in Cleveland, Ohio, [cont...]