Daily Jam - Ruiner

It's been 26 years since the last time i saw Nine Inch Nails in concert.  Remedying that tonight.  To celebrate, here's what might secretly be the best track on 1994's "The Downward Spiral."  Listen to "Ruiner" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Terrible Lie

Still insanely busy with work and travel and starting to run out of juice.  So here's one of my favorite Nine Inch Nails songs.  Listen to "Terrible Lie" below, our Daily Jam.

Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor's primary musical focus has been on scoring films for the last 15 years, though he does occasionally resurface with new Nine Inch Nails music from time to time.  Now those two aspects combine on the upcoming soundtrack to "Tron: Ares."  Our first taste dropped this morning.  Listen to "As Alive as You Need Me to Be" below and pre-order the album, due in September, here.

Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor

Bauhaus's Peter Murphy has a new album coming our way in May that for now we know next to nothing about.  The one thing that we do know is that it includes new single industrial new wave synth funk tune "Swoon" featuring an assist from Nine Inch Nails front man and Oscar winner Trent Reznor.  Check it out below and pre-order the single here from Metropolis Records (it's officially out tomorrow).

Daily Jam - Gave Up (Open My Eyes)

Back in the '90s, Trent Reznor used to name drop UK electronic and industrial group, and Psychic TV offshoot, Coil as an influence.  Returning the favor, Coil released "Recoiled," a collection of Nine Inch Nails songs remixed by the duo.  Check out "Gave Up (Open My Eyes)" below, our Daily Jam.

The Killer

While we're listening to Nine Inch Nails this morning, we might as well throw on the new score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for David Fincher's "The Killer."  There are certain director/composer combos that just work like magic, and the pairing of Fincher with Reznor and Ross is definitely one of them.  Check out the tense and moody "Fuck." below and download the whole soundtrack here from The Null Corporation.

Daily Jam - Memorabilia

It's Sunday.  Let's listen to Nine Inch Nails cover Soft Cell.  Here's "Memorabilia," our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Reptile

I was pretty obsessed with Nine Inch Nails' "The Downward Spiral" when i was a teenager.  It dropped right at that age when you make attachments to art and music that can last for the rest of your life (15).  Anyway, it's almost 29 years later, and i still think it's a perfect album, and i still go back to it all the time.  Here's "Reptile," our Daily Jam.

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

I was unaware that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross were providing the score for Luca Guadagnino's new vampire/love story/road movie "Bones and All," but here we are.  These two knock it out of the park on every single film score they make, and there's no reason to think this one will be any different.  Check out "(You Made It Feel Like) Home" below and download the whole soundtrack here from The Null Corporation.

Daily Jam - Makebelieve

Prick was the kinda odd industrial project of Kevin McMahon, the former front man of new wave act Lucky Pierre.  Lucky Pierre's claim to fame was probably its inclusion of Trent Reznor as a member at one point in the '80s.  McMahon and Reznor remained friends which eventually led to Prick's debut, self-titled album being released on Reznor's Nothing Records.  The album flirted with success based on the single "Animal," which had all the hallmarks of industrial pop at the time, but i think the record as a whole was ultimately too weird for the mainstream.  I loved it.  Here's the album's closing track "Makebelieve," our Daily Jam.

Danny Elfman & Trent Reznor

Film score composer and former Oingo Boinger Danny Elfman has teamed with fellow film score composer and Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor for a new single called "Native Intelligence."  This follows the duo's collaboration "True" from last year.  Elfman has a new record heading our way this summer, and i can only assume this is not the last time these two will meet.  Check out the track below and get it here from Anti- Records.

Daily Jam - Life on Mars?

I very much enjoyed the HBO "Watchmen" show from a couple years ago, and while i certainly would have loved to see more episodes, it's kind of a perfect little one-and-done series.  And the score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross was the perfect companion piece.  Here's their wonderful instrumental cover of David Bowie's "Life on Mars?" which served as both context for the show and as a tribute to a friend.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor

Earlier this year Danny Elfman released his first solo album of non-soundtrack music in over 30 years.  And now the artist has taken one of the tracks from that record, "True," and re-recorded with an assist from Trent Reznor.  It's pretty rad.  Check it out below and download the tune here from Anti- Records.

HEALTH + NIN

Last year, LA noisemakers HEALTH released "Disco 4: Part 1," an album that featured a slew of collaborative works with a myriad of different artists.  It seems that Part 2 may be gearing up with today's release of "Isn't Everyone," a killer, moody jam featuring Nine Inch Nails.  I've got to admit, as NIN fanatic in my teens, it's nice to hear Trent's voice again.  Check it out below.

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

I watched David Fincher's new film "Mank" last night, a period piece Hollywood drama about Herman Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of "Citizen Kane."  It was fantastic.  I loved it and will probably be giving it a second viewing here before the year is over.  Anyway, one of the things that really elevated the film for me was the absolutely dynamite score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.  The duo have certainly made a name for themselves the last decade with their soundtrack work, but the stuff they composed for "Mank" is on a whole other level.  Using period appropriate instruments, Reznor and Ross mix classical sounds, chamber music, and jazz creating a tapestry that weaves itself into every scene and frame of the film.  A vinyl release will be heading our way sometime in 2021, but for now, the whole thing, plus two hours of unused cues can be downloaded here via The Null Corporation.  Do it, and stream the score below.

Tobacco with Trent Reznor

Lo-fi and twisted electronic artist and producer (and Black Moth Super Rainbow member) Tom Fec releases his solo jams as Tobacco, and we have a new album, "Hot Wet & Sassy," heading our way in October.  Our latest taste is the Trent Reznor assisted "Babysitter."  Reznor's vocals are blurred and distorted together with Fec's to create a veritable ghost in the machine, and are almost unrecognizable.  Check the song out below and pre-order the album here from Ghostly International.

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails just dropped two free albums of ambient material to, at the very least, soothe my nerves for a little while.  Maybe they can soothe yours too.  Listen to the haunting and transcending "Letting Go While Holding On" below and download both "Ghosts V: Together" and "Ghosts VI: Locusts" here from the NIN webstore.

Daily Jam - Past the Mission

Whenever i hear the name Tori, two things come to mind. The first is the character that was brought in on "Saved by the Bell" to replace a suddenly nonexistent Kelly and Jessie.  The second, and notably better, is Tori Amos.  Here's Tori's "Past the Mission," featuring a backing vocal assist from Trent Reznor, our Daily Jam.

Watchmen

I'm enjoying the new "Watchmen" series on HBO probably a lot more than i would have guessed, and part of that could be attributed to the excellent score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.  The first volume is out now, with the second and third due later this month.  Listen to the ominous "Watch Over This Boy" below go here to order.

Daily Jam - Communiqué

As a record collector, one of the"Holy Grails" i've been searching for for a long while now is the 1988 "Communiqué" EP from the crunchy, industrial new wave band Lucky Pierre.  The record's claim to fame is the appearance of a pre-Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor providing keyboards and backing vocals for the Kevin McMahon lead project.  The two would later work together again when Reznor produced and released the debut album from McMahon's Prick project.  The title track from this '88 EP ended up rerecorded for that album, but let's check out the original today.  "Communiqué," our Daily Jam.