Mr. Reznor

First off, I swear, I'm going to be back to blogging regularly very soon.  My life (moreso my daily routine) has been turbulent over the last couple months and it's finally starting to settle down.  I've tried to jump on here whenever things are really important to me.  And I'll continue to do that even when I'm not posting regularly.  So... in that tradition... here's an update from Trent:


What a surreal week, capping of an equally surreal few months! Thank you all for the support and kind words throughout. I need to once again point out the reason that score worked so well was David Fincher. We were simply executing his vision and it was an honor and an eduction working with him. Which brings me to:
The Girl WIth the Dragon Tattoo. Atticus and I are hard at work scoring David's next film, which will be opening this Christmas. We've been composing quite a bit of music for this and have just begun to see some of what's been shot. Trust me when I say this film (and of course the music!) will not disappoint.
Perhaps I misspoke on the red carpet or wherever it was I said the new How To Destroy Angels record is finished - it is not. We've been working since last summer on it and are due to mix it this summer for a fall release. We've spent a lot of time experimenting and finding our own sound and identity this time around and we're very happy with the results. The three columns of things I'm currently funneling music into - HTDA, NIN and film work - I believe will start to make more sense to you (and me) as everything unfolds. By having a few different outlets for my work I'm finding more inspiration within each one. No, Nine Inch Nails is not dead and I plan to focus on that next.
And finally, I am friends with Timur Bekmambetov. He's an interesting and very talented director that caught my attention with his film Night Watch (check it out if you haven't). He asked me if I was interested in scoring his new film he's doing with Tim Burton entitled "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". I was familiar with the book, read the script and it felt like an interesting challenge as a composer - very different from the Fincher films. While discussing the film with Timur he started gently pressing me to play a small role in the film. The idea was a cameo-esque role that would be kept under wraps and be a surprise around opening night. I was considering this when I awoke a few days ago to the news I am now STARRING in ALVH (which is obviously not true). Fuck. We both apparently forgot the internet existed AND THERE ARE NO SURPRISES anymore.
So... do me a favor and act surprised, OK?

This was posted on the nin forums earlier today.
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Sufjan Stevens & Gaspar Claus

saw this on pitchfork... it's really pretty stuff, exactly what you'd expect from Sufjan Stevens

As TwentyFourBit points out (via La Blogotheque), last year, Sufjan Stevens collaborated with the French musician Gaspar Claus on three long improvised works. The tracks have awesome titles: "Romance Cave", "Alien Vs. Predator", and "Invalid Skin". They're wordless, impressionistic pieces, heavy on strings and electronics, and they're collectively about a half-hour long.
Here's the link to stream the tracks...

New Vivian Girls track

http://iheartvinyl.polyvinylrecords.com/em/iheardyousay

LPFM Radio

...from Pitchfork...


Basically, Congress passed the Local Community Radio Act which should make it easier for low-power FM (LPFM) stations to get up and running.  When the FCC first allowed LPFM stations to exist back in 2000, their goal was to "...create opportunities for new voices on the air waves and to allow local groups, including schools, churches, and other community-based organizations, to provide programming responsive to local community needs and interests."

However, it's been a rough ride and, as the Act mentions, "Local communities have sought to launch radio stations to meet their local needs. However, due to the scarce amount of spectrum available and the high cost of buying and running a large station, many local communities are unable to establish a radio station" and still "in 2003, the average cost to acquire a commercial radio station was more than $2,500,000."

 It's still gonna be difficult, but at least there's good news in that this glacial process is still moving along.

Atlas Sound - 4 Albums for the Price of None

If any of y'all listen to Deerhunter and enjoy the music (especially the more recent stuff), it might be wise to check out Bradford Cox's (lead singer, guitarist) solo work.  He calls it Atlas Sound and here's his blog.

But more importantly, he just dropped 4 albums, Bedroom Databank Vol.s 1-4, which all of us can download for free.

Vol. 1

Vol. 2

Vol. 3

Vol. 4


Personally, I recommend making some hot cocoa and listening.  Solid work from an amazing person...

The Ting Tings, "Hands"

This has been "old-news" for a little while now (2 months???) but I still hadn't heard the track yet.  The Ting Tings are getting ready to release their sophomore effort soon, but to hold us over they dropped "Hands".

If you're anxious to hear it, you can find it on their facebook page along with a remix by Passion Pit.

To be honest, I don't think the track is amazing.  A little monotonous and tired sounding.  I'm a little bit worried about the followup to their debut We Started Nothing.  It's hard to repeat such awesome catchy-ness, unless you're Katy Perry or Lady Gaga of course.  But, let's keep our fingers crossed.

Girls

Pitchfork mentioned informed us earlier today that Girls will be releasing a new EP on November 22, Broken Dreams Club.

Given the awesomeness of their debut album, Album, this should be good stuff.  Check them out somehow when you get the chance.  I always recommend a Pandora or last.fm station, but Myspace or their own site works too.

Crystal Castles NA Dates

Crystal Castles just announced more NA dates.  California ones are:

03-02 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
03-03 Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre
03-04 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre

Their facebook page only mentions the SD and SF nights, but pitchfork says they're doing Pomona as well.  Which makes a lot of sense.

I HIGHLY recommend seeing these guys live.

Just look at how crazy this chick is...

she punches a fan several times starting at the 2:40 mark

Let's do this!

Alright... looks like 2 people is enough for me. 

Go to the Pixies website, surrender your email address, and download a 4-track live EP from their Doolittle touring.

Looks like you get... "Dancing The Manta Ray", "Monkey Gone To Heaven", "Crackity Jones", and "Gouge Away".

Despite my pleading...

I'm not getting enough comments (read: ZERO) about posts to keep me motivated to do this.

I'll probably stop.

But, before I do, go check out Avey Tare's solo album, streaming now at NPR.

It's pretty damn good and comes out Oct. 20.

Reznor Turning "Year Zero" into T.V. Series...

It looks like Trent Reznor has been working on turning his Year Zero album concept into a T.V. mini-series that would be on HBO.  Still a ways off, but moving forward...

Rolling Stone has the story here.

Few things to deal with...

Arrived at work this morning, browsed through my feeds, and it looks like several places have some cool stuff to check out!

Here we go...

• Trent Reznor's and Atticus Ross's score for The Social Network apparently includes this version of "In the Hall of the Mountain King."
• The new Sufjan Stevens album, The Age of Adz, is streaming at NPR.
• Metric wants fans to contribute remixes for their album Fantasies.
• Gang of Four is coming out with a new album, Content, in January.

OK Go do it again...

Here's their new video for "White Knuckles"


AMAZINGLY WELL TRAINED DOGS.

Pavement on Colbert Report

Pavement plays Gold Soundz and Stephen Malkmus gets interviewed.

Linked up by pitchfork.

A Perfect Circle dates...

Here it is!  The plan is three nights at each venue, with night 1 being Mer de Noms, night being Thirteenth Step, and night 3 being Emotive.  Exception: Vegas only has two nights and drops Emotive.

Dates.

Still no word on ticket prices.  Keep y'all updated.