Showing posts with label matt pike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matt pike. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Friday, September 6, 2013
Nine Inch Nails, "Everything"
"I'm happy with who I am now," the guy who named his first three albums Pretty Hate Machine, Broken and The Downward Spiral told Spin this month. "I feel fortunate to be where I am. We
tried arranging the new songs with loud guitars, and it sounded false.
Instead, we approached those old emotions in new ways that are subtler,
and I think just as powerful."
It's the kind of answer people dread from their favorite artists. We often talk about how artists go bad once they get rich, sober up, get married and/or responsibly raise their kids--see Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. We applaud the insatiable few artists who never settle down (Motörhead, Pantera, Matt Pike). We're happy when they make angry, angst-ridden art, even when it's at the expense of the artist's happiness, or worse, the artist's family and friends. We'd rather that bands never get rich, but we're OK if they die trying.
A lot of people are going to hate "Everything" a single from Nine Inch Nails' awesome new album Hesitation Marks. It's in a major key, has a throbbing, invigorating beat and has the tightest vocal harmony that Trent Reznor has ever released. I haven't been able to get it out of my head all week, and I hope it stays there. It makes me want to exercise, and I don't even like exercising. Then again, I didn't want to deal with Hurt, The Fragile, Survivalism or a Terrible Lie either.
It's the kind of answer people dread from their favorite artists. We often talk about how artists go bad once they get rich, sober up, get married and/or responsibly raise their kids--see Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne and Metallica. We applaud the insatiable few artists who never settle down (Motörhead, Pantera, Matt Pike). We're happy when they make angry, angst-ridden art, even when it's at the expense of the artist's happiness, or worse, the artist's family and friends. We'd rather that bands never get rich, but we're OK if they die trying.
A lot of people are going to hate "Everything" a single from Nine Inch Nails' awesome new album Hesitation Marks. It's in a major key, has a throbbing, invigorating beat and has the tightest vocal harmony that Trent Reznor has ever released. I haven't been able to get it out of my head all week, and I hope it stays there. It makes me want to exercise, and I don't even like exercising. Then again, I didn't want to deal with Hurt, The Fragile, Survivalism or a Terrible Lie either.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
High Five for 2012
By now you've either heard that Fiona Apple has the best record of the year so far, or you've heard The Idler Wheel... and know that it's true. But with Fiona already riding a 90 on Metacritic,
she doesn't need my endorsement. Instead, may I suggest you support the
five best metal records for the first half of the year, in alphabetical
order.
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| Cattle Decapitation, Monolith of Inhumanity San Diego's favorite misanthropes reinvent jazz as grindcore. |
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| Goatwhore, Blood for the Master You see us coming and you all-to-geth-er-run-for-cover--we're taking over death metal. |
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| Gojira, L'enfant Sauvage Ishirō Honda, meet François Truffaut. Discuss. |
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High on Fire, De Vermis Mysteriis Pike's Peak. Again. |
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Meshuggah, Koloss The Black Dahlia Murder's arms are too short to box. |
Happy listening! See you in December with the top ten.
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