Back in May of last year, Ghosts was released unannounced under the Creative Commons license on the NIN website. It's 36 instrumental tracks that Trent Reznor said were intended to be a "soundtrack for daydreams".

Buy the whole thing for $5 or download volume I for free here.

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So... I'm not going to waste my time. I'm going to start posting mixes on here, with bands that actually need promotion, and that want it. Give me a week or so to put another one together, but here's the tracklist to what was going to be the first mixleech (with links to the bands that actually took the two seconds it takes to respond):

1. Here We Go Magic - Ghost List
2. Mount Kimbie - Maybes
3. Organ Morgan - Broken Heart
4. Flying Lotus - Breathe Something/Stellar Star
5. Four Tet - And Then Patterns
6. Nine Inch Nails - 21 Ghosts III (live from Another Version of the Truth [Las Vegas])
7. Cut Copy - Glittering Clouds
8. Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo
9. Boards Of Canada - Dandelion
10. Amon Tobin - Get Your Snack On
11. tiny feathers - happy hands
12. Deerhunter - Red Ink
13. Atlas Sound - Winter Vacation
14. The Present - Shapeshifter
15. Pterodactyl - Rising & Shining

I spent a decent amount of time on this mix, so as is implied I highly recommend it. So if you have the time/money to download/buy the tracks and play them in order, do it! Shit is off the hook imo.

On a more relaxed note, check out this band Narrows I came across interestingly from one of the band member's Flickr. They have four songs up on their MySpace, and they're all pretty good. Rag on me for saying this, but they are pretty standard indie rock-- I don't know how else to quickly describe it!

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On a post to the NIN forums a few months ago, Trent Reznor informed us of 405gb of HD footage of Lights In The Sky that was recorded by none other than some random RIAA hatin' NIN fans. The links to the torrents can be found here. Edited versions of the raw footage have been uploaded to YouTube so you don't have to necessarily shop for a 500 gb hard drive if you don't want to, although nobody would complain about seeing it in full HD instead of 720p.

NIN are on their supposed "last tour ever" right now, so catch them while you can.

Here are a few starter vids:
"31 Ghosts IV"
"Only"
"The Warning"

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Track list:
01 Jane's Addiction: "Chip Away"
02 Nine Inch Nails: "Not So Pretty Now"
03 Street Sweeper: "Clap for the Killers"
04 Jane's Addiction: "Whores"
05 Nine Inch Nails: "Non-Entity"
06 Street Sweeper: "The Oath"

NIN|JA Tour Dates:
May 8 West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheatre)
May 9 Tampa, FL (Ford Amphitheatre)
May 10 Atlanta, GA (Lakewood Amphitheatre)
May 14 Albuquerque, NM (Journal Pavilion)
May 15 Phoenix, AZ (Cricket Wireless Pavilion)
May 16 Chula Vista, CA (Cricket Wireless Amphitheater)
May 18 Las Vegas, NV (The Pearl)
May 20 Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine Meadows)
May 22 Mountain View, CA (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
May 23-25 Quincy, WA (Sasquatch Festival)
May 26 Englewood, CO (Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre)
May 27 Kansas City, MO (Starlight Theatre)
May 29 Chicago, IL (Charter One Pavilion) *
May 30 Noblesville, IN (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
May 31 Clarkston, MI (DTE Energy Music Center)
June 2 Toronto, Ontario (Molson Amphitheatre)
June 3 Darien Lake, NY (Darien Lake Amphitheatre)
June 5 Camden, NJ (Tweeter Center at the Waterfront)
June 6 Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center)
June 7 Wantagh, NY (Nikon at Jones Beach Theater)
June 9 Columbia, MD (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
June 10 Burgettstown, PA (Post-Gazette Pavilion)
June 12 Charlotte, NC (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)

* NIN without Jane's Addiction

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I can guarantee one thing: Sasquatch will not pull a Langerado.

A handful of big names overlap with Bonnaroo, but that's not a bad thing considering how far apart they are from each other: Sasquatch is in Washington state and Bonnaroo (lineup) is in Tennessee. Both still have more artists to add, but already it seems like both are upgraded from last year. I don't think Bonnaroo can be called a jam band festival anymore, but it's a wee bit more chill than its intensely indie counterpart. West Coast, start rounding up the troops.

Sasquatch! 2009 lineup
Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members)
Kings of Leon
Nine Inch Nails
Ben Harper & Relentless7
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Erykah Badu
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
TV On The Radio
Animal Collective
Silversun Pickups
Bon Iver
Santigold
Of Montreal
Explosions In The Sky
Devotchka
Peter Bjorn & John
Gogol Bordello
M. Ward
The Avett Brothers
Doves
Calexico
Grizzly Bear
M83
Girl Talk
The Gaslight Anthem
The Walkmen
Chromeo (dj set)
Deadmau5
Mugison
Sun Kil Moon
Airborne Toxic Event
Blitzen Trapper
Shearwater
BLK JKS
The Wrens
Tobacco
Monotonix
King Khan & The Shrines
St. Vincent
Passion Pit
John Vanderslice
Bishop Allen
Blind Pilot
AA Bondy
Black Moth Super Rainbow
The Knux
Ra Ra Riot
The Dodos
Beach House
Arthur & Yu
The Submarines
Owl City
Viva Voce
James Pants
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
The Builders & The Butchers
The Dutchess & The Duke
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
Fences
School of Seven Bells
Death Vessel
Horse Feathers
Hockey
Point Juncture, WA
The Pica Beats
Loch Lomond
Vince Mira
Comedians:
Zach Galifiankas
Demetri Martin
Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
God's Pottery
People's Republic of Komedy

Bands playing at both festivals:
Nine Inch Nails
of Montreal
Animal Collective
Santogold (now Santigold)
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bon Iver
Grizzly Bear
Girl Talk
Ben Harper & Relentless7

Tickets for Sasquatch! go on sale this Saturday (2/28) at 10am at for $154.40/$56.50 (three-day pass/single-day pass) if you buy them over the weekend. Once Monday hits prices will be bumped up to $199.50/$66.50. Buy them here.

Oh, and this could be the last Nine Inch Nails tour ever, so take your pick: Sasquatch or Bonnaroo?

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The lineup is packed full of big names and great accompanying artists. Metallica and Kanye are gone this year (YES!), and Phish is bringing back Bonnaroo as a jam band festival, doing two shows over the four days.  It could use a dosage of hip-hop though, so hopefully that comes with the next announcement (last year I got front row for Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli followed - needless to say it was a highlight of the festival). Other than that, the lineup is spectacular. We'll let you know when more artists get announced. 

See the whole thing at bonnaroo.com. Tickets go on sale Feb. 7. The first wave sold out already (before the artists were even announced), so the next price level is $234.50, then $249.50 once those sell out.

Image via BandBuilder.com

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We all know Trent Reznor hates the music industry, and now more than ever Nine Inch Nails fans have reason to concur: Interscope has recently denied a DVD documenting the band's epic "Lights in the Sky" tour, which Reznor called "FOR SURE the best show of the year" after excusing himself of a Kanye West moment.

The plans for a film were scrapped for "two critical reasons" says Reznor via a post on the NIN website: "One was to approach a certain record company that owns some of the song rights about producing/funding. The second was to allow said company to fuck around as usual for months before saying um... no."

More bad news: "The shows we have announced in 2009 and any more that may be announced will be a completely different approach with some different personnel and will likely be the last for the foreseeable future." Pitchfork warns fans of a hiatus, but wait a sec. Reznor's ties to the music industry have finally been snapped and he's been unleashing his music virtually non-stop ever since, so it looks to me like NIN are going strong... Not to mention drummer Ilan Rubin just left Lostprophets for NIN full-time.

NIN Tour Dates:
12-04 Kelowna, British Columbia - Prospera Place *
12-05 Victoria, British Columbia - Save on Foods Memorial Centre *
12-07 Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena *
12-08 Nampa, ID - Idaho Center *
12-09 Missoula, MT - Adams Center *
12-12 Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena *
12-13 Las Vegas, NV - Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino *
02-17 Auckland, New Zealand - Vector Arena
02-21 Brisbane, Australia - Soundwave Festival
02-22 Sydney, Australia - Soundwave Festival
02-27 Melbourne, Australia - Soundwave Festival
02-28 Adelaide, Australia - Soundwave Festival
03-02 Perth, Australia - Soundwave Festival

* with the Bug

Video: Nine Inch Nails: Live From Rehearsals [Pitchfork.tv]

Download The Slip LP for free via the NIN website

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