New Nine Inch Nails

For all the Nine Inch Nails fans out there, Trent and a few cohorts have put out a new album: Ghosts I-IV. Coming pretty close on the heels of Year Zero, this one follows Radiohead's lead and is available primarily in digital format. Oh, and they're all instrumental. I've always been a fan of the more ambient NIN stuff anyway, so this is quite exciting.

There are several options, including a free version containing just the first 9 tracks (there are 36, count 'em, 36 in all) and a $5 dollar download only containing all 36 tracks, a PDF booklet, and some cool web-ready images. There's also a $10, dual-CD purchase due to be shipped in April.

I went for the $5 download, and it's quite good so far. There's so much music for the price, though, even a mediocre release would still be worth it. It did take me two days to get it, since the web site was so hosed up.

Score another one for the bands fighting against record-company tyranny.