Opening for this summer’s Nine Inch Nails tour, which kicks off at the Pemberton Festival before fanning out across the country: Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, A Place To Bury Strangers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, and White Williams. Average Pitchfork score of the five openers’ albums: 7.14–but it goes up to 8.3 if you toss out Tom Ewing’s pan of the Does It Offend You, Yeah? album. Tour dates and openers after the jump.
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Another day, another festival lineup announcement; this time the Voodoo Music Experience, scheduled for October 24-26 in New Orleans. No real surprises though, with Sasquatch’s R.E.M. joining Bumbershoot’s Stone Temple Pilots and Pemberton/Lollapalooza/Virgin Festival’s Nine Inch Nails. More »
Another day, another festival lineup announcement; this time the Voodoo Music Experience, scheduled for October 24-26 in New Orleans. No real surprises though, with Sasquatch’s R.E.M. joining Bumbershoot’s Stone Temple Pilots and Pemberton/Lollapalooza/Virgin Festival’s Nine Inch Nails. More »
Another day, another festival lineup announcement; this time the Voodoo Music Experience, scheduled for October 24-26 in New Orleans. No real surprises though, with Sasquatch’s R.E.M. joining Bumbershoot’s Stone Temple Pilots and Pemberton/Lollapalooza/Virgin Festival’s Nine Inch Nails. More »
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Robin Finck Rejoins Nine Inch Nails–Does That Mean He’s Not Going To Tour With Axl Anymore?
Trent Reznor announced on Friday that former Nine Inch Nails guitarist Robin Finck would be back in the fold for his band’s summer tour, which will hit Lollapalooza and the Pemberton Festival before traveling to various arenas and amphitheaters. More »
Canada adds another giant outdoor music festival thingee to 2008’s pile; running from July 25 to 27, the British Columbia-area Pemberton Festival will feature “bands such as Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and the Tragically Hip.” Curse you, CanCon guidelines. More »
“Rolling Stone” And “Blender” Face Off Over Britney Spears
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who’s contributed to several of those titles–or maybe even all of them! After the click-through, he contrasts the Britney Spears cover stories in the new issues of Rolling Stone and Blender:
Rock-Critically Correct: Examining The Latest “Spin” Cycle
A few weeks ago, we introduced Rock-Critically Correct, a new feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who’s contributed to several of those titles–or maybe even all of them! After the click-through, he/she examines the most recent issue of Spin:
New York “Times” Gives New Music Editor A Spin
A borderline-sketchy gossip site is reporting that Sia Michel, former editor-in-chief of Spin, has been named pop music editor of the New York Times. Michel left Spin last year, when renowned blogger Andy Pemberton took over; she’s since been freelancing for the Times and consulting for Radar. More »


















