Nine Inch Nails’ newest “The Slip” is being made available for FREE download via nin.com. However, the band is encouraging people to share the album any way they can. Thus, for your FREE DOWNLOADING pleasure, here is the The Slip, in it’s entirety. Enjoy. Share. Listen. Learn. Thank you Nine Inch Nails. Thank you.

1. 999,999
2. 1,000,000
3. letting you
4. discipline
5. echoplex
6. head down
7. lights in the sky
8. corona radiata
9. the four of us are dying
10. demon seed

length: 43:45

>> DOWNLOAD

Make sure to leave your comments on The Slip in the comments section!

P.S. I’ll leave this download link active for about a month. If you happen upon this post after the link has been taken down, feel free to email me and I’ll happily send you the zip file.

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 Kate Bush - Cloudbusting: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Featured on Kate Bush’s prolific 1985 release “Hounds of Love”, this song has gotten me though some tough times in my life. Even though it’s about a boy’s father being taken away by the government - which might also have something to do with the state of world post 1984 - I still find a certain comfort in it’s haunting melodies and the loneliness of it all; the rolling drums, the winding curves of the background vocals. I was ten when this LP came out and I wouldn’t discover Kate Bush for another couple of years. There was something mystical about Kate. She was beautiful and her voice sounded like a ghost child.

FURTHER READING:
Wikipedia’s entry on the song.

Enjoy.

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 Bauhaus - Undone: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I’m a firm believer that sharing is caring…except where, perhaps, STD’s are concerned. Music, on the other hand, is different. Unlike an STD, you can give it to someone and not feel so bad.

Today’s share is Bauhaus’ “Undone” from their newest release “Go Away White”. If you’re blindly biased about Bauhaus (the way I am), you’ll love it. If you’re a little more critical, soulless, and deaf in one ear, you might not enjoy it as much. Leave your comments and let me know what you think.

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If anyone remembers the 90’s Manchester band The Charlatans (A.K.A. The Charlatans UK), earlier this week they started giving away their newest album (in it’s entirety) “You Cross My Path” for FREE via xfm.co.uk. It’s still available. Get it while it’s hot. You know, if you’re into that sort of thing.

>>Official Charlatans Website
>>Charlatans at AllMusic.com

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Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls was invited to perform drums on the latest NIN album Ghosts I-IV. Early on in the sessions, Trent Reznor asked Brian to create a junk drum kit out of household items (see image) and allowed him to go nuts, make stuff up, and be creative. I mean seriously, if Trent Reznor asked you to go nuts, make stuff up and be creative, wouldn’t you just die? Brian expressed in a recent Dresden Dolls newsletter that he was thrilled and honored for the experience.

About Ghosts I-IV: Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.

..this confirms my theory that Trent Reznor is a lovable and curious android on a quest to become more human. Does he sleep or simply recharge his positronic brain? He’s done 7 studio albums, 4 remix albums, 3 live concert albums, and 20 singles in 18 years . He’s not human. Trent averages 0.7 new releases every year.

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Clan of Xymox have released news that chaos, sabotage, and riotous behavior recently broke out at a concert in Mexico. Apparently, there were issues with the organizers, scheduling conflicts, and equipment sabotage. From what I read, several comments were posted in the CoX’s guestbook and the band was prompted to write out an explanation of the event.

Occurred at the Mandragora Fest in Mexico on March 1st. Initially, confusion began over scheduling conflicts which slated CoX to headline at 4am. Security and stage manager’s were lacking which caused a whole heap of mayhem throughout the night. During CoX’s set, the manager for a band called Atrocity allegedly “…displayed an atrocious ,despicable , unprofessional and self important behavior by pulling plugs and switching off the monitor system, causing Clan Of Xymox to have to leave the stage since there was no security on the side of the stage to keep these kind of people away.“. According to CoX, in support for this bad behavior, the audience began chanting “Clan of Xymox!!” and apparently, the audience unleashed their anger over missing CoX’s full set by throwing and yelling at the follow-up acts Atrocity and Leaves Eye.

The letter posted on CoX’s site is rather egotistical. I’m not exactly sure who wrote it, but it’s filled with a great deal of self love and claims that the audience in total was only there to see CoX and absolutely supported the band in the hours that followed the sabotage. I don’t know. I’ve been to a few large concerts in my day and when something goes wrong, you hardly ever know what’s really happening. At one point in the letter, it states “Ronny & Mojca displayed their dismay on stage about this sabotage and their fans picked up on it immediately by showing their support by shouting as loud as possible Xymox, Xymox, Xymox !!!”

CoX have apologized for the mishaps and have expressed gratitude to their fans for their support.

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Etsy.com is such a good idea, it’s a wonder no one thought of it before. Pre-Etsy, if you wanted to sell your handmade wares, you had to build a website (or hire someone) or post them on eBay. And it’s a great community of people who build, knit, glue, craft, and make creativity look easy. Part of this amazing community is Monica Richards (Faith and Muse, solo). Her little section of the site sells handmade jewelry and artwork. This is a good way to get your hands on something handmade by a terrific songstress as well as support a community of crafty do-gooders.

>> Monica Richards at Etsy

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I was reading another blog (I won’t say which ’cause it will out my true nerd status) that runs a weekly podcast. Along with written comments for their show, they also accept audio comments and then add them to the episode. I thought: What a neat idea!. I thought it would also be cool to run listener bumpers. For example, listeners would say “Hi this is so and so and you’re listening to Dark Culture Radio.” - or whatever.

Dark Culture Radio is currently the most frequently visited section of this site receiving approximately 80% of the traffic. Who knew? I hardly believe it myself. Anyway, here’s what you do if you want to send in an audio comment:

1. Record your comments in either .wav or .mp3 format and mail to cinka at darkculture dot net
2. Make sure you put “Audio Comment” in the subject field.
3. Keep audio comments to under 30 seconds.
4. If you’re audio savvy, record at 44100 Hz and FFT 256 (don’t worry about this if it doesn’t make sense to you).

If you’d like to record and submit a bumper, here’s what you do:

1. See 1-4 above.
2. Say something like “Hi, my name is YOUR NAME from WHEREVER YOU’RE FROM and you’re listening to Dark Culture Radio”
3. Feel free to get creative, but make sure you mention the podcast name, your name, and where you’re from.

So get started already! I’m waiting.

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Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (UK Single)
The Cure - Another Day
Comsat Angels - Goat Of The West
Asylum Party - Mother
Irrelevant - Flying
The Speedies - Time
Siouxsie - About to Happen new!
Niceville - A Murder Of Sandfleas new!
Death In June - Little Black Angel
Martin Dupont - I Met The Beast
The Raveonettes - Blush new!
Frank the Baptist - Falling Stars
Bauhaus -Adrenalin new!
Buzzcocks - Harmony in my Head
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)

 

 Podcast Dark Culture 43: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s been about 5 months since the last podcast, but it looks like I might be able to do these a little more regularly. My work situation has changed and I might be able to scrape up a few hours here and there to bust out the jams. This is a stellar episode featuring French Cold Wave, new Bauhaus, new Siouxsie, new Ravoenettes, and new Niceville. Plus, loads of other good stuff. The new Bauhaus CD hasn’t come out yet and you can’t hear this song anywhere else. At least, I don’t think you can. Enjoy!

Join in the fun and submit your audio mp3 comments and station ID’s to cinka at darkculture dot net [read more about audio comments]

SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST FEED

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I’d heard Bauhaus was doing a new album, but forgot about it. ‘Go Away White’ is set for release on March 4th and you can hear samples of two songs “Saved” and “Black Stone Heart” at
their MySpace page.

Amazon is currently taking pre-orders, however, if you order from Newbury Comics, you also get a limited edition pint glass…or juice cup, whatever you’re into. I recall reading somewhere that Bauhaus won’t be touring to support the new album. I also recall reading that they joined together for a new album just to see if they could pull it off. I guess we’ll find out. I’m cautious about my level excitement with this one. While I have, for many moons, claimed that Bauhaus is my favorite band (and they are), I’m worried that it won’t be any good and I’ll hate it. You see, I love David Bowie just as much as I love Bauhaus. Even so, I liked so many things about Bowie’s 2003 release “Reality”, but I can’t recall the last time I listened to it. I’ll still buy “Go Away White” and I’ll listen with careful ears.

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