"The Fragile" to be released September 21 and NIN tour tentatively coming up
The long awaited new Nine Inch Nails double album "The Fragile" has been set
for a September 21 release.
A video for the song "We're in This Together"
was recently shot in Mexico by director Mark Pellington. The video will be shown on MTV from August 28 and on. NIN will also perform on MTV Music Awards on September 9. A single for "We're in This Together" will be out after the album release, on October 11, except for in North America where it will
not be commercially released.
Nothing is certain, but Nine Inch Nails may tour South America and Europe in
October and November, with Japanese and Australian dates coming up early
next year. /Kristoffer NohedenPet Shop Boys countdown
The upcoming Pet Shop Boys album will be called "Night Life" and should be
in your local record store on October 12. /Erik AlmgrenScanner performed 16 gigs simultaneously
Experimental techno-act Scanner, a k a Robin Rimbaud, certainly doesn't
lack a sense of humour. After recently launching his new album "Lauwarm
Instrumentals", he simultaneously performed 16 gigs across Europe and the US
- without attending any of them! Instead lookalikes were sent to each
location, fooling everyone - including the press. Many of the gigs were
even reviewed favourably in various newspapers by journalists seemingly
unaware of the scam. /Erik AlmgrenMarilyn Manson live album and video release
Marilyn Manson are currently putting together a live album and an
accompanying video, which will include all of their music videos, as well
as extra live and backstage footage.
No release date is set but the name of the album will be "The Last Tour on
Earth" (of course) and the video will (of course, again) be called "God Is in the TV".
Manson also appears on the soundtrack to "Detroit Rock City" with a cover
of AC/DC:s "Highway to Hell". This album should be available by now. /Erik AlmgrenControversial Leftfield video
Leftfield are currently showing the controversial video for the new single
"Afrika Shox" on their website.
The video was made by Chris Cunningham, who among others directed Aphex
Twin's "Come To Daddy" and Björk's "All Is Full of Love". It shows a
disturbed man on the streets of New York, whose limbs fall off and smash on
the ground. He is then hit by a car.
The video is the last to be made by
Cunningham, who is now concentrating on feature films.
"Afrika Shox", featuring guest vocalist Afrika Bambaataa, is released on
September 6, followed by the album, "Rhythm and Stealth", on September 20
(later than eariler reported). /Erik AlmgrenUncertainties about the US release of forthcoming Pig album
A new Pig EP, entitled "Disrupt Degrade and Devastate", was released on July 17
by Rock Records in Japan. The title track is a funky piece, co-written with
former KMFDM guitarist Günter Schulz, while the other new song, "Flesh
Fest", is slow, heavy and packed with stunning big band samples. They
both sound promising for the forthcoming album "Black Brothel", which is,
according to Pig's manger Yoshi Hoshina, now scheduled for a November
release. However, rumour has it that the planned US release on Wax Trax!/TVT
Records is uncertain at the moment. According to TVT it's just the ordinary
legal procedures that has to be taken care of, so we will just have to wait
and see how it turns out. /Kristoffer NohedenMember leaves Saft
Swedish pop trio Saft is now a duo. Jesper Hörberg has left the band, but will continue to work as producer, writer etc.
The new single is named "Går in som Gud" (above) and contains the single song as well as two funky remixes. /Mikael KahrleNew Thrill Kill Kult album
On September 28 the legendary band My Life with the Thrill Kill
Kult will release a new album called "Dirty Little Secrets: Music To Strip
By". /Erik AlmgrenShaun Ryder/Tricky collaboration
Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) is teaming up with Tricky to
record material slated for inclusion on the next Happy Mondays album. /Erik AlmgrenDead Can Dance drummer releases solo album on Projekt
