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Achtung Reznor!

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Hit the jump to check out NIN's first new music in two years, plus other choice contributions to the newly released U2 covers album.

So, today the interwebs were graced with the presence of the first Nine Inch Nails track to be released since summer '09, not long before Trent Reznor announced plans to retire his longstanding industrial/metal/rock band from the touring circuit.  Now, Reznor's accomplished a lot in the two years that followed; his work with frequent collaborator Atticus Ross for The Social Network score snagged him a metric shit-ton of critical acclaim, and a fistful of shiny trophies to boot.  But, as worried as us fans may have been about losing NIN for good, Reznor always maintained that, when it came to the studio, Nine Inch Nails would live on.

Today's proof comes in the form of "Zoo Station", the leadoff track from the just-released "AHK-toong BAY-bi covered", a compilation of artists taking on tracks from U2's just-turned-20 (and thus, technically classic) Achtung Baby.


It's a decent version to be sure; it just seems a little offputting to hear Reznor's attempts at channelling Bono and David Bowie simultaneously.  Nonetheless, it's a new Nine Inch Nails track, and I for one will gladly take it to tide me over until the next "halo", whenever that may be.

AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered also has tracks from Depeche Mode, Patti Smith, the Killers, the Fray, Snow Patrol and others, most notably Jack White.  White takes on "Love is Blindness", and takes on with authoritah.


Garbage's take on "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses":


Also noteworthy is Damien Rice's maximum chilled take on "One":


If you feel like picking up the disc, it's only included as a freebie in the current issue of Q Magazine.  It's printed by the Brits, so swing on by your friendly neighbourhood import magazine retailer.
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