Trent Reznor does it again. The new creative commons licensed release off the Nine Inch Nails web site is a promo EP for the NIN/JA 2009 tour featuring two tracks each by Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiction and Street Sweeper. These are all unreleased tracks totaling 23 minutes of intense industrial rock. The two NIN songs are typical for their recent material which is OK by me. Jane’s addiction is not a band I’ve listened to much but the two tracks featured here make for some riveting moments especially the insanely percussive “Chip Away”. Street Sweeper is a rock rap group consisting mainly of Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Boots Riley of The Coup. Their simplistic riffs and violent rap is not my cup of tea but some of you might like it. However I highly recommend the four tracks by NIN and Jane’s Addiction.

The EP is available in many formats including MP3 and FLAC from the NIN web site. You do have to register with your email address but Trent meant this to be freely distributed and you can also download it off most torrent sites.

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