Christine and the Queens feat. Dâm-Funk: Girlfriend French pop singer/songwriter/producer Christine and the Queens (aka Héloïse Letissier) has teamed up with Pasadena-based funk master Dâm-Funk (aka Damon Garrett Riddick) for the new track “Girlfriend.” Letissier says the song was born out of her fixation with masculinity, saying, “I became obsessed with this idea of the macho man, and still being a woman. What does it …
With a vocal introduction reminiscent of Trent Reznor’s work with David Bowie (though, with frenetic drum propulsion underlining it all), “God Break Down The Door” tantalizes as it twists and turns. This, the latest Nine Inch Nails track, magnetizes across all four minutes—with saxophone peering in every so often to haunt the listener. “God Break Down The Door” is drawn from Bad Witch, out 22 …
Hot off a riveting “Twin Peaks” cameo performance, Nine Inch Nails have released a second track, “This Isn’t The Place,” from tomorrow’s forthcoming EP Add Violence. As the song’s atmosphere thickens on piano progressions, an emotional climax (one of many) arises almost mid-track, with the introduction of lead singer Trent Reznor’s vocals. As dark and challenging as it can be at times, the song leaves …
