I'll say it again: there's way too much cool stuff coming out this year. Year Zero, the new Nine Inch Nails album, came out yesterday. I've been listening to the leaked version for a couple of weeks, and it is very raw and very cool. Year Zero tells a story of the future, in a world where the trends of the current U.S. administration have continued. Like all NIN music, it will definitely take a few listens through to grow on, but it's well worth it.

One more thing. Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor has released the first single from the new album, Survivalism, in GarageBand format. He's done this previously for two other songs, letting fans easily make remixes. Reznor says he wants to eventually make the entire Year Zero album available in this format. Considering most artists would never even consider doing this for one of their songs, it really is awesome.