Guardian Music — With the story of how rap-scallions Silibil N'Brains fooled America hitting shelves, Jane Graham looks at some more music industry hoaxesAs international fraudsters, they had brassier balls than the Enron board and more starry-eyed optimism than Bern... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This Week: Dave Navarro   Question 1 Can you remember all the acts you’ve ever recorded with? “RHCP, Panic Channel, Marilyn Manson, NIN, Sun 60s, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Tommy... more info

Thrash Hits — Chimp Spanner At The Dream’s Edge Basick Records 12 April 2010 by Andy Parker Chimp Spanner isn’t a band – it’s a single man, very much in the Nine Inch Nails = Trent Reznor kind of way. The man in question is one Paul Antonio ... more info

Guardian Music — Lady Gaga's tweets are eccentric, Lily Allen's snippy, Trent Reznor's charitable – and the Streets' Mike Skinner tweets out his latest tracksAttention-seeking, ego-massage, contact with adoring fans: it's obvious why pop stars have been such k... more info

Stereogum — Synthesized Chicago trio Lazer Crystal put together a concoction of post-Kraftwerk dance ragers, hypnotic Can repetitions, and moodier new wave anthems on their forthcoming MCMLXXX. (And you might near NIN on “National Handbag.”) They also wrote ... more info

411 Mania — It’s a battle of the titans of Industrial rock, as Burton C Bell, Al Jourgensen and Trent Reznor lead their ensemble cast of band-mates into battle in this week’s 3Ls. more info

NME - The Daily Download — Raucous Seattle act Jaguar Love are releasing their album 'Hologram Jams' on April 26th and to celebrate they've got a remix of their track 'Up All Night' to give away for free. Tour buddies with Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age and TV On T... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... ERIC CLAPTON'S Rainbow Concert (1973) Clapton's live return from two year exile, with Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Rebop and others. We're posting off the shelf live stuff all week. Listen Before You... more info

411 Mania — NIN debut to finally go back into circulation... more info

Rolling Stone — Wilco will curate the Solid Sound festival, scheduled for August 13-15th at North Adams, Massachusetts’ MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art). According to the event’s official site, the fest will feature the bandmembers’ side pr... more info