I’ve always been a fan of Nine Inch Nails since given a cassette of Pretty Hate Machine long long ago, and it’s hard to believe it was only last year that With Teeth was released. Year Zero is one of the best things I’ve heard so far this year, a constant barrage of terror and mystery and chaos and explosiveness I feel only they can pull off. So much of this album is head-scratchingly impressive, and by that I mean I don’t have the first clue how some of that music is dreamed up let alone played and recorded. Track 13, The Great Destroyer, starts off well, but at the 1:45 mark instantly turns into one of the coolest couple of minutes of digital music I’ve ever heard. Once the end of 2007 comes along it’s going to be a hell of a time ranking my favorite albums from this year… The Klaxons, NIN, Bloc Party, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Kaiser Chiefs, Andrew Bird, and Explosions In The Sky are all vying for my top picks, and there’s still 3/4 of the year to go.

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