‘The Social Network’ was a turning point for Trent Reznor and movie scores in general. Read more on Stereogum.com. 

Sharon Van Etten covered Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” for Suicide Prevention Month as part of Sounds of Savings’ Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Read more on RollingStone.com.

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As a teenage girl paralyzed with fear, one of the darkest albums of the 1990s, “The Downward Spiral,” gave Maya Salam the guts to rebel against her tormentors. Read more at The New York Times.