The Null Device Blog

Random musings, rumblings, and what-have-you from an indie electronic band.

Revisiting the Classics – “Pretty Hate Machine” (1989)

In 1990, a 17-year-old me went with some friends to an all-ages dance club, and amongst the predictable dance tracks were layered a few tracks from this up-and-coming kid from Cleveland whose debut had dropped the previous fall. The DJ was really flogging the tracks too. I wasn’t sure what to make of all of [...]

Revisiting the Classics: Violator (1991)

The other day my iPod shuffled up “Enjoy The Silence” and I thought to myself, “you know, I haven’t really sat down and listened to Violator in its entirety in years.”  I thought it might be an interesting experiment – since I loved the album when it came out, but that was 20 years ago [...]

2010 Nully Awards – The Ridiculously Specific Annual Album Roundup

Best Album I’ve Released This Year: Null Device – Suspending Belief I’d be a fool not to mention this. Best Collaborative Album I Was Involved With This Year: The Dark Clan & Null Device – Fading Belief A cute concept – a cover song tradeoff – anchored by a pretty darn epic title track, if [...]

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    • Is "trip-hop" still a thing? Please tell me we got a better name for it since the 90's. - 1 hour ago
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    • In what world is "close window" synonymous with "save changes?" Jaysis guys hire a usability engineer. - 6 hours ago
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