Nine Inch Nails once again shatters the commonplace with a new album and a middle finger to the record industry.  NIN’s newest album, The Slip, was released today — for free — online.  The album includes ten tracks for a total length of 43:45.  The album is available in standard mp3 format and all the way up to audiophile quality 24-bit, 96kHz .wav format.  If you’re a NIN fan, or want your own piece of history, go ahead and download The Slip and celebrate the beginning of the end for the RIAA.

Buy: $Free

The mix tape is back, retooled for modern times while keeping the anaolog look we all know and love. Use the USB flash drive to store an hour’s worth of your favorite tunes, then pass it along to someone special in the cassette-style carrying case. This is one of the best ideas for music sharing to come along in quite some time…refreshingly devoid of any concern for the financial future of corporate record labels everywhere, and even a little romantic to boot!

Buy: Approximately $35 (U.S.)