As you may recall, Nine Inch Nails released a portion of their latest album, Ghosts, for free via BitTorrent. For those wishing to get the complete set, they had to go to the band's website to purchase it, following in the footsteps of Radiohead. Later on, Mr. Reznor produced an album for Saul Williams, and they also went the Internet sales route, but he was not thrilled with the results.
Now comes news via enigmax of TorrentFreak that Nine Inch Nails is at it again, and they are releasing a new single, "Echoplex", for free via their iLike page. It also seems like something else may be brewing as the band is saying that you should stop by their official website on May 5th for a "special surprise". No hints are given as to what this may be, but considering their penchant for giving away music lately, I would suspect it will be another single or the like for you to download.