Okay, so, like, this is the first #Shellac album I've ever listened to. I honestly didn't know until he died that #SteveAlbini was also actually in bands. I must've heard them before at some point, I just didn't know the connection. Wtf, RIP, tattoo the names of the dead on your hands, etc. etc.
We’re still on a break from posting spotlights on albums from our 1001 Other Albums list, but I’m stressed and sad, and therefore I need a little list-making therapy. And so, in honor of the late great Steve Albini who suddenly left us this week, here is a (possibly incomplete) list of the albums from The List that he had a part in, in one way or another:
I think those make a nice little tribute playlist to keep us going for a bit. And, if you want to look up more, here is a (likely very incomplete) list of other bands/artists on The List that Albini worked with, on albums of theirs not on The List: Ben Frost, Cheap Trick, Don Caballero, Esben and the Witch, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gogol Bordello, Jim O’Rourke, Jimmy Page, Joanna Newsom, Low, Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Nine Inch Nails, Pussy Galore, Richard Youngs, Robert Plant, Songs: Ohia, The Ex, The Stooges, and Yonatan Gat.
Feel free to share your favorite Albini-ed album below (and, if it’s not already in The List, let me know if you want me to add it).
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Steve Albini. Fond memories of the many times #Shellac was in town. When there was time in the tour schedule, they would invite everyone back for pancakes on Sunday, and a morning show. It’s nice to see the letters, kranky takes, and tales of Bob Weston saving the day by salvaging a power supply to continue recording as scheduled. Guy was punk, and like many aging punks, needs more rest than they know. Fuck heart attacks. #SteveAlbini
Nirvana have paid tribute to Steve Albini by sharing the four-page letter he sent the band before agreeing to record their beloved final studio album, In Utero. Albini passed away at the age of 61.
❝Let’s say you want to buy one Neil Young record, and not as a joke, so you can skip the rockabilly one. He has maybe 20 credible albums to choose from. You need a record store guy who is super into Neil Young to help you through that maze.❞
Naturally, when Steve Albini popped into the room while we were mixing the LP for #roysworldfilm I restrained myself from snapping any photos. Keeping it classy. Just like Steve, who (by all accounts) did not much for care for jazz yet built a magnificent recording studio that has fostered countless superb jazz albums. He had integrity and grit and there'll never be another like him.
We celebrate Steve Albini's life and incredible body of work through our #SongoftheDay, "Darlene", off of Slint's Tweez. He kept it simple in an age of studio gloss, and we loved him for it.
❝There’s an odd perception in the music scene that if you’re not doing music full time as a profession, that you’re somehow less serious than someone who is, and I think that’s exactly backwards. I’m willing to work a full-time job to support my interest in music, like it was a wife and family, and there are millions of people like me. I think that shows that we take it more seriously than somebody who also expects it to be a free ride and pay his rent.❞ — #SteveAlbinihttps://narcmagazine.com/interview-shellac/
Been offline for a bit because I'm dealing with some IRL shit. This hasn't been helped by the news that Steve Albini has died. Dude was such a legend, engineered so many of my favourite bands and he even became a better person after a lifetime of being an edgelord dickhead. Will be spinning plenty of Big Black and Shellac today, along with Pixies, Nirvana, Breeders, The Wedding Present and lots of his other amazing work #rip#SteveAlbini