Steve Albini?Like ..who? (1 Viewer)

[Unicron]

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[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Were Shellac any use the other night? How were the new tunes(presuming they played some)?

 

[ogy]

I thought they were class! That was the first time I've seen them and I was really impressed. Their playing was incredible, brilliant use of dynamics. The bit of theatre they do combined with the bit of banter between tunes really added to it too. The End Of Radio was the stand out tune for me.

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Artist on Artist: Robbie Fulks talks to Steve Albini | Artist on Artist | Chicago Reader

 

[pavlos]

Not sure where I should put this: but I'll put it here anyways and stick it in the first Jason Molina thread I can find. Enjoy.

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[east hastings]

The irascible producer updates his classic 1994 essay “The Problem With Music.

‘The Problem With Music’ has been solved by the internet – Quartz

 

[hydromancer]

released yesterday according to the label

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[Unknown Convict]

‘The Problem With Music’ has been solved by the internet – Quartz

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[east hastings]

edit: thought i seen something about a big black reformed thing but it was a joke

 

[NoNo]

Shellac are playing Belfast, galway and Dublin in September. Tickets on sale on Friday. The tivoli is the venue in Dublin and the roisin dubh for Galway

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Is there a new record on the way? I've not heard the last one.

 

[ernesto]

Is there a new record on the way? I've not heard the last one.

i dont think so

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

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[ernesto]

Is there a new record on the way? I've not heard the last one.

I just realised I should have added they’d recently released one

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I go back and read @GO’s rants against Albini every time this thread pops back up.

 

[therealjohnny]

The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’

The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offend as many people as possible. What led him to reassess his past?

www.theguardian.com

 

[nuke terrorist]

The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’

The long read: Steve Albini was long synonymous with the indie underground, playing in revered bands and recording albums by the Pixies, PJ Harvey and Nirvana. He also often seemed determined to offend as many people as possible. What led him to reassess his past?

www.theguardian.com

Are people still allowed say "Fuck you Albini" to him in the street now?

I haven't really followed what he was up to since the first Shellac EP and I only realised Albini's studio wasn't in his basement anymore during the pandemic.
He always seemed to detest folks like Jello Biafra and had long running feud with Vic Bondi (Articles Of Faith singer later a history Prof.)
Albini seemed to love annoying people and being an outsider.

Some of the worst stuff mentioned in The Guardian article I had no idea about but Albini obviously doesn't endorse setting folks on fire and telling GQ that he hopes their publication fails is no bad thing.
If the guy is more self aware now - great.
A lot of the statements by the Guardian writer were inaccurate or wrong. I don't think they know much about some of things they wrote about.
Not unusual for a journalist.

 

[Nate Champion]

Yes, telling someone from GQ that he hopes their magazine fails - surely that has to be a plus, or positive moral point?


Yeah, Shellac are not really anything like Big Black...what else was wrong?

I'd also say Albini's opinion of Smashing Pumpkins hasn't changed. I'd say he'd trash them with a fresh putdown in an instant. If anything Corgan's increasingly delusional and narcissistic behaviour would seem to suggest that Albini was right all along...

 

[ernesto]

Yes, telling someone from GQ that he hopes their magazine fails - surely that has to be a plus, or positive moral point?


Yeah, Shellac are not really anything like Big Black...what else was wrong?

I'd also say Albini's opinion of Smashing Pumpkins hasn't changed. I'd say he'd trash them with a fresh putdown in an instant. If anything Corgan's increasingly delusional and narcissistic behaviour would seem to suggest that Albini was right all along...

If billy big balls shut the fuck up for a decade he'd get his badly craved recognition

 

[therealjohnny]

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