During her Primavera performance this past weekend, Pj Harvey paid tribute to late musician and recording engineer Steve Albini, dedicating a rendition of Uh Huh Her’s “The Desperate Kingdom of Love” to him. “I would like to sing this next song in memory of Steve Albini,” she said. “Steve should have been here for this festival and it would be nice if we all think of him for this song.”
The audience quietly took in the song, which she played by herself with only an acoustic guitar before strapping...
The audience quietly took in the song, which she played by herself with only an acoustic guitar before strapping...
- 6/3/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
For nearly two decades, Shellac have made an annual appearance at a least one iteration of Primavera Sound. The rock band fronted by Steve Albini were scheduled to appear at the music festival when it returns to Barcelona next week, but their performance tradition came to a sudden end when the rock pioneer and engineer died earlier this month at the age of 61. Committed to immortalizing their legacy, Primavera Sound has renamed the stage Shellac were going to appear on in honor of the late musician.
The Steve Albini stage...
The Steve Albini stage...
- 5/20/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Forget the Platonic ideal, Shellac have always aspired to the sardonic ideal. On a ditty cheekily titled “Chick New Wave” — off To All Trains, the noise-rock group’s sixth and final album following the recent death of its singer-guitarist Steve Albini — we hear Albini hector, “I’m through with music from dudes … all I care about is chick new wave.” And of course he sings this as if the three musicians who wrote and recorded the song aren’t dudes whose last album was titled Dude Incredible, and that any...
- 5/20/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Earlier this month, Steve Albini tragically passed away just a week before the release of To All Trains, his band Shellac’s first new album in a decade. Now, the discographies of Shellac and Albini’s earlier band, Big Black, have both returned to Spotify and other DSPs.
The move comes as a bit of a surprise, considering Albini’s outspoken distaste for Spotify in the past. Always a critic of exploitation and imbalances of power — especially within the music industry — he pulled Shellac and Big Black from the platform in 2022. That same year, he even tweeted “Spotify is a terrible company and I don’t want to be part of their business.”
Nonetheless, Albini’s views on Spotify (like most of his views) were nuanced. “I don’t fault the bands who have their music on Spotify by choice,” he said in a 2022 interview. “It’s one of the...
The move comes as a bit of a surprise, considering Albini’s outspoken distaste for Spotify in the past. Always a critic of exploitation and imbalances of power — especially within the music industry — he pulled Shellac and Big Black from the platform in 2022. That same year, he even tweeted “Spotify is a terrible company and I don’t want to be part of their business.”
Nonetheless, Albini’s views on Spotify (like most of his views) were nuanced. “I don’t fault the bands who have their music on Spotify by choice,” he said in a 2022 interview. “It’s one of the...
- 5/19/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
The Steve Albini-fronted band Shellac have returned with their first new album in a decade, To All Trains, a tragically bittersweet release that arrives just a week after Albini’s passing.
Spanning 10 songs, To All Trains is Shellac’s first release since 2014’s Dude Incredible, and features the trio — Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass), and Todd Trainer (drums) — in signature form. The album was recorded in Chicago “over a bunch of long weekends” in the late 2010s and early ‘20s. It was finished and mastered by Albini and Weston last year.
Now, after Albini’s death by a heart attack last week, the album arrives as a poignant memorial to the legendary engineer’s life and work. In a statement posted last week, Corey Rusk, Albini’s longtime friend and founder of Touch and Go Records — which released To All Trains — said, “It’s incomprehensible that Steve...
Spanning 10 songs, To All Trains is Shellac’s first release since 2014’s Dude Incredible, and features the trio — Albini (guitar and vocals), Bob Weston (bass), and Todd Trainer (drums) — in signature form. The album was recorded in Chicago “over a bunch of long weekends” in the late 2010s and early ‘20s. It was finished and mastered by Albini and Weston last year.
Now, after Albini’s death by a heart attack last week, the album arrives as a poignant memorial to the legendary engineer’s life and work. In a statement posted last week, Corey Rusk, Albini’s longtime friend and founder of Touch and Go Records — which released To All Trains — said, “It’s incomprehensible that Steve...
- 5/17/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Steve Albini was an icon to many people, and his work and life was often synonymous with Chicago, the city he called home in his adult life — where he began recording musicians, built his Electrical Audio studio, and established his own bands Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac, all of whom released material on Chicago-based Touch and Go Records. Corey Rusk, owner of the renown indie label, wrote a tribute to his friend of 40 years following Albini’s untimely death at the age of 61 on Tuesday.
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- 5/12/2024
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Foo Fighters pulled a prank on the Welcome to Rockville crowd Saturday, pretending to play a pair of Van Halen classics… only to reveal Mammoth Wvh’s Wolfgang Van Halen was actually performing in the wings.
The gag occurred during the headlining set’s usual mid-show medley featuring the music of drummer Josh Freese, but midway through, Dave Grohl complained that while all his band mates got their time in the spotlight, “I never get to fucking solo.”
Grohl then said he would show off his own guitar skills and,...
The gag occurred during the headlining set’s usual mid-show medley featuring the music of drummer Josh Freese, but midway through, Dave Grohl complained that while all his band mates got their time in the spotlight, “I never get to fucking solo.”
Grohl then said he would show off his own guitar skills and,...
- 5/12/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Joanna Newsom took the stage at Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City, Utah on Friday night for her first performance of 2024. During her set, she honored her frequent collaborator and “hilarious, loving, loyal friend,” the late Steve Albini.
Albini died from a heart attack in his Chicago home earlier this week, prompting many of his friends and admirers to pay tribute to the pioneering engineer and underground music icon. Newsom, who’s albums Ys and Divers both feature engineering contributions from Albini, joined those ranks with last night’s performance.
“[Albini was someone] who I love very, very much and admire in every possible way you can admire a person,” Newsom told the audience before performing the Ys cut “Cosmia.”
“I was saying to my friend this morning that on the list of all the reasons why he’s my hero, music and music-related stuff doesn’t even crack the top ten,...
Albini died from a heart attack in his Chicago home earlier this week, prompting many of his friends and admirers to pay tribute to the pioneering engineer and underground music icon. Newsom, who’s albums Ys and Divers both feature engineering contributions from Albini, joined those ranks with last night’s performance.
“[Albini was someone] who I love very, very much and admire in every possible way you can admire a person,” Newsom told the audience before performing the Ys cut “Cosmia.”
“I was saying to my friend this morning that on the list of all the reasons why he’s my hero, music and music-related stuff doesn’t even crack the top ten,...
- 5/11/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Joanna Newsom paid tribute to Steve Albini — the engineer on her acclaimed 2006 album Ys — during the singer’s set Friday at Utah’s Kilby Block Party.
Stereogum reports that prior to Newsom’s performance of “Cosmia,” one of the Ys tracks she recorded with Albini, the singer gave an emotional speech about how much the noise-rock pioneer meant to her.
“So the last few days have been pretty sad because of the loss of Steve Albini, who I love very, very much and admire in every possible way you can admire a person,...
Stereogum reports that prior to Newsom’s performance of “Cosmia,” one of the Ys tracks she recorded with Albini, the singer gave an emotional speech about how much the noise-rock pioneer meant to her.
“So the last few days have been pretty sad because of the loss of Steve Albini, who I love very, very much and admire in every possible way you can admire a person,...
- 5/11/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Jimmy Page paid tribute to the late Steve Albini, who served as recording engineer and mixer for the 1998 album, Walking into Clarksdale, a collaboration between Page and his former Led Zeppelin bandmate, Robert Plant.
“I was very sad to hear of Steve Albini’s passing this week,” Page wrote in an Instagram post. “Robert and I worked with him in 1997 on our album, Walking Into Clarksdale — a record I’m still really proud of.
“I had a strong connection with Steve, we all did on that album, and he came...
“I was very sad to hear of Steve Albini’s passing this week,” Page wrote in an Instagram post. “Robert and I worked with him in 1997 on our album, Walking Into Clarksdale — a record I’m still really proud of.
“I had a strong connection with Steve, we all did on that album, and he came...
- 5/10/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Foo Fighters paid tribute to Steve Albini — who worked with Dave Grohl on Nirvana’s In Utero — Thursday night at the band’s concert in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Tonight, I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend we lost the other day, who I’ve known for a long, long time. And he left us much too soon,” Grohl told the audience at Foo Fighters’ first concert since Albini’s death Wednesday at the age of 61.
“He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. Talking about Steve Albini.
“Tonight, I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend we lost the other day, who I’ve known for a long, long time. And he left us much too soon,” Grohl told the audience at Foo Fighters’ first concert since Albini’s death Wednesday at the age of 61.
“He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. Talking about Steve Albini.
- 5/10/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Dave Grohl honored Steve Albini during Foo Fighters’ concert in Charlotte on Thursday night by dedicating the band’s performance of “My Hero” to the In Utero producer.
“Tonight I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time,” Grohl said. “He left us much too soon. He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. I’m talking about Steve Albini. For those of you who know, you know. For those of you who don’t know, just remember that name: Steve Albini. Let’s sing this one for him.”
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As a member of Nirvana, Grohl worked with Albini on the band’s third and final album, In Utero. Years later, Grohl featured Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in an episode of his docuseries Sonic Highways. The band also recorded “Something from Nothing,...
“Tonight I’d like to dedicate this song to a friend that we lost the other day, who I’ve known a long, long time,” Grohl said. “He left us much too soon. He’s touched all of your lives, I’m sure. I’m talking about Steve Albini. For those of you who know, you know. For those of you who don’t know, just remember that name: Steve Albini. Let’s sing this one for him.”
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As a member of Nirvana, Grohl worked with Albini on the band’s third and final album, In Utero. Years later, Grohl featured Albini’s Electrical Audio studio in an episode of his docuseries Sonic Highways. The band also recorded “Something from Nothing,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Starting in the Eighties, Butch Vig and Steve Albini, who died Tuesday at 61, had one of the most interesting symbiotic relationships in indie rock. Both were recording bands in their studios, in Milwaukee and Chicago, respectively. Both played in bands. “Neither of us went to recording school,” Vig says. “We just figured it out on the fly.”
Vig produced Nirvana’s Nevermind, but when the band wanted a less glossy sound for its follow-up, In Utero, they turned to Albini. The famously outspoken Albini wasn’t afraid to zing Vig...
Vig produced Nirvana’s Nevermind, but when the band wanted a less glossy sound for its follow-up, In Utero, they turned to Albini. The famously outspoken Albini wasn’t afraid to zing Vig...
- 5/9/2024
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Big Black guitarist Santiago Durango remembered his bandmate Steve Albini as a “caring and giving person” whose sudden death earlier this week “has left a huge hole in my life.”
In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Durango said the news of Albini’s death from a heart attack at the age of 61 was a “total gut punch.” He was “too young,” Durango continued. “I always believed Steve would outlive me. It makes me happy to know Steve lived a full life doing what he wanted to do.”
Durango went on to say,...
In a statement shared with Rolling Stone, Durango said the news of Albini’s death from a heart attack at the age of 61 was a “total gut punch.” He was “too young,” Durango continued. “I always believed Steve would outlive me. It makes me happy to know Steve lived a full life doing what he wanted to do.”
Durango went on to say,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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 yesterday (May 8th) at the age of 61.
The letter was posted on Nirvana’s official Twitter account, accompanied simply by the caption, “Steve Albini.” In the document, Albini outlines his steadfast philosophies, both regarding his approach to recording and his approach to business. Effectively, it’s Albini responding to Kurt Cobain’s request to produce the album by saying, “Only if we do it right.”
“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads. If that is indeed what you want to do, I would love to be involved,...
The letter was posted on Nirvana’s official Twitter account, accompanied simply by the caption, “Steve Albini.” In the document, Albini outlines his steadfast philosophies, both regarding his approach to recording and his approach to business. Effectively, it’s Albini responding to Kurt Cobain’s request to produce the album by saying, “Only if we do it right.”
“I think the very best thing you could do at this point is exactly what you are talking about doing: bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads. If that is indeed what you want to do, I would love to be involved,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jonah Krueger
- Consequence - Music
If all Steve Albini ever did with music was complain about it, he still would have reigned as one of its most brilliant provocateurs. But Albini came to make noise — as a punk guitarist, as a producer, as a writer —with rock’s most notoriously savage sense of humor. “I like noise,” he declared in a hugely influential 1986 manifesto in the fanzine Forced Exposure. “I like big-ass vicious noise that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We’re so dilapidated and...
- 5/9/2024
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Albini, the revolutionary music engineer who helped define the sounds of the ‘80s and ‘90s, has passed away at 61. The cause of death has been ruled a heart attack.
Following a bout on the zine scene, Steve Albini hit the music world full force in the 1980s, founding pivotal punk band Big Black, which helped evolve the genre past expectations and was a seminal band of the post-hardcore movement. He, too, formed Shellac in the early ‘90s.
But outside of these bands, Steve Albini was by far better known to music lovers of the era for his work as an engineer. The first major record he worked on was the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa in 1988, an album so influential for Nirvana that they insisted on bringing Albini on board for their Nevermind follow-up, In Utero, with Kurt Cobain himself noting that the drums alone would be enough to change their sound.
Following a bout on the zine scene, Steve Albini hit the music world full force in the 1980s, founding pivotal punk band Big Black, which helped evolve the genre past expectations and was a seminal band of the post-hardcore movement. He, too, formed Shellac in the early ‘90s.
But outside of these bands, Steve Albini was by far better known to music lovers of the era for his work as an engineer. The first major record he worked on was the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa in 1988, an album so influential for Nirvana that they insisted on bringing Albini on board for their Nevermind follow-up, In Utero, with Kurt Cobain himself noting that the drums alone would be enough to change their sound.
- 5/9/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Pj Harvey paid tribute to Steve Albini, who she recorded her acclaimed second album Rid of Me with, following the death of the noise-rock pioneer.
“Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful,” the singer wrote on social media after Albini’s death at the age of 61. “My thoughts are with him and his family and friends as we suffer his loss.”
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“Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful,” the singer wrote on social media after Albini’s death at the age of 61. “My thoughts are with him and his family and friends as we suffer his loss.”
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- 5/9/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal Shares Solemn Message on Instagram(Photo Credit –Instagram)
Shaquille O’Neal shared a solemn message on Instagram after the release of his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson’s memoir, where she got candid about her failed marriage to NBA Hall of Famer. In her memoir, Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms, released on May 7, Henderson, 49, questioned if she was ever really in love with the former NBA player who allegedly kept “going missing” while they were still together.
Shaquille O’Neal, who admitted to struggling to stay faithful to his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson in his 2011 memoir, Shaq Uncut: My Story, took to Instagram on May 8 to share a message in response to Henderson’s revelations. He wrote, “I understand…I wouldn’t have been in love with me either. Wishing you all the best. All love, Shaq.”
Shaq and Shaunie, who began seeing each other in the late 90s,...
Shaquille O’Neal shared a solemn message on Instagram after the release of his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson’s memoir, where she got candid about her failed marriage to NBA Hall of Famer. In her memoir, Undefeated: Changing the Rules and Winning on My Own Terms, released on May 7, Henderson, 49, questioned if she was ever really in love with the former NBA player who allegedly kept “going missing” while they were still together.
Shaquille O’Neal, who admitted to struggling to stay faithful to his ex-wife Shaunie Henderson in his 2011 memoir, Shaq Uncut: My Story, took to Instagram on May 8 to share a message in response to Henderson’s revelations. He wrote, “I understand…I wouldn’t have been in love with me either. Wishing you all the best. All love, Shaq.”
Shaq and Shaunie, who began seeing each other in the late 90s,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
Ryan Boyajian Net Worth Explored In Wake Of Recent Fraud Allegations(Photo Credit –Instagram)
Ryan Boyajian, who, along with fiancée Jennifer Pedranti, appeared on Season 17 of The Real Housewives of Orange County (Rhoc), is reportedly embroiled in the $17 million gambling and theft scandal involving the former interpreter of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani, agreed to plead guilty to US charges that he illegally transferred nearly $17m from the athlete’s bank account. The Los Angeles Prosecutors contend Mizuhara used that money to pay off unlawful gambling debts to an illegal bookmaker.
Rhoc castmate Ryan Boyajian, 46, was alleged to be the bookmaker’s associate to whom interpreter Ippei Mizuhara wired money to pay his gambling debts, ESPN reported. In response to the report, Boyajian’s lawyer told ESPN, “Because there is an active investigation and Ryan is working with the authorities,...
Ryan Boyajian, who, along with fiancée Jennifer Pedranti, appeared on Season 17 of The Real Housewives of Orange County (Rhoc), is reportedly embroiled in the $17 million gambling and theft scandal involving the former interpreter of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani, agreed to plead guilty to US charges that he illegally transferred nearly $17m from the athlete’s bank account. The Los Angeles Prosecutors contend Mizuhara used that money to pay off unlawful gambling debts to an illegal bookmaker.
Rhoc castmate Ryan Boyajian, 46, was alleged to be the bookmaker’s associate to whom interpreter Ippei Mizuhara wired money to pay his gambling debts, ESPN reported. In response to the report, Boyajian’s lawyer told ESPN, “Because there is an active investigation and Ryan is working with the authorities,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Anushree Madappa
- KoiMoi
Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance shared tributes to Steve Albini, remembering the musician/producer/engineer as a “unique and outstanding individual,” who helped the burgeoning indie rock band sound “bigger than we were in real life.”
Albini, who died Tuesday night from a heart attack at the age of 61, produced Superchunk’s excellent 1991 sophomore effort, No Pocky for Kitty. McCaughan remembered cutting the album over three nights — working literally sundown to sun-up, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. — at Chicago Recording Company.
It was an experience that “changed our band and our lives,...
Albini, who died Tuesday night from a heart attack at the age of 61, produced Superchunk’s excellent 1991 sophomore effort, No Pocky for Kitty. McCaughan remembered cutting the album over three nights — working literally sundown to sun-up, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. — at Chicago Recording Company.
It was an experience that “changed our band and our lives,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
News of Steve Albini’s unexpected passing on Wednesday, May 8th, has been met with an outpouring of tributes from fellow musicians, including those who had worked with him.
Cloud Nothings worked with Albini on their 2012 magnum opus, Attack on Memory. “steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better,” frontman Dylan Baldi wrote on Twitter. “a genuine, singular, principled person. spent the last 40 years helping people make art. there’s no reason for him to be gone and the world is less interesting without him. just a really sad day.”
Pj Harvey said working with Albini on 1992’s Dry “changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.”
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker collaborated with Albini on his 2009 solo album, Further Complications. “Working with Steve Albini was...
Cloud Nothings worked with Albini on their 2012 magnum opus, Attack on Memory. “steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better,” frontman Dylan Baldi wrote on Twitter. “a genuine, singular, principled person. spent the last 40 years helping people make art. there’s no reason for him to be gone and the world is less interesting without him. just a really sad day.”
Pj Harvey said working with Albini on 1992’s Dry “changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend – wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.”
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker collaborated with Albini on his 2009 solo album, Further Complications. “Working with Steve Albini was...
- 5/8/2024
- by Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
In six short years, Big Black pushed underground rock to become edgier, more stomach-churning, and more pyrotechnic. On the handful of EPs and two full-lengths, Atomizer and Songs About Fucking, they released, Steve Albini, who died Tuesday, wrote about everything from child abuse to murderous gangsters and always with a wink as if shining a dark mirror back at buttoned-up middle America. But by 1987, the group — which included guitarist Santiago Durango, bassist Dave Riley, and a drum machine called Roland — decided it had accomplished its mission. So they booked a...
- 5/8/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Albini, a singer and guitarist best known for producing some of the most groundbreaking and influential albums of the alt-rock genre, died of a heart attack at his Chicago recording studio Electrical Audio. He was 61.
Albini’s death and cause of death was confirmed by Taylor Hales of Electrical Audio.
Born July 22, 1962, in Pasadena, Albini moved to the Chicago area after high school to study journalism at Northwestern University. While there, he began writing for local punk rock ‘zines and beginning to record and engineer albums for local bands.
Stubbornly opposed to the larger music industry and its exploitation of artists, Albini formed the Chicago-based band Big Black in 1981, recording the first of several albums, an EP for the Chicago label Ruthless Records, a label he co-managed. That band last until 1987.
From 1987 to 1988, Albini sang and played guitar for Rapeman, named after a Japanese comic book. The short-lived band broke up after one album,...
Albini’s death and cause of death was confirmed by Taylor Hales of Electrical Audio.
Born July 22, 1962, in Pasadena, Albini moved to the Chicago area after high school to study journalism at Northwestern University. While there, he began writing for local punk rock ‘zines and beginning to record and engineer albums for local bands.
Stubbornly opposed to the larger music industry and its exploitation of artists, Albini formed the Chicago-based band Big Black in 1981, recording the first of several albums, an EP for the Chicago label Ruthless Records, a label he co-managed. That band last until 1987.
From 1987 to 1988, Albini sang and played guitar for Rapeman, named after a Japanese comic book. The short-lived band broke up after one album,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Steve Albini, the noise rock pioneer with Big Black and Shellac who also helped engineer some of the greatest alternative rock albums of all time — Nirvana’s In Utero and Pixies’ Surfer Rosa among them — has died at the age of 61.
Staff at Albini’s Electrical Audio Recording confirmed to Rolling Stone that Albini died Tuesday night, with the New York Times adding that the cause of death was a heart attack. Albini’s death comes just a week after his acclaimed noise rock project Shellac was set to release To All Trains,...
Staff at Albini’s Electrical Audio Recording confirmed to Rolling Stone that Albini died Tuesday night, with the New York Times adding that the cause of death was a heart attack. Albini’s death comes just a week after his acclaimed noise rock project Shellac was set to release To All Trains,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Albini, the legendary record producer and engineer behind Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, and countless other classic alternative rock albums, has died of a heart attack. He was 61 years old.
News of Albini’s death was confirmed to Consequence via a staff member at his recording studio, Electrical Audio in Chicago.
Preferring the term “engineer” over “producer,” Albini was lauded for his minimalist approach to recording sessions and focus on capturing the natural sound of musicians’ performances. As a singer and guitarist in his own right, Albini also led the bands Shellac and Big Black.
Albini was born in Pasadena, California, on July 22nd in 1962. He went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career based in Chicago, where he founded Electrical Audio.
His music career essentially started as singer-guitarist of Big Black, a band he formed while still a student at Northwestern.
News of Albini’s death was confirmed to Consequence via a staff member at his recording studio, Electrical Audio in Chicago.
Preferring the term “engineer” over “producer,” Albini was lauded for his minimalist approach to recording sessions and focus on capturing the natural sound of musicians’ performances. As a singer and guitarist in his own right, Albini also led the bands Shellac and Big Black.
Albini was born in Pasadena, California, on July 22nd in 1962. He went to college at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and spent most of his career based in Chicago, where he founded Electrical Audio.
His music career essentially started as singer-guitarist of Big Black, a band he formed while still a student at Northwestern.
- 5/8/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman and Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
The seventh album that singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Annie Clark has released as St. Vincent teems with the kind of visceral imagery that sticks with you long after her songs fade out. There’s a “hungry little flea” ready to infect your “warm body,” a predator on the street turning aggression into an evil blues promise, a sink that runs red, a head that won’t stop banging, a dream that ends in hell. “I feel like graffiti on a urinal,” she sings. Hey, we’ve all been there.
Clark’s music has always been fearlessly intimate.
Clark’s music has always been fearlessly intimate.
- 4/25/2024
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Albini’s rock trio Shellac have announced their first album since 2014’s Dude Incredible. The LP, which will not be available on streaming, is titled To All Trains, and it’s set to arrive on May 17th.
Through a statement, band members Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, and Bob Weston revealed that To All Trains is an album that has been nearly seven years in the making. Recording for the project took place in Chicago “over a bunch of long weekends in November, 2017; October, 2019; September, 2021; and March, 2022,” they shared.
The new record will be available in CD and vinyl format, and a pre-sale is now underway. Some additional details about the project can be found with Touch and Go Records, like the fact that Weston took all the photos for artwork himself, “some with a fancy camera and some with a telephone.” The vinyl LP is being manufactured by Green Vinyl Records,...
Through a statement, band members Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, and Bob Weston revealed that To All Trains is an album that has been nearly seven years in the making. Recording for the project took place in Chicago “over a bunch of long weekends in November, 2017; October, 2019; September, 2021; and March, 2022,” they shared.
The new record will be available in CD and vinyl format, and a pre-sale is now underway. Some additional details about the project can be found with Touch and Go Records, like the fact that Weston took all the photos for artwork himself, “some with a fancy camera and some with a telephone.” The vinyl LP is being manufactured by Green Vinyl Records,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
St. Vincent has opened up about her follow-up to 2021’s Daddy’s Home, and it sure sounds interesting. In a new interview with Mojo magazine, the artist born Annie Clark said her new album is “darker and harder” than her most recent project and described its sound as “urgent and psychotic.”
Clark self-produced the album and recorded it at her own Compound Fracture studio in LA, New York’s Electric Lady, and Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio in Chicago. “I needed to go deeper in finding my own sonic vocabulary,” she said about the experience. “I like to think of [the record] as post-plague pop, it’s a lot about heaven and hell — the metaphorical kinds. Which is appropriate, because sitting alone in a studio for that many hours I would say is a version of hell.”
She added that the album is filled with “lots of guitars” alongside ’70s and ’80s analog synths.
Clark self-produced the album and recorded it at her own Compound Fracture studio in LA, New York’s Electric Lady, and Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio in Chicago. “I needed to go deeper in finding my own sonic vocabulary,” she said about the experience. “I like to think of [the record] as post-plague pop, it’s a lot about heaven and hell — the metaphorical kinds. Which is appropriate, because sitting alone in a studio for that many hours I would say is a version of hell.”
She added that the album is filled with “lots of guitars” alongside ’70s and ’80s analog synths.
- 2/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
A new deluxe reissue of Nirvana’s In Utero, is out today (October 27th) to coincide with the album’s 30th anniversary.
The original In Utero arrived after Nirvana had already become global superstars, and is thematically characterized by the band’s discomfort with their status, particularly from frontman, Kurt Cobain. Celebrating it on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2018, Consequence contributor Ryan Bray praised the album as “arguably the truest representation of what Nirvana was: a massive act with the principles and integrity of one half its size… It’s a difficult but ironclad document of artistic bravery.”
Now, the album is being honored in a whole new fashion. Among the 53 unreleased tracks are two full In Utero-era concerts, including the band’s final performance in Seattle, as well as six bonus live tracks recorded at various shows around the same time. Additionally, the album’s original tracklist,...
The original In Utero arrived after Nirvana had already become global superstars, and is thematically characterized by the band’s discomfort with their status, particularly from frontman, Kurt Cobain. Celebrating it on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2018, Consequence contributor Ryan Bray praised the album as “arguably the truest representation of what Nirvana was: a massive act with the principles and integrity of one half its size… It’s a difficult but ironclad document of artistic bravery.”
Now, the album is being honored in a whole new fashion. Among the 53 unreleased tracks are two full In Utero-era concerts, including the band’s final performance in Seattle, as well as six bonus live tracks recorded at various shows around the same time. Additionally, the album’s original tracklist,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Norah Jones hosts a podcast called Norah Jones is Playing Along, where she welcomes fellow musicians for an hour of conversation and live collaboration. Her latest episode features Dave Grohl.
The episode was recorded back in April prior to the release of Foo Fighters’ latest album, But Here We Are, but is only being released today. It’s an absolutely phenomenal listen.
During their 90-minute powwow, Jones and Grohl performed several songs together, including a few Foo Fighters rarities that Grohl hadn’t played in years — or ever, for that matter. Notably, with Jones’ backing on piano, Grohl played “Statues,” from 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, for the very first time. He also revisited “Razor” and the Jones duet “Virginia Moon,” two songs from In Your Honor that hadn’t been performed live since 2006.
Grohl also joined Jones for a performance of her own song “Flame Twin” which ended with...
The episode was recorded back in April prior to the release of Foo Fighters’ latest album, But Here We Are, but is only being released today. It’s an absolutely phenomenal listen.
During their 90-minute powwow, Jones and Grohl performed several songs together, including a few Foo Fighters rarities that Grohl hadn’t played in years — or ever, for that matter. Notably, with Jones’ backing on piano, Grohl played “Statues,” from 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, for the very first time. He also revisited “Razor” and the Jones duet “Virginia Moon,” two songs from In Your Honor that hadn’t been performed live since 2006.
Grohl also joined Jones for a performance of her own song “Flame Twin” which ended with...
- 10/24/2023
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Nirvana’s third and final album, In Utero, celebrated its 30th anniversary last month. To mark the occasion, surviving band members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, along with In Utero producer Steve Albini, sat down with Conan O’Brien for an hour-long conversation on his Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast.
The trio spoke at length about the In Utero recording process and comparisons to Nevermind; how they killed time in the studio by prank calling Gene Simmons, Evan Dando, and Eddie Vedder; the record label’s reaction to In Utero; and the depths of Kurt Cobain’s lyricism. For Nirvana geeks, the conversation won’t provide much in the way of new revelations, but it’s still a thrill hearing the three guys back in the same room together.
In a teaser clip released ahead of the full podcast episode, Novoselic, Grohl, and Albini also spoke about Nirvana’s dizzying...
The trio spoke at length about the In Utero recording process and comparisons to Nevermind; how they killed time in the studio by prank calling Gene Simmons, Evan Dando, and Eddie Vedder; the record label’s reaction to In Utero; and the depths of Kurt Cobain’s lyricism. For Nirvana geeks, the conversation won’t provide much in the way of new revelations, but it’s still a thrill hearing the three guys back in the same room together.
In a teaser clip released ahead of the full podcast episode, Novoselic, Grohl, and Albini also spoke about Nirvana’s dizzying...
- 10/23/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Aside from the frequency with which contemporaneous news footage reporting on Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994 still pops up in documentaries about the era, In Utero’s place in both the Nirvana and rock canon might be the clearest expression of how much the singer’s death still reverberates today. But the popular interpretations of the album as a quasi-suicide note not only miss its emotional breadth and sly humor—regularly understated when discussing Cobain as a lyricist—but also what it represented 30 years ago: With In Utero, Nirvana showed that something akin to “success on your own terms” was indeed possible.
Even being the biggest band on the planet in 1993 didn’t insulate Nirvana from having to put up with rumors about squabbling between the group and Geffen Records over whether the album was unlistenable. Despite claims from producer Steve Albini, both the band and David Geffen publicly denied...
Even being the biggest band on the planet in 1993 didn’t insulate Nirvana from having to put up with rumors about squabbling between the group and Geffen Records over whether the album was unlistenable. Despite claims from producer Steve Albini, both the band and David Geffen publicly denied...
- 10/23/2023
- by Fred Barrett
- Slant Magazine
Surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are set to appear on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast next week in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s final album, In Utero. Update: Listen to the full episode here. In an advance clip premiered at Billboard, Grohl and Novoselic (along with In Utero producer/engineer Steve Albini) chatted with O’Brien about the band’s dizzying rise following the release of their second studio album, Nevermind, in 1991.
O’Brien began the conversation by recalling how there was just a three-day window between the September 1993 release of In Utero and the debut of his show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. “I remembered the music on the album — because I was such a huge fan — being background music to the terror and the weirdness of me starting a late night show from complete obscurity in 1993,” he said.
Grohl...
O’Brien began the conversation by recalling how there was just a three-day window between the September 1993 release of In Utero and the debut of his show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. “I remembered the music on the album — because I was such a huge fan — being background music to the terror and the weirdness of me starting a late night show from complete obscurity in 1993,” he said.
Grohl...
- 10/20/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Code Orange have announced a 2024 North American tour in support of their new album The Above.
The outing launches February 13th in Austin, Texas, and runs through March 17th in Los Angeles. Openers include Teenage Wrist and Soul Blind on all dates, with Spy and Gridiron on select shows, plus one more act to be announced.
Depending on the city, Live Nation ticket pre-sales begin between Tuesday (October 17th) and Thursday (October 17th) at 9:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Vocals. General ticket sales start Friday (October 20th) at 9:00 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The Above stands as arguably the most diverse musical offering from Code Orange to date, with numerous singles finding their way to our weekly Heavy Song of...
The outing launches February 13th in Austin, Texas, and runs through March 17th in Los Angeles. Openers include Teenage Wrist and Soul Blind on all dates, with Spy and Gridiron on select shows, plus one more act to be announced.
Depending on the city, Live Nation ticket pre-sales begin between Tuesday (October 17th) and Thursday (October 17th) at 9:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster using the code Vocals. General ticket sales start Friday (October 20th) at 9:00 a.m. local time. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The Above stands as arguably the most diverse musical offering from Code Orange to date, with numerous singles finding their way to our weekly Heavy Song of...
- 10/16/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
These days, Kera Schaley lives a happy, ordinary life in Wisconsin, working for a credit union as an accredited Ach professional. But 30 years ago, when she was a 23-year-old college student, she played some memorable cello parts on Nirvana’s In Utero — and then never saw or heard from the band again.
Schaley tells her full story for the first time on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, and some highlights of the interview follow. To hear the the whole conversation — plus an interview with “Heart-Shaped...
Schaley tells her full story for the first time on the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, and some highlights of the interview follow. To hear the the whole conversation — plus an interview with “Heart-Shaped...
- 9/22/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
The estate of Sparklehorse, the indie rock project of the late singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, has unveiled a posthumous new album called Bird Machine. The LP arrives today, September 8th via Anti- Records.
Linkous began working on his fifth Sparklehorse album with Steve Albini in 2009. He tragically died by suicide the following year, but he left behind handwritten notes featuring Bird Machine’s title and tracklist — and according to his brother Matt and sister-in-law Melissa, songs that were already close to completion.
The quality of the songs helped Matt and Melissa — who have worked as Linkous’ archivists since his death — decide to finish and release Bird Machine, though Matt called it the hardest choice he’s ever made. “It’s difficult making a choice about someone else’s art, even if you’ve known them all your life and worked with them, even if they were your brother and best friend,...
Linkous began working on his fifth Sparklehorse album with Steve Albini in 2009. He tragically died by suicide the following year, but he left behind handwritten notes featuring Bird Machine’s title and tracklist — and according to his brother Matt and sister-in-law Melissa, songs that were already close to completion.
The quality of the songs helped Matt and Melissa — who have worked as Linkous’ archivists since his death — decide to finish and release Bird Machine, though Matt called it the hardest choice he’s ever made. “It’s difficult making a choice about someone else’s art, even if you’ve known them all your life and worked with them, even if they were your brother and best friend,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Jeff Rosenstock has broken down the exorbitant merch cuts being taken by some venues on his upcoming North American tour to explain why he’ll have to charge more at certain dates and critique the corporations that control the touring industry.
“Here are the merch cuts being taken by the venues on this upcoming tour,” Rosenstock wrote in the caption of an Instagram post with the breakdown. “This is going to cause us to sell our merch for higher prices than we’d like to at certain venues. We think that sucks.”
Rosenstock specifically targeted “big corporations” like Aeg and Live Nation, who bought up “many of the types of venues that we play” during the pandemic. “Dodging these super high cuts is nearly impossible,” he explained.
“If you work in a creative field you’re supposed to feel lucky and happy enough to be there to get raked over...
“Here are the merch cuts being taken by the venues on this upcoming tour,” Rosenstock wrote in the caption of an Instagram post with the breakdown. “This is going to cause us to sell our merch for higher prices than we’d like to at certain venues. We think that sucks.”
Rosenstock specifically targeted “big corporations” like Aeg and Live Nation, who bought up “many of the types of venues that we play” during the pandemic. “Dodging these super high cuts is nearly impossible,” he explained.
“If you work in a creative field you’re supposed to feel lucky and happy enough to be there to get raked over...
- 9/5/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Nirvana have unearthed a trove of unreleased live recordings — including two full concerts — for a new In Utero 30th anniversary edition, set to arrive Oct. 27.
The deluxe edition of the reissue will feature 53 unreleased recordings, anchored by Live in Los Angeles, recorded in 1993, and Live in Seattle, recorded the following year and capturing the band’s final concert in their hometown. The set will feature additional live recordings pulled from shows in Rome, Springfield, and New York. Jack Endino — who produced Nirvana’s debut Bleach — oversaw the reissued live recordings,...
The deluxe edition of the reissue will feature 53 unreleased recordings, anchored by Live in Los Angeles, recorded in 1993, and Live in Seattle, recorded the following year and capturing the band’s final concert in their hometown. The set will feature additional live recordings pulled from shows in Rome, Springfield, and New York. Jack Endino — who produced Nirvana’s debut Bleach — oversaw the reissued live recordings,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A deluxe reissue of Nirvana’s In Utero will be released on October 27th, 2023 to coincide with the album’s 30th anniversary.
The expanded tracklist boasts 53 previously unreleased tracks, including two complete In Utero-era concerts: a 1993 performance in Los Angeles and their final Seattle concert in 1994. There are also six bonus live tracks taken from shows in Rome, Springfield, and New York. All of the live material was reconstructed from soundboard tapes by engineer Jack Endino.
The reissue also boasts the album’s 12 original songs and five bonus tracks and B-sides, all of which have been newly remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston.
The 30th anniversary edition of In Utero will be available in a variety of formats, including as a limited-edition 8xLP Super Deluxe box set, a 5xCD Super Deluxe box set, a 2xCD Deluxe edition, a 1xLP vinyl edition, and a digital Super Deluxe edition.
The expanded tracklist boasts 53 previously unreleased tracks, including two complete In Utero-era concerts: a 1993 performance in Los Angeles and their final Seattle concert in 1994. There are also six bonus live tracks taken from shows in Rome, Springfield, and New York. All of the live material was reconstructed from soundboard tapes by engineer Jack Endino.
The reissue also boasts the album’s 12 original songs and five bonus tracks and B-sides, all of which have been newly remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston.
The 30th anniversary edition of In Utero will be available in a variety of formats, including as a limited-edition 8xLP Super Deluxe box set, a 5xCD Super Deluxe box set, a 2xCD Deluxe edition, a 1xLP vinyl edition, and a digital Super Deluxe edition.
- 9/5/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
John Kezdy, the frontman of Chicago-based punk band The Effigies, has died at age 64. The singer lost his life after his bicycle smashed into the back of an Amazon delivery van that was parked in a bike lane in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe.
“Based on the initial investigation, the bicyclist was traveling northbound on Sheridan Road past South Avenue when he struck the rear of a stopped Dodge Ram ProMaster,” read a statement from the Glencoe Public Safety Department. The incident happened on Wednesday (August 23rd) and Kezdy succumbed to his injuries on Saturday (August 26th).
A further investigation will determine if the delivery van was illegally parked in the bike lane.
Kezdy formed The Effigies in 1980. They released three full-length albums and a few EPs in the ’80s before breaking up in 1990. They re-formed in 2004, and released another album, Reside, in 2007.
Just last year, on July 4th, 2022, Kezdy...
“Based on the initial investigation, the bicyclist was traveling northbound on Sheridan Road past South Avenue when he struck the rear of a stopped Dodge Ram ProMaster,” read a statement from the Glencoe Public Safety Department. The incident happened on Wednesday (August 23rd) and Kezdy succumbed to his injuries on Saturday (August 26th).
A further investigation will determine if the delivery van was illegally parked in the bike lane.
Kezdy formed The Effigies in 1980. They released three full-length albums and a few EPs in the ’80s before breaking up in 1990. They re-formed in 2004, and released another album, Reside, in 2007.
Just last year, on July 4th, 2022, Kezdy...
- 8/28/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Corey Taylor has shared “Talk Sick,” the third single from his forthcoming sophomore solo album CMF2, out September 15th.
Taylor’s solo work has seen the Slipknot frontman embracing his hard rock influences and unleashing his wild side in the process. “Talk Sick” is brimming with sharp guitar leads, big power-pop hooks, and Corey’s tangible swagger.
Discussing the song in a press release, Taylor said that he achieved the biting tone of the opening guitar riff by playing it through “a speaker about the size of a coffee cup” — an old Steve Albini trick.
“It made it sound violent; you feel like you’re being stung by bees who are playing along to the Sex Pistols,” said Taylor.
Regarding the lyrics, he added: “There’s an element of spiritual regurgitation, trying to purge yourself of demons that have been clinging to you because of prior relationships, romantic or otherwise.
Taylor’s solo work has seen the Slipknot frontman embracing his hard rock influences and unleashing his wild side in the process. “Talk Sick” is brimming with sharp guitar leads, big power-pop hooks, and Corey’s tangible swagger.
Discussing the song in a press release, Taylor said that he achieved the biting tone of the opening guitar riff by playing it through “a speaker about the size of a coffee cup” — an old Steve Albini trick.
“It made it sound violent; you feel like you’re being stung by bees who are playing along to the Sex Pistols,” said Taylor.
Regarding the lyrics, he added: “There’s an element of spiritual regurgitation, trying to purge yourself of demons that have been clinging to you because of prior relationships, romantic or otherwise.
- 8/16/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
It seems like distant memory, a relic of a bygone era, but “punk cred” was once currency in certain corners of rock culture. To be perceived as inauthentic, cynical, or ambitious meant losing stock with a sizable chunk of the music press as well as your peers, and few bands felt the brunt of that as much as the Smashing Pumpkins. Indie icons from Stephen Malkmus to fellow Chicagoan Steve Albini criticized the band in songs and interviews, and even as recently as 2015, Kim Gordon called the group “in no way punk rock” in her memoir Girl in a Band.
Led by the mercurial Billy Corgan—or William Patrick Corgan, as he’s preferred in recent years—the Pumpkins started as a mopey goth band but gradually addended their love of the Cure and New Order with Black Sabbath-inspired riffs and psychedelic guitar. Their debut, 1991’s Gish, boasted bombastic production...
Led by the mercurial Billy Corgan—or William Patrick Corgan, as he’s preferred in recent years—the Pumpkins started as a mopey goth band but gradually addended their love of the Cure and New Order with Black Sabbath-inspired riffs and psychedelic guitar. Their debut, 1991’s Gish, boasted bombastic production...
- 7/24/2023
- by Fred Barrett
- Slant Magazine
Hardcore outfit Code Orange returns this September with The Above, the band’s first LP since their breakout 2020 album Underneath.
Ahead of The Above’s Sept. 29 arrival, Code Orange have shared the latest single, “Take Shape,” featuring Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on vocals.
The Above was produced by Code Orange’s Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose and engineered by Steve Albini, the renowned studio expert who puts an emphasis on analog recording.
“We wanted the album to be able to wash over you with melody, aggression, and joy, but...
Ahead of The Above’s Sept. 29 arrival, Code Orange have shared the latest single, “Take Shape,” featuring Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on vocals.
The Above was produced by Code Orange’s Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose and engineered by Steve Albini, the renowned studio expert who puts an emphasis on analog recording.
“We wanted the album to be able to wash over you with melody, aggression, and joy, but...
- 7/19/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Two time Grammy-nominated band Code Orange announce today their new album The Above, releasing September 29th via Blue Grape Music!
The first album since their critically acclaimed 2020 Underneath, is self-produced by Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose with engineering by Steve Albini.
Accompanying the album announcement, the single and music video for the track “Take Shape” which features guest vocals from Billy Corgan is a throwback to when music videos were at peak importance, combining nostalgia with a modern twist, notes the release.
Inspired by an era where film was at its peak quality, but beginning to give way to the digital era “Take Shape” picks up where “Grooming My Replacement” left off. The protagonist, played by Morgan, escapes his captives, arriving in a technicolor, ‘Truman Show’-esque stage play of reality. Incredible cinematography brings the video through a number of sets and stages arriving at a ‘Vanilla Sky’-inspired roof scene.
The first album since their critically acclaimed 2020 Underneath, is self-produced by Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose with engineering by Steve Albini.
Accompanying the album announcement, the single and music video for the track “Take Shape” which features guest vocals from Billy Corgan is a throwback to when music videos were at peak importance, combining nostalgia with a modern twist, notes the release.
Inspired by an era where film was at its peak quality, but beginning to give way to the digital era “Take Shape” picks up where “Grooming My Replacement” left off. The protagonist, played by Morgan, escapes his captives, arriving in a technicolor, ‘Truman Show’-esque stage play of reality. Incredible cinematography brings the video through a number of sets and stages arriving at a ‘Vanilla Sky’-inspired roof scene.
- 7/19/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Code Orange have announced a new album, The Above, set to arrive September 29th via Blue Grape Music. In advance of its release, the Pittsburgh band has unveiled the single “Take Shape” featuring Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.
The album marks Code Orange’s follow-up to 2020’s Underneath. The new album was self-produced by band members Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose, with engineering by Steve Albini (Nirvana).
“Take Shape” follows the singles “Grooming My Replacement” and “The Game”, which were released earlier this year. While Morgan handles lead vocals throughout the track, Corgan’s distinct voice can be heard around the 2:40 mark in the music video below.
Max Moore co-directed the video along with Morgan, marking the singer’s directorial debut.
“I have been working on the concept for this video, and others to come, for about a year and a half. I am so thankful to have...
The album marks Code Orange’s follow-up to 2020’s Underneath. The new album was self-produced by band members Jami Morgan and Eric “Shade” Balderose, with engineering by Steve Albini (Nirvana).
“Take Shape” follows the singles “Grooming My Replacement” and “The Game”, which were released earlier this year. While Morgan handles lead vocals throughout the track, Corgan’s distinct voice can be heard around the 2:40 mark in the music video below.
Max Moore co-directed the video along with Morgan, marking the singer’s directorial debut.
“I have been working on the concept for this video, and others to come, for about a year and a half. I am so thankful to have...
- 7/19/2023
- by Anne Erickson
- Consequence - Music
Chicago – In a familiar environment, taking part in the evolution of their legacy, the band White Wolf Sonic Princess (wwsp) will appear again at Chicagoland’s Space venue in Evanston, Illinois … led by percussionist/singer Carla Hayden and guitar/singer James Moeller. For details and ticket information, click wwsp.
The band began in 2006 out of a theater project anchored by Carla and James, who have been together as partners and creative collaborators since meeting as teenagers in the 1970s. The band has evolved since it began, adding more instrumentation to their signature sound, but at the core are the songs written by Carla and James.
Their three released albums are “10+1,” “The Shadow of the Marigold” and “The Alternate Boot: Vol. 1&2. They recently went back to the studio to record their fourth album, “Seeds of Light,” which will be released soon. Their sound has been described as “21st Century Druid Music,...
The band began in 2006 out of a theater project anchored by Carla and James, who have been together as partners and creative collaborators since meeting as teenagers in the 1970s. The band has evolved since it began, adding more instrumentation to their signature sound, but at the core are the songs written by Carla and James.
Their three released albums are “10+1,” “The Shadow of the Marigold” and “The Alternate Boot: Vol. 1&2. They recently went back to the studio to record their fourth album, “Seeds of Light,” which will be released soon. Their sound has been described as “21st Century Druid Music,...
- 6/10/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Legendary recording engineer and producer Steve Albini has opened up about the historic recording sessions with Nirvana that produced the band’s final album In Utero. Speaking with NME, Albini revealed the lengths he and the band went to in order to keep the recording sessions secret.
“I had to do everything I could to keep it under wraps to make sure that we didn’t get overrun by fans and the added nonsense,” Albini said. This included booking the studio in a remote location under a pseudonym inspired by the Sex Pistols.
It was 1993, and Nirvana had become global superstars due to the success of 1991’s Nevermind. Albini — who had already built up a reputation for himself as an engineer and member of the punk rock outfit Big Black — had never met the band prior to their working together, but knew that he would need to find a secluded...
“I had to do everything I could to keep it under wraps to make sure that we didn’t get overrun by fans and the added nonsense,” Albini said. This included booking the studio in a remote location under a pseudonym inspired by the Sex Pistols.
It was 1993, and Nirvana had become global superstars due to the success of 1991’s Nevermind. Albini — who had already built up a reputation for himself as an engineer and member of the punk rock outfit Big Black — had never met the band prior to their working together, but knew that he would need to find a secluded...
- 5/24/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Insane Clown Posse have announced an otherworldly edition of their annual Gathering of the Juggalos event, and keeping with the “Wicked Clowns from Outer Space” theme, the 2023 lineup features Alien Ant Farm, a host of extraterrestrial attractions, and a tribute set to the group’s definitive 1999 tour of the same name.
The 23rd Gathering will go down July 5th-8th at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio, which has become a “UFO hotspot” according to the band in a statement. For their headlining set, Icp will offer a faithful recreation of their “Wicked Clowns from Outer Space” set, which launched in 1999 and concluded only months before the first Gathering of the Juggalos in July 2000. Their announcement reads:
“Step into the Juggalo Tardis, we’re calibrating the date and taking a space-time trip back to 1999! The original ‘Wicked Clowns From Outer Space Tour’ was a touchstone moment in Juggalo history and many...
The 23rd Gathering will go down July 5th-8th at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio, which has become a “UFO hotspot” according to the band in a statement. For their headlining set, Icp will offer a faithful recreation of their “Wicked Clowns from Outer Space” set, which launched in 1999 and concluded only months before the first Gathering of the Juggalos in July 2000. Their announcement reads:
“Step into the Juggalo Tardis, we’re calibrating the date and taking a space-time trip back to 1999! The original ‘Wicked Clowns From Outer Space Tour’ was a touchstone moment in Juggalo history and many...
- 5/22/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Exclusive: It’s going to get loud at the Tribeca Festival.
Vice News announced today the feature documentary Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story will premiere at the festival on June 13, a film Vice describes as “a wild punk-rock-doc that explodes off the screen.”
Scream of My Blood, directed by Nate Pommer and Eric Weinrib, centers around musician Eugene Hütz, leader of the punk band Gogol Bordello, who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine as a kid. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of his native country last February, the filmmaking team followed him as he returned to Ukraine with his band to perform for Ukrainian soldiers.
“Through never-before-seen photo and video archives spanning two decades – including concert performances, backstage moments and intimate interviews – Scream of My Blood follows the epic journey of Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello frontman and one of the greatest storytellers of our time, as...
Vice News announced today the feature documentary Scream of My Blood: A Gogol Bordello Story will premiere at the festival on June 13, a film Vice describes as “a wild punk-rock-doc that explodes off the screen.”
Scream of My Blood, directed by Nate Pommer and Eric Weinrib, centers around musician Eugene Hütz, leader of the punk band Gogol Bordello, who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine as a kid. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of his native country last February, the filmmaking team followed him as he returned to Ukraine with his band to perform for Ukrainian soldiers.
“Through never-before-seen photo and video archives spanning two decades – including concert performances, backstage moments and intimate interviews – Scream of My Blood follows the epic journey of Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello frontman and one of the greatest storytellers of our time, as...
- 4/18/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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