Steve Albini
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Steve Albini
Britain
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Wolf Alice look back on 10 years of breakthrough ‘Creature Songs’ EP - www.nme.com - Britain - city Brussels
nme.com
28.05.2024 / 17:01

Wolf Alice look back on 10 years of breakthrough ‘Creature Songs’ EP

Wolf Alice have looked back at their breakthrough EP ‘Creature Songs’ – 10 years after its initial release.The project marked the third EP by the English alt-rock group, and helped put them on the map in the UK rock scene. It also led to them being longlisted for the BBC Sound of 2015.It arrived on the heels of their debut of their 2013 project ‘Blush’.Released on May 26 via Dirty Hit, it was produced by Catherine Marks and contained tracks ‘Moaning Lisa Smile’, ‘Storms’, ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and ‘We’re Not The Same’.Now, a decade since the project was first unveiled, the members have taken a look back at the EP, and reflected on what it was like to work on it before they were thrust into the spotlight.“10 years ago we released our EP ‘Creature Songs’ with Dirty Hit.

Watch Nickelback and The Lottery Winners cover Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ in Manchester - www.nme.com - Britain - Manchester - Birmingham - city Vancouver
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21.05.2024 / 18:53

Watch Nickelback and The Lottery Winners cover Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ in Manchester

Nickelback have teamed up with The Lottery Winners for a live cover of Oasis‘ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ in Manchester.The Canadian rockers kicked off the UK leg of their ‘Get Rollin’ world tour last week (May 16) with The Lottery Winners serving as opening support. Last night (May 20), the two bands performed a rendition of Oasis’ 1996 hit track in Manchester’s AO Arena.The Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance and Katie Lloyd and Nickelback’s Ryan Peake took on Noel Gallagher’s vocals and sang ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ to the 20,000 fans in attendance.Look at this photograph… pic.twitter.com/6smGuNcRX7— Lottery Winners (@LotteryWinners) May 17, 2024 “I just want to dedicate this to the 22 Manchester bees.

Primavera Sound 2024 dedicates stage to Steve Albini - www.nme.com - Madrid
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20.05.2024 / 18:55

Primavera Sound 2024 dedicates stage to Steve Albini

Primavera Sound Barcelona 2024 has dedicated a stage to the late and great record producer Steve Albini.Albini passed away aged 61 earlier this month due to a heart attack. He was well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.The late producer’s band Shellac were fixtures at the Primavera Sound Festival for almost 20 years, performing at every incarnation of Primavera since 2008.

Steve Albini’s bands Shellac and Big Black are now available on Spotify - www.nme.com - North Carolina - Charlotte, state North Carolina
nme.com
19.05.2024 / 22:51

Steve Albini’s bands Shellac and Big Black are now available on Spotify

Steve Albini‘s bands Shellac and Big Black now have their catalogues available for listening on Spotify.Albini passed away aged 61 earlier this month due to a heart attack. He was well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.Back in 2022, the late producer took his music off the streaming platform.

Listen to Shellac’s final album ‘To All Trains’ – released one week after Steve Albini’s death - www.nme.com - Chicago - North Carolina - Charlotte, state North Carolina
nme.com
17.05.2024 / 21:55

Listen to Shellac’s final album ‘To All Trains’ – released one week after Steve Albini’s death

Shellac have just released their final album ‘To All Trains’, nine days after the band’s lead guitarist Steve Albini passed away.The legendary record producer, or audio engineer as he preferred to be described, was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’. He died on May 8 of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio, his recording studio in Chicago.He also had a highly influential and accomplished recording career, notably as part of the bands Big Black (1981-1987) and Shellac, a noise rock and hardcore band that had been together since 1992.Their new album is their first in 10 years, and was first announced in March.

Willow Smith Looks Ahead to Touring With Childish Gambino, Looks Back on ‘Whip My Hair,’ and… Baby Turtles? - variety.com - Los Angeles - USA
variety.com
17.05.2024 / 15:43

Willow Smith Looks Ahead to Touring With Childish Gambino, Looks Back on ‘Whip My Hair,’ and… Baby Turtles?

A.D. Amorosi When we last heard from Willow — the mononymous title for Willow Smith, daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith — she was bald, boldly rocking out, and conquering the prog-power-pop game with 2022’s loud “Coping Mechanism” for Roc Nation, her label home since 2010’s pop hit, “Whip My Hair.” Two years can make a big difference.

Kate Middleton's 'go-to' £750 face cream that 'trains skin to look 10 years younger' back in stock for £95 - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
13.05.2024 / 18:41

Kate Middleton's 'go-to' £750 face cream that 'trains skin to look 10 years younger' back in stock for £95

Kate Middleton's skin hasn't aged a day since she started making her first public appearances as Prince William's fiancée back in 2010. Her secret? It's rumoured to be a £750 been venom-infused face cream from the luxury brand, Rodial.

Steve Albini on why he hates Steely Dan - www.nme.com - New York - Egypt
nme.com
12.05.2024 / 10:03

Steve Albini on why he hates Steely Dan

Steve Albini has opened up about his feelings towards Steely Dan.The producer and engineer took to Twitter yesterday (February 6) to share his views on the New York rock band, writing: “I will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan.“Christ the amount of human effort wasted to sound like an SNL band warm up,” he continued.Albini then appeared to pose pro Steely Dan arguments before offering his rebuttals, including the suggestion that they “spent three weeks on the guitar solo”.I will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) February 6, 2023“Three weeks of watching guitar players give it their all while doing bumps and hitting the talkback, “More *Egyptian* but keep it in the pocket…,” he said.“‘Their engineer invented a machine to play the bass drum…’ Did he now. And yet it sounds like this.”“Look at yourselves.

Watch Joanna Newsom dedicate ‘Cosmia’ to Steve Albini - www.nme.com - Chicago
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12.05.2024 / 10:03

Watch Joanna Newsom dedicate ‘Cosmia’ to Steve Albini

Joanna Newsom has paid tribute to the late Steve Albini with a performance of ‘Cosmia’ at Kilby Block Party.Albini recorded Newsom’s 2006 album ‘Ys’, and in her first advertised live performance since 2020, the musician dedicated a song from the album to him.The legendary record producer – who was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’– died on May 8 of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio, his recording studio in Chicago. His death was confirmed by the studio’s staff members.Watch Newsom’s tribute below:Newsom introduced the song with a personal tribute to Albini, who she described as someone “who I love very, very much and admire in every possible way you can admire a person”.“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.

Foo Fighters dedicate performance of ‘My Hero’ to Steve Albini - www.nme.com - Chicago - North Carolina - Charlotte, state North Carolina
nme.com
10.05.2024 / 20:45

Foo Fighters dedicate performance of ‘My Hero’ to Steve Albini

Foo Fighters have dedicated a performance of ‘My Hero’ to the late legendary record producer Steve Albini.While performing at the PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte, North Carolina as part of their ‘Everything or Nothing At All’ tour, the band took the time to dedicate their hit track to the great Albini.The legendary record producer – who was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’– died on May 8 of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio, his recording studio in Chicago. His death was confirmed by the studio’s staff members.“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,” Foos frontman Dave Grohl told the crowd. “He left us much too soon.

Big Black’s Santiago Durango: “Steve Albini was a much better friend than I deserved” - www.nme.com - city Santiago
nme.com
10.05.2024 / 07:47

Big Black’s Santiago Durango: “Steve Albini was a much better friend than I deserved”

Steve Albini – see what Durango had to say below.Earlier this week, the music world was shaken by the news of iconic rock engineer, producer and musician Steve Albini dying from a heart attack at the age of 61. Besides recording and producing some of rock’s biggest albums including Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero’ and Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa’, Albini was also in several bands – one of which was Big Black.Now, Big Black guitarist Santiago Durango has shared a statement with Rolling Stone about his former bandmate, in which he called Albini a “caring and giving person”. Describing Albini’s death as a “total gut punch”, Durango said to the publication: “I always believed Steve would outlive me.

Steve Albini, “The Model,” and the lingering power of mistakes - www.thefader.com
thefader.com
09.05.2024 / 21:21

Steve Albini, “The Model,” and the lingering power of mistakes

When I was 15, my first boyfriend gave me a burned CD with the words “cool music” written in Sharpie across the bottom. It contained over a dozen songs, the kind you’d expect to receive from a brooding indie rock-minded teenager with a gutterpunk streak; the track I’d play on loop was a cover of Kraftwerk’s “The Model.” Steve Albini’s punk band Big Black had transformed it into something unapologetically intense and so unafraid of its imperfect emotion that it was willing to be mistaken for an exorcism.

Thurston Moore pays tribute to Steve Albini as “a stick of dynamite in shredded low-top sneakers” - www.nme.com - city Moore, county Thurston - county Thurston
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 20:59

Thurston Moore pays tribute to Steve Albini as “a stick of dynamite in shredded low-top sneakers”

Thurston Moore has paid tribute to the late Steve Albini in a lengthy X/Twitter thread, calling him “a stick of dynamite in shredded low-top sneakers”.The former Sonic Youth bandmember took to social media to share his memories of the legendary musician and engineer, who passed away yesterday (May 8) due to a heart attack.Moore began his statement by writing: “Like the music he adored and devoted his life to – punk and experimental action, suspect and resistant to any semblance of exploitation – Steve Albini was a person of passion and contradiction.”The musician went on to praise Albini for his ability to “articulate, from a surprisingly young age, with intelligent and intellectual passion, reasons not to set foot in the manipulative cogs of “major” label indignity,” adding: “While wholly serious in his analysis he also seemed to be able to write it all off at the end of the day as being alive in an absurd universe. Alongside his set-in-stone scowl was always a genuinely soulful smile.”Moore recalled the day he first heard of Albini when meeting Byron Coley and Jimmy Johnson from Forced Exposure in NYC.

Dave Grohl: “Steve Albini was smarter and funnier and better at everything than everyone else in the world” - www.nme.com - Chicago
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 19:45

Dave Grohl: “Steve Albini was smarter and funnier and better at everything than everyone else in the world”

Dave Grohl hailing Steve Albini has resurfaced following the late producer’s death yesterday (May 8).Albini who worked on Nirvana’s final album ‘In Utero’ died following a heart attack while at Electronic Audio – his recording studio in Chicago.Speaking in an interview with BBC 6 Music’s Matt Everitt in 2015, Grohl said that despite being well aware of his reputation, the first time he ever met the legendary producer was during the recording sessions for their 1993 record.“He was the smartest, most cynical producer/music critic/band leader/pundit, everyone was scared of him. Then you see pictures of him and he just looks like this skinny little guy.

Watch Steve Albini tell Anthony Bourdain about his “healthy suspicion of capitalism” and love of Chicago - www.nme.com - New York - Chicago
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 17:19

Watch Steve Albini tell Anthony Bourdain about his “healthy suspicion of capitalism” and love of Chicago

Steve Albini, fans have been re-sharing a clip of the producer talking to the late Anthony Bourdain about his politics, career and love of Chicago.The legendary record producer – who was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’– died yesterday (May 8) of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio – his recording studio in Chicago. His death was confirmed by the studio’s staff members.Albini appeared as a guest on season seven episode three of the Emmy-award-winning show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

PJ Harvey pays tribute to Steve Albini: “He changed the course of my life” - www.nme.com - Chicago
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 16:23

PJ Harvey pays tribute to Steve Albini: “He changed the course of my life”

PJ Harvey has paid tribute to the late record producer Steve Albini, sharing “He changed the course of my life”.Harvey and Albini worked together on creating her second studio LP, 1993’s ‘Rid Of Me’. The ‘You Said Something’ singer chose to work with Albini after admiring his distinctively raw recordings of bands like Pixies, Slint, The Breeders and The Jesus Lizard.The legendary record producer – who was the mastermind behind iconic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero‘ and Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’– died yesterday (May 8) of a heart attack while at Electronic Audio – his recording studio in Chicago.

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic on when Kurt Cobain decided he wanted to work with Steve Albini - www.nme.com - Seattle
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 12:46

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic on when Kurt Cobain decided he wanted to work with Steve Albini

Steve Albini, check out what Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic told NME last year about Kurt Cobain’s decision to have him work on the classic ‘In Utero’.Yesterday (May 8), it was announced that Albini, who was known for recording and producing classic albums, had died at the age of 61 after a heart attack.Recalling working with the producer and how the band landed on the post-‘Nevermind’ sound of the record, Novoselic said: “Kurt was a fan of Albini. I remember being in a tour van in 1989 and Kurt was listening to Pixies. He raised his finger and said, ‘This shall be our snare sound!’ He wanted to do it with Steve for a long time.“There’s that whole thing where you get famous and you have to transition into it.

The Cribs pay tribute: “It’s hard to imagine Steve Albini being gone” - www.nme.com - Britain
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 11:09

The Cribs pay tribute: “It’s hard to imagine Steve Albini being gone”

The Cribs have paid their respects to the legendary musician and producer Steve Albini, following news of his death.Yesterday (May 8), it was announced that Steve Albini, who was known for recording and producing classic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero’ and Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa’ among others, had died at the age of 61 due to a heart attack.Now, members of The Cribs have come forward to share their respects for the iconic producer, and recall the memories they have of working with him in the past.The Wakefield indie band first joined forces with Albini back in 2011, shortly after they confirmed that Johnny Marr had departed from the line-up and were beginning work on their fifth studio album ‘In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull’. The LP marked the follow-up to ‘Ignore The Ignorant’, was was shared with the band as a three-piece in May 2012.

Jarvis Cocker pays tribute to “unique individual” Steve Albini - www.nme.com - Chicago
nme.com
09.05.2024 / 06:01

Jarvis Cocker pays tribute to “unique individual” Steve Albini

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has paid tribute to Steve Albini following the legendary producer’s death – see what Cocker had to say below.Yesterday (May 8), it was revealed that Steve Albini, who was known for recording and producing classic albums such as Nirvana‘s ‘In Utero’ and Pixies‘ ‘Surfer Rosa’ among others, had died at the age of 61 due to a heart attack.Now, Cocker – who worked with Albini on his solo album ‘Further Complications’ in 2009 – has taken to social media to share a tribute to the late record producer, engineer and musician.He wrote on Instagram to accompany a photo he had taken of Albini’s Electrical Audio studio: “This is not a very interesting photograph – but very interesting things happened within these walls. This is a photo of the building that contains Electrical Audio: the recording studio established by Steve Albini in Chicago.”“I took this photo during January 2009 when we were recording the ‘Further Complications’ album there.

Derek Riordan in glowing Hibs tribute to Lewis Stevenson and Paul Hanlon as Easter Road icon turns back clock - www.dailyrecord.co.uk - Scotland - county Somerset
dailyrecord.co.uk
09.05.2024 / 05:45

Derek Riordan in glowing Hibs tribute to Lewis Stevenson and Paul Hanlon as Easter Road icon turns back clock

Derek Riordan vividly remembers the night a fresh-faced Lewis Stevenson made his Hibs debut 19 years ago - because typically he scored both goals in a 2-1 cup win at Ayr.

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