I’ve seen Shellac maybe a dozen times in the last twenty years, but their show on Monday night was possibly the best I’ve seen. The mood was convivial and the sound was appropriately sharp and loud, ...

Steve Albini, the American musician and record producer, best known as the frontman of the indie rock bands, Shellac and Big Black, died of a heart attack on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the age of 61.

Steve Albini is famous–well, sort of. He’s the guy who recorded Nirvana’s In Utero and the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, not to mention over 1,000 other albums. He owns a recording studio called Electrical ...

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 ...

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 ...

Who's afraid of Steve Albini? So the Chicago punk/indie rock guitarist, vocalist, engineer and producer led the pivotal post-punk band Big Black, which spat out the influential album, Songs About ...

"We've already done some recording of the new material, and early indications are that we're still happy with it all" This past year marked the 25th anniversary of Shellac, the influential three-piece ...

Last night (March 20), the trio – consisting of Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer – took to social media to announce the record. The album will mark Shellac’s sixth overall, and first since ...

Back in the public consciousness owing to the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's In Utero, the album he produced after being courted by Kurt and the gang in 1993, Steve Albini now appears in material form ...

Shellac have always been an anomaly in independent music but with their latest album, Excellent Italian Greyhound, the Chicago art-punk trio remind listeners just how unusual. It s been seven years ...

Shellac, Camp Lo, Noah Gundersen and The Hot Toddies also made the cut this week. Check out our photos and briefs for the recommended shows for June 10 through 16.Published on June 8, 2009 Portland ...

It is safe to assume Steve Albini - the workhorse of independent records with high fidelity and low bullshit - would have hated a handicap earned by dying, as he did in early May. Let’s be frank, as ...