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...there’s a world of difference between DIY and CMJ, and whether it’s Matador or Mercury that writes the checks, legendary producer Steve Albini (most famous for his work with the Pixies and Nirvana) still hits the head on the music biz nail with his 1993 article on “The Problem with Music,” a rigorous analysis of the economics of “alternative” music that ends with the notorious words “some of your friends are probably already this fucked...
Nowhere on the album is this more apparent than on the track “Ringway to Seatac,” where a guitar intro reaches back for the lo-fi grindy sound of the pre-Albini Wedding Present albums of the ’80s. Like the songs of that era, Gedge’s voice doesn’t dominate, and is sometimes barely intelligible underneath the crunching guitars. It’s a vintage Wedding Present move, and this song, with lyrics emerging about “being five hundred miles away?...
Welsh three-piece McLusky brings the pain to Central Square on the heels of their May release The Difference Between You and Me Is I’m Not on Fire, a disc of abrasive punk and indie album mastered by Steve Albini. With any luck, the small stage at T.T.’s will be enough to contain the band’s attack, or for some people, allow them to bring the ruckus into the audience. Either way, fans’ ears will endure the same. With Night Rally and Black Helicopter. Tickets...
...bear to imagine you sharing a bed with him!” Their lyrics, more so than those of the Smiths, told more than a song’s title and frequently outlined rather complicated situations. Take the example of “Dalliance” from the Steve Albini-produced Seamonsters. Lyrics map out a simple story: Girl leaves boy for new guy, guy misses girl. But in the song’s raucous climax we find out that the actual subject is something much more specific...
...first thing that struck me aboutShellac is that Steve Albini is the spitting imageof George Stephanopolous. There's no two waysabout it. Steve announced that the venue waschosen "to keep money out of the hands of JohnLaw." Steve spouted other pretension, deadserious. Post-representational art is lazy, hesaid. He insulted the crowd. He insisted onconfiscating all recording devices in the audienceto prevent bootlegging. He bragged about the $800drum mics. He noted that he was old enough to bethe father of all the crowd's members, which isbiologically true, but pretty unlikely...