Steve Albini

Steve Albini’s band Shellac are touring this year, and will be in Europe with Decibelles beginning later in May, including a stop at Primavera Sound. They’ve also got North American shows later this year, including Brooklyn…

Plus: Ethan Hawke, Darren Aronofsky, VR, Superchunk, Todd Rundgren, ’This is Us,’ free beer koozies, and more.

Plus: Ethan Hawke, Darren Aronofsky, VR, Superchunk, Todd Rundgren, ’This is Us,’ free beer koozies, and more.

All Nerve was made with the same Breeders lineup as Last Splash and will be out March 2 via 4AD.

A tribute show to Brainiac is happening in NYC, and footage will be used in the upcoming documentary on the band. The show will feature surviving members of Brainiac, plus members of Girls Against Boys (who also headline), The Dismemberment Plan, The Wrens, Hole, Les Savy Fav, Hella, Chrome Cranks, and more…

If you ever wondered what the UK indie rock band’s debut album might have sounded like if recorded by Steve Albini (who produced their 1991 album Seamonsters), you’ll want to check this out.

”If we aren’t burned alive in Chicago, we wanna do more, and not have to have people make it a destination and pay a ton of money to see us.”

Noisy electronic artist Ben Frost will release new album The Centre Cannot Hold on September 29 via Mute. He made the record in Chicago with Steve Albini over ten days and it’s described as “a document of an event, of a room, and of the composer within it”…

The album was recorded with Steve Albini and The Cribs call it a “return to our roots and the raw approach we took on our first two records in 2004 and 2005.”