Steve Albini

The Wedding Present’s third album is an indie rock classic and one of the great Loud Quiet Loud records of all time. “It was probably the first to be honest,” says frontman David Gedge.

The video also features Sonic Youth covering Crime‘s “Hot Wire My Heart“ and look for a special appearance from Steve Albini.

Graham Coxon, Nels Cline, Steve Albini, Patrick Carney, Steve Vai and more also appear in the film, which is Reverb’s first documentary.

Slint’s ‘Spiderland’ opened the doors for Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, and countless other post-rock bands, and 30 years later, it’s still a timeless album that sounds like nothing else.

David Yow, Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock, Andrew W.K. and more also pay tribute to the internet famous cat, who passed away in December of 2019.

The annual comedy and music benefit is going virtual this year with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bill Callahan, Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen, Sleaford Mods, John Darnielle, David Pajo, AC Newman, Mary Timony, Steve Albini, and more scheduled to appear.

Flat Worms released the Steve Albini-recorded ‘Antarctica‘ back in April and frontman Will Ivy’s Top 10 list includes music, baking, relaxing and tiny horses.

Cloud Nothings will follow this year’s pandemic-born The Black Hole Understands with a full-band studio album in 2021, and they’re also giving ‘Turning On’ a 10th anniversary reissue…

This week’s Notable Releases include Laura Jane Grace’s surprise mostly-acoustic album, Westside Gunn’s third album of 2020, Jonsi’s first solo album in ten years, and more…

Laura recorded the surprise 14-song album with Steve Albini and it’s her first for Polyvinyl.