12 May 2024

Last Wednesday the shocking news of the passing of STEVE ALBINI came in.
The renowned, highly praised noise rock producer from Chicago died of a
heart attack, at only 61. R.I.P.

Besides his extensive work as a producer (Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Jimmy
Page and Robert Plant and countless more) Albini had 3 bands of his own.

Big Black (1981-1987 / 2 LPs), Rapeman (1987-1989 / 1 LP)
and his best-known one Shellac (1992-2024 / 6 LPs)

It’s only 2 months ago that Albini announced a new album with Shellac,
titled To All Trains. Their 6th and first in 10 years. It is/was planned to
come out, next week, on May 17. No info yet about an eventual
delay of the release.

For now, I want to play their sharp-cutting, raw-and-rough
noise-rock album 1000 HURTS from 2000 to remember this
legend.

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It was so great to see Shellac playing live
back in 2017 in Kortijk, Belgium on one of
their rare tours.

Photos by Turn Up The Volume