For, like, a minute, on an EP, as a favor.
Say this much about Albini, dude has an ethos. "I've heard people say that rock is dead, but I don't believe that. They haven't killed ska, for fuck's sake, how are they going to kill rock?"
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 May 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
Their best release!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 27 May 2019 14:58 (four years ago) link
They definitely killed ska
― One Eye Open, Monday, 27 May 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
Ha, there was a great ska band joke in What We Do In the Shadows, like, last week.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 May 2019 15:51 (four years ago) link
in utero 2013 mix totally fucking rips, been years since i listened to this. feel like you're right there in the room with them
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 10:25 (four years ago) link
xxp - A very 1998 ska act was on Jimmy Kimmel six months ago, I know people who saw Reel Big Fish recently, tons of the more traditional '90s ska acts still play.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
Would be more interested in an Albini-recorded Op Ivy than the fugazi sessions.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 04:31 (four years ago) link
I would love to hear Albini record Dredd Zeppelin.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 11:34 (four years ago) link
According to this and suggested by the album cover art of a cake shop near Electrical, he recorded this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmSdPZiiXqk
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 14:23 (four years ago) link
lol, not quite the right link there hahaha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIbX_6rKm68
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
(i wanted to believe for about 10 seconds though haha)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:27 (four years ago) link
The Pueblo Cafe song is better. This one's pretty good, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhXlyq8mlbw
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Not enough goofy studio banter and dry drums imho.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 16:16 (four years ago) link
Whoops!
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 16:44 (four years ago) link
googling to see if Dread Zeppelin had any original members (yes: one), I learnt that a) Tortelvis rejoined the band b) 26 years ago c) because INXS had pursued them as a support act [but d) due to having quit he only ended up playing one show on the tour]
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
he should join INXS
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLRpfzbr8f8
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 17 October 2019 08:15 (four years ago) link
zero questions about music. if you name your band Rapeman you sort of concede that a portion of every interview is going to have to be about that, but still, zero.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 17 October 2019 11:30 (four years ago) link
I think I posted this before but it really is a good read about his thoughts on feminism and his own growth as a personhttps://www.listenlistenlisten.org/stevealbini/also I tweeted this post Ryan Adams but as much as he's made fun of as assholes or prickly it's funny I don't ever think I've heard a bad thing about Albini from anyone who's worked with him or any whispering that he's a creep
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 October 2019 12:19 (four years ago) link
it would amaze me if he'd ever been a creep, he seems like a very good guy
― imago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
who sublimates all the ugly masculine energy he's ever experienced into his art haha
he and his chalet-mates gave us their beer at an All Tomorrow's Parties on the basis that they were old and we were young <3 you Steve & co
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Thursday, 17 October 2019 12:37 (four years ago) link
https://www.listenlistenlisten.org/stevealbini/
I wouldn't even know how to begin to answer some or all of these questions, so good for him for giving it so much time, thought and attention.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 October 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
When Shellac played a club in my town a couple years ago, at one point he held up the show bc he felt a female audience member was talking too loud in between songs, and launched into this weirdly OTT volley of really gross sexual insults, "I dont come down to where you work and slap the etc etc etc", like morning zoo types stuff. He went at it for like 5 minutes despite nobody in the crowd laughing or responding, to the point where he noticeably lost the audience and the vibe of the show got really weird. Definitely tainted the gig for a lot of ppl, one of the weirder showgoing experiences in recent memory. Maybe he thought he was being ironic or satirical or something, but no getting around the fact that it was a smirking old guy trying to get laughs from a mostly male crowd by saying fucked up stuff to a young woman abt her body.
I believe that he's sincere in his mea culpas for some of his questionable work and he's often really eloquent and thoughtful when talking about feminism and trying to be an ally and etc, but IMO there's no denying that at some level there definitely seems to be some kind of frayed wiring or short circuit in his brain w/r/t women & sexuality.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 17 October 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
this guy is a asshole. fuck him.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.stereogum.com/2108943/elvis-costello-steve-albini-pj-harvey/news/
― piscesx, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
first & hopefully last time I've agreed with Costello
long post a couple of posts above is otm. the free pass this prick gets in certain circles is galling
― Left, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
nah he's a great producer, prick or otherwise
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
well, sound engineer, as he protests
I find his sound pedantic
― Left, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
i wouldn't dispute that, but its deliberate clarity is quite literary imo
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
one really fucking annoying thing about this is did it occur to anyone that Rid of Me sounds like PJ Harvey wanted it to sound? or was just just in thrall to the evil Abini?
Harvey herself was pleased with the end result. "I do everything for myself primarily," she said, "and I was happy with it. I don’t really listen when people say good things about my work because I tend to not give myself praise about anything. But I was really pleased with Rid of Me. For that period of my life, it was perfect. Well, it wasn’t perfect but as near to as I could get at that time".[7] She remained friends with Albini afterward, finding in him a kindred spirit. "People read things in and make him what they want him to be," Harvey said. "He's the only other person I know that that happens to besides myself. People have a very specific idea of what I am- some kind of ax-wielding, man-eating Vampira- and I'm not that at all. I'm almost the complete opposite."[34]
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:20 (three years ago) link
people talk about "deliberately" ugly are generally talking about a small handful of the high profile records he did 30 years, he's recorded so many bands and artists
is this deliberately ugly? flawless
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHRBRkDW4g
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
the nina nastasia albums do sound good
tbh I didn't bother to read costello's rant bc he's also a dick. I just wanted to take another shot at albini
― Left, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
what's a pedantic sound?
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
Fussy and unfuzzy.
― pomenitul, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
one really fucking annoying thing about this is did it occur to anyone that Rid of Me sounds like PJ Harvey wanted it to sound?
Exactly. Like he's not without his issues and there are people who stick him too high on that ultimate alternative producer pedestal but his key thing has always been "find the best way to make it sound like the artist wants it to sound"
― Clean-up on ILX (onimo), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
I think it is safe to assume EC would not be a fan of Tweez
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
i'd say his sound is very clear and specific more than pedantic
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMttXqBl2uQ
from 18.57 until the end of this song is some of the most glorious production i have ever heard
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
just listen to this pedantic shit, that typical albini sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l_5nW0SUNw
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:34 (three years ago) link
well that^ is very clear, very defined, but i wouldn't call that pedantic, it sounds great
perhaps musicians appreciate crisp recording, who knows
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
you don't go to albini if you don't want the sound to be crisply conveyed
― imago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
2xpost Well, that for sure sounds pretty band in a room, which was probably the intent. Albini's done all sorts of stuff, to his (literal) credit, but I think his claim that he only does what the artist wants is a little misleading, since there is a pretty identifiable Albini sound/approach on a lot of his records. Now, it's very possible, if not likely, that a lot of the acts he works with go to him *for* that sound, but I do wonder what it would be like if someone went to him and said "I want to make a record that sounds like Rumours," or whatever. Or, say, an extreme or proggy metal band that doesn't have a lot of room for his drum sound. He's come close to both kinds of bands before, I guess.
I *think* he's worked with hip-hip, or jazz, acts before, but I don't know who off the top of my head. He'd probably make a great jazz producer.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
lol i wonder if part of the issue i will sometimes have with albini is that the rooms he records the artists in are .. bad rooms? like their sonic character might be interesting but possibly not the greatest match for the artist. i love the idea of recording a performance in a room but the room shouldn't have what sounds like hard glossy walls if it's a country song imo?
― cosmic vision | bleak epiphany | erotic email (map), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:42 (three years ago) link
He did an album for Mats Gustafsson's band The Thing. It's good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezvZ1_J8aR8
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
He takes pride in his purportedly perfectly designed studio, doesn't he?
Which, yeah, implies that he does have an identifiable sound and approach, and it's more than just him trying to capture what it is that the artist wants, right?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
― imago, Monday, November 30, 2020 2:41 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
i know i was joking haha like if you played that for someone who didn't know fulks and said who produced this they'd guess thousand times before they said albini
he's actually more similar to an old 60s era studio pro, do a weird psychedelic band one day, record a pop song the next, set it up and go
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
that room matches the artist much better imo! xp to the gustaffson (sp?) youtube
― cosmic vision | bleak epiphany | erotic email (map), Monday, 30 November 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
He did a record with Child Bite who are very metal-y (in this incarnation at least)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm3o0DnQ9Xk
― chr1sb3singer, Monday, 30 November 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link