Steve Albini
Steve Albini passed away five days ago and I still see musicians on my feeds posting about him. No one can process it. These aren’t even aftershocks. The earthquake hasn’t finished yet. I never thought about the possibility of him dying because how could a person with that much energy and conviction ever leave us?
These are the albums I know well that he was involved in, and they’re only a sliver of the giant sequoia of music he recorded. There’s so much more out there to explore.
- The Breeders: Pod
- Dirty Three: Ocean Songs
- Nirvana: In Utero
- Palace Music: Arise Therefore
- Palace Music: Viva Last Blues
- Slint: Tweez
- Superchunk: No Pocky for Kitty
- The Wedding Present: Seamonsters
Every one of his how-to videos on the Electrical Audio YouTube channel should go in the Library of Congress right now.
Read his brother Marty’s remembrance on Facebook.