Steve Albini fans

[washing machine]

Prayer to God is the one that ultimately sold me on his vocals. It's a real performance.

[Strat]

Lots of rules for being a fan of albini and music. Sounds exhausting being a dick

[spike]

Lots of rules for being a fan of albini and music. Sounds exhausting being a dick

It can get pretty hard.

[dad]

Lots of rules for being a fan of albini and music. Sounds exhausting being a dick

It can get pretty hard.

spike.

[Birds in Hell]

Dad, you should check the opener for shellac's second album. The one with the spacecraft on the cover.

i actually prefer that opening song to most of Albini's vocals.

It's definitely an acquired taste

Throw 'em in at the deep end.

I love that song.

In fact, it was my introduction to Shellac - a bandmate played it for me and it blew my mind.

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[dad]

i'd still like to know exactly what it is Albini does as a produce...*ahem*...audio engineer.

what does he do? does he touch knobs, etc on the board, or does he sit there?

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

[dad]

i just read this part of the wiki for PJ Harvey's Rid of Me, "He’s the only person I know that can record a drum kit and it sounds like you’re standing in front of a drum kit."

that's accurate.

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[dad]

[E.H. Ruddock]

Is that really albinis account? No blue check mark

[Jorge]

Yeah it's him. The tweet thread he made on that account was what led to the interview Trag linked earlier

[E.H. Ruddock]

Why isn't he verified

[Jorge]

Institutional racism

[epilogue]

[epilogue]

I feel like if I were to have a sig here on RM it would be this Albini quote from that interview trag posted:

"The fundamental truth is that what other people think of me is their business. I’m not trying to influence their opinions of me. I’m trying to maintain a notion of myself that isn’t cruel. And if I realize that I’ve been being cruel, I need to stop — not just for the other person’s benefit, but because I’m responsible for my own behavior."

People want to assume my worldview on here a lot. Which I totally get. I do the same to others. This is the closest I've seen someone whom I don't follow or listen to often articulate a very real aspect of my actual worldview.

[tragabigzanda]