Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

Strat wrote:Albini was a member of the band himself, but beyond the sonic barbed wire he wrung out of his Travis Bean TB500...

Bob Weston, Shellac's bassist, also plays a Travis Bean. I had never heard of them before. The headstocks remind me of vintage Kramers or Electrical Guitar Company's aluminium stuff. Pretty damn cool.

There’s a guy in FL who makes these guitars now, all modeled on Travis Bean. The owner Kevin, and really the whole staff, are huge Albini nerds:

https://www.electricalguitarcompany.com/

Edit: sorry, I see you were already familiar with them. Yeah, part of their deal was that the Travis Beans had become expensive collectors items so they wanted to start a new manufacturing line of a similar product.

tragabigzanda wrote:Gorgeous, but an acquired taste. The guitars have poor sustain and the necks are always cold when you first pick them up.

tragabigzanda wrote:Scrolling all the various RIP Steve threads introduced me to this banger yesterday. I'm loving it. Note that the band had it remixed about six years ago, but it seems like the original mix is readily available on streaming services (or at least Amazon).

tragabigzanda wrote:from the official Steely Dan newsletter:

RIP, Steve Albini.

He once called Steely Dan “music made for the sole purpose of letting the wedding band stretch out.”

Now SD boosterism will flourish unchecked on this app. Which doesn’t feel quite right.

Everyone needs a quality nemesis. And today Dan fans lost theirs.​

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote: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

Ello Sailor wrote:Blasting this today because it rules. Cheers Trag.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Jammer XCI wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Scrolling all the various RIP Steve threads introduced me to this banger yesterday. I'm loving it. Note that the band had it remixed about six years ago, but it seems like the original mix is readily available on streaming services (or at least Amazon).

I saw Failure play their entire Fantastic Planet record and then close the show with this song in 2016. I went to Chicago for that show so maybe Steve was even there, who knows. I do find their debut to be very underrated compared to the later stuff, it's also the only album they ever made that wasn't produced by the band members themselves.

Another pair of underrated bangers from Albini are High On Fire's Blessed Black Wings and Neurosis' Times of Grace. Albini producing metal usually yielded some pretty amazing results.

Damn, that's awesome jammer. I'd heard of Failure before but never heard a lick. Instantly transporting to a different time and place -- puts me right back in the early 90s. Love this record, and that track in particular is my favorite so far.

Ello Sailor wrote:Greg??

Ello Sailor wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:Greg???

Lmao. Gets me every time.

dad wrote:Last night on John Mulaney’s Netflix show Everybody’s in LA, he thanked all the guests, and then thanked Steve Albini.

VinylGuy wrote:

dad wrote:Last night on John Mulaney’s Netflix show Everybody’s in LA, he thanked all the guests, and then thanked Steve Albini.

wow tasteless joke from him, maybe he is still a drunk?

dad wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

dad wrote:Last night on John Mulaney’s Netflix show Everybody’s in LA, he thanked all the guests, and then thanked Steve Albini.

wow tasteless joke from him, maybe he is still a drunk?

No, I think it was genuine.