I’ve seen Shellac maybe a dozen times in the last twenty years, but their show on Monday night was possibly the best I’ve seen. The mood was convivial and the sound was appropriately sharp and loud, ...

Last night (March 20), the trio – consisting of Steve Albini, Bob Weston and Todd Trainer – took to social media to announce the record. The album will mark Shellac’s sixth overall, and first since ...

It is safe to assume Steve Albini - the workhorse of independent records with high fidelity and low bullshit - would have hated a handicap earned by dying, as he did in early May. Let’s be frank, as ...

"We've already done some recording of the new material, and early indications are that we're still happy with it all" This past year marked the 25th anniversary of Shellac, the influential three-piece ...

Forget the Platonic ideal, Shellac have always aspired to the sardonic ideal. On a ditty cheekily titled “Chick New Wave” — off To All Trains, the noise-rock group’s sixth and final album following ...

Back in 2022, the late producer took his music off the streaming platform. He had previously criticised the company for platforming anti-vaxxers such as Joe Rogan, and tweeted later that they were a ...

Steve Albini plays guitar and sings in the band Shellac. He's also a renowned recording engineer, helping to commit albums such as Nirvana's In Utero, Pixies' Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me and ...

Shellac have always been an anomaly in independent music but with their latest album, Excellent Italian Greyhound, the Chicago art-punk trio remind listeners just how unusual. It s been seven years ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shellac: Steve Albini (left) Todd Trainer and Bob Weston. The Aussie indie-pop legends have played a show here and there over the past ...

Steve Albini is famous–well, sort of. He’s the guy who recorded Nirvana’s In Utero and the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, not to mention over 1,000 other albums. He owns a recording studio called Electrical ...

Who's afraid of Steve Albini? So the Chicago punk/indie rock guitarist, vocalist, engineer and producer led the pivotal post-punk band Big Black, which spat out the influential album, Songs About ...

Shellac, the noisy rock trio fronted by Steve Albini, will put out a double-vinyl collection of previously unreleased recordings they made for BBC Radio’s Peel Sessions. The album, The End of Radio, ...