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got_kielbasa
Steve was a regular customer of mine at my coffee shop some time back - it was on the way to his studio. He was a caffeine fiend who always ordered a large americano with no room. Our americano had five shots in it, but the machine always pulls two shots and he knew the sixth would go to waste so he would ask me to slide that last one in for him. I always made sure I did and that the newer employees did too, knowing he was probably about to go into a recording session. What a talented, funny, introspective, above all kind guy to the average joe on the street. Fuck.
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Weirdnessisgood
This hurts so much. Albini literally changed my life and Shellac's discography is one of the most important to me.
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brootaljared
He was already planning to put it back on streaming before he died but even if he didn't, who cares? Steve removing the music from streaming was one of his most embarrassing boomer moments
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Kahnichiwa
its not a "boomer moment", streaming services are killing the industry (aside from bandcamp probably). the only benefit is that its a better way to get recognition but you're still overshadowed by fake artist pages and botted musicians at least on spotify
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brootaljared
Ok boomer, yeah, the music industry was so much better off when it was almost impossible to self release and self promote your music! 🤣
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Dziennik888
Self-release and self-promotion hasn't been impossible since like the 60's. There are countless hundreds of thousands of broke indie bands and artists from the 90's doing it all DIY. Since the introduction of four tracks and cassettes music creation has been very accessible.
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Yseson
Rest in peace Steve, i would see him sitting at the counter of Standees in Edgewater drinking coffee eating a burger and me and my dorky friends sitting in a booth would loudly talk about bands like Bedhead and Manic Preachers etc hoping he would hear us and what think we were cool? lol. Years later we saw Shellac play a weeks long residency at the Hideout it was amazing. Im rambling i suppose, just melancholic i think. Thanks for being the steadfast architect of a sound that I love, you'll be missed
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pedromayn
Both Shellac and Big Black have been a big part of my musical endeavors in life. I'm so glad I got to see Shellac a few years back before 'rona came along. I'm gutted I won't be able to see them as planned in the next few weeks now and the new record will definitely have a certain feel to it, being the last one. I'll miss Steve's Twitter rants and interviews.
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antonisikora
I must admit I’ve never heard of Shellac and Steve Albini before (maybe cuz I’m still pretty young), but after I had listened to some Shellac albums, I understood what people felt when Steve died. What great music. Farewell Ashen One, mayst thou thy peace discover
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brootaljared
Shellac is probably his best project but you'll likely enjoy Big Black and Rapeman if you check them out. The latter isn't on streaming because steve became embarrassed about the name but their stuff is worth seeking out if you want something that sounds closer to Shellac
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lickinganorchid
In details too private for me to put into words here- in another life where i never heard Steve Albini, my life would be unrecognizable. People oftentimes use this phrase, "changed my life," to exaggerate how much they had appreciated something or someone. If I wrote in regards to Steve Albini that "his music changed my life" then I would be in the rare case of understating how profoundly what- and who- I discovered through Shellac and the music had produced had changed me. Rest in peace.
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CheapTrip00
My youth without this snare drum sound would be incomplete, from Surfer Rosa to Goat... as much cliche as it may sound now, I must say it. I watched one of his YouTube videos a few days before his death. It's still almost surreal that he's gone. Lucky all those who could pay him these famous plumber fees. A hell of a pipeline, especially in the nineties.
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heartshapedbo_x
fucking hell that hit me hard. their music genuinely got me through a lot of stuff, rip steve
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I001598283434
i don't think I've ever been as bummed to miss seeing an artist play live since Mimi Parker died, I was looking forward to seeing Shellac live for the first time later this year...thanks for all the tunes with Big Black and Shellac and all the countless, countless bands you produced Mr. Albini.
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joeldiobogan
shellac changed my life when I was younger. thank you for everything you did steve
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