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Quite an historical document for fans of Post-Punk. Some live demos from Dec 1988, plus some studio demos from Killing Joke's "Extremities" era recorded and mixed by Steve Albini.
#SteveAlbini #KillingJoke #PostPunk #NoiseRock
https://overdriverec.bandcamp.com/album/extremities-the-albini-demos-and-live-beginnings-88
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FACS - Wish Defense (2025)
The sixth album by Chicago trio FACS is a deep dive into the human nature & duality. The return of original member Jonathan Van Herik brings a fresh dynamic, while Brian Case's lyrics explore who we truly are. The album was recorded by the legendary Steve Albini.
https://wearefacs.bandcamp.com/album/wish-defense
#music #facs #artrock #alternative #experimental #postpunk #avantgarde #briancase #chicago #stevealbini #troubleinmindrecords
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The Jesus Lizard – GOAT (1991, US)
[This guest post was written by @Defiance about number 429 on The List. The album was submitted by platenworm.]
Another Steve Albini-produced classic. And perhaps the best album by this American noise rock/post-hardcore band. It’s fitting that the album title is also an acronym for Greatest Of All Time.
I was already a fan of Scratch Acid, the predecessor band. My best friend turned me onto them in high school.
So when I was in college and just starting to DJ, I was eager to play their new stuff. I can still remember getting the band’s first 7” in the station’s “new bin”, 1989’s “Chrome b/w 7 or 8”. The following year the band released their first LP, 1990’s Head. I liked that album and played it regularly.
I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one, their second full length album. But GOAT is a step up in every way.
The bass grooves are unlike their prior albums. They’re more…groovy! Probably why this is my favorite album from the band. It’s more accessible, but still raw and driven by David Yow’s intense and almost indecipherable yelling. The Jesus Lizard was one of the first bands of this era and genre that increasingly focused on dynamic hooks, and GOAT really delivers in this regard.
The album opens with “Then Comes Dudley”, which features the classic Jesus Lizard / Scratch Acid sound. Dark, loud, and relentless. The crunchy snare drum and driving bass guitar have that distinct Albini sound.
The pace really picks up with track 2, my favorite, “Mouth Breather”, and then hits a new peak with the slide guitar driven song “Nub”. The rest of the tracks are a mix of dynamic tempos and dark, sometimes droning noise and rhythms over which singer David Yow wails and moans. It’s almost as if The Birthday Party had released another album in 1991.
An interesting side note is that the picture on the album cover can be easily misinterpreted. At first glance, it looks like an orange flame on black background. I thought this the case for years. But it’s actually a topless woman with a close-up image of nails projected onto her body.
By the way, The Jesus Lizard still makes good music to this day. Earlier this year (2024), they released another great album, Rack.
Play GOAT at high volume!
#1001OtherAlbums #1990s #JesusLizard #posthardcore #postpunk #rock #ScratchAcid #SteveAlbini #TheJesusLizard
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We’re still on a break from posting spotlights on albums from our 1001 Other Albums list, but I’m stressed and sad, and therefore I need a little list-making therapy. And so, in honor of the late great Steve Albini who suddenly left us this week, here is a (possibly incomplete) list of the albums from The List that he had a part in, in one way or another:
- Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988, US) (list number 127)
- The Jesus Lizard – Goat (1991, US) (429)
- Nirvana – In Utero (1993, US) (829)
- Brainiac – Hissing Prigs In Static Couture (1996, US) (434)
- Scrawl – Travel On, Rider (1996, US) (770)
- Neurosis – Times Of Grace (1999, US) (430)
- Screaming Females – Ugly (2012, US) (47)
- Om – Advaitic Songs (2012, US) (39)
And, so we have a nice round number of 10 albums, here are a couple not on The List but probably friggin should be:
- Made Out of Babies – Coward (2006, US)
- Sunn O))) – Life Metal (2019, US)
I think those make a nice little tribute playlist to keep us going for a bit. And, if you want to look up more, here is a (likely very incomplete) list of other bands/artists on The List that Albini worked with, on albums of theirs not on The List: Ben Frost, Cheap Trick, Don Caballero, Esben and the Witch, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gogol Bordello, Jim O’Rourke, Jimmy Page, Joanna Newsom, Low, Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Nine Inch Nails, Pussy Galore, Richard Youngs, Robert Plant, Songs: Ohia, The Ex, The Stooges, and Yonatan Gat.
Feel free to share your favorite Albini-ed album below (and, if it’s not already in The List, let me know if you want me to add it).
Thanks for the music, Steve.
https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/05/11/steve-albini-rip/
#Brainiac #JulieChristmas #MadeOutOfBabies #Neurosis #Nirvana #Om #Pixies #Scrawl #ScreamingFemales #SteveAlbini