Steve Albini, an icon of indie rock as each a producer and performer, has died of a coronary heart assault, employees at his recording studio, Electrical Audio, verify to Pitchfork. In addition to fronting underground rock lynchpins together with Shellac and Big Black, Albini was a legend of the recording studio, although he most popular the time period “engineer” to “producer.” He recorded Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, and numerous extra traditional albums, and remained an outspoken critic of exploitative music business practices till his ultimate years. Shellac have been getting ready to tour their first album in a decade, To All Trains, which is scheduled for launch subsequent week. Steve Albini was 61 years outdated.
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