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Steve Albini, famed underground producer who worked with Nirvana and Foo Fighters, dead at 61

to Pitchfork.Albini is best known for producing Nirvana’s 1993 cult-classic album In Utero, in which he helped craft the record’s abrasive and metallic tones. He is also credited as a pioneer who brought 80s indie outfits like Pixies to the mainstream, leading the way for other underground acts’ success.More recently, the Chicago-based icon produced Foo Fighter’s “Something From Nothing” in 2014.During Albini’s decade career, he engineered multiple underground classics, including The Jesus Lizard’s Goat, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and dozens more.In addition to his production work, Albini was the guitarist and frontman for Shellac — who are set to release To All Trains, their first album in a decade — next week.Albini began his professional music career in 1981 when he founded the often-confrontational punk group Big Black, an aggressive act famous for their industrial use of drum machines and icy guitar riffs.In his final years, the performer criticized exploitative music industry practices, according to Pitchfork.Celebrities across the internet shared their condolences after the rocker’s death.“Ugh man, a heartbreaking loss of a legend.
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GIRLBAND! reminisce on small town life on new single ‘Not Like The Rest’
GIRLBAND! have debuted a playful new single, ‘Not Like The Rest’.The alternative newcomers hail from Nottingham and are signed to EMI North, where they are labelmates with the likes of Nadine Shah.Per a press release, members Georgie, Jada and Kay came together after making music in other projects and, during the pandemic, they “plugged into the wider community in Nottingham, one that inspired them with 80s culture, vintage fashion and massive dose of 90s nostalgia, Gwen Stefani and R&B groups.” The sound they carved out has been described as “a punk band making pop songs”.Now, their spirited new single sees them take a trip down memory lane, thinking back to growing up in a small town and not fitting in – “My school was so white/My town was so grey/I was a rainbow, had to hide away/On the 54 bus, she was my first crush/That’s when I knew I had to run away.”Check out ‘Not Like The Rest’ below:The band are set to head out on tour later this year and also have festival appearances booked at the likes of Stockton Calling, Sound City, Teddy Rocks and Block Party in France.You can see the full list of their headline tour dates below and buy your tickets here.MAY3 – Manchester, Deaf Institute 9 – London, The Grace10 – Newport, Le Pub11 – Bristol, Louisiana16 – Southampton, The Joiners18 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms GIRLBAND! have also been announced to be supporting Taking Back Sunday on tour in the UK next month – you can find those dates below and buy your tickets here.MARCH26 – Manchester, O2 Ritz27 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town28 – Cardiff, University Great HallThey will also be supporting Feeder at York’s Barbican and Manchester’s Albert Hall on March 19 and 20 – you can find tickets here.
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No Values Fest announces 2024 lineup: Misfits, Iggy Pop, Sublime, more
No Values Fest drops into the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds for a hardcore day featuring some of the greatest throwback anarchists still in the game along with a few ska icons as well as a couple newer groups.Big acts on the star-studded bill include The Original Misfits, Iggy Pop, Social Distortion, Bad Religion and Black Flag.They’ll be joined by Sublime, Turnstile, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Damned and Joyce Manor.Personally, we’re most excited to see Fear, The Dead Milkmen and…DJ Jello Biafra.Yes, really.In total, over 40 acts are scheduled to perform at No Values including one blurred-out artist to be named at a later date.As of now, tickets are available for the one-day extravaganza.Based on our findings, prices start at $280 before fees on Vivid Seats for general admission passes.For those hoping for a cushy experience, VIP passes can also be purchased.Want to rock out with all your favorite anti-establishment heroes?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the 2024 No Values Fest below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on different ticket tiers can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.As noted above, over 40 huge names will be performing at the Saturday fest this May.For a better picture, here are all the groups you can
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Dream Wife’s Bella Podpadec launches merch crowdfunder to fund top surgery
Dream Wife bassist Bella Podpadec has launched exclusive limited edition merch to help crowdfund their top surgery.They took to the band’s official Instagram today (January 26) to share that they have created a very limited edition blue t-shirt which features a pink unicorn playing the bass and the words “Not my body, I am somebody” (a line from Dream Wife’s 2018 song ‘Somebody’) on it as a way to raise money for their top surgery.The tee is priced at £25 and exclusively available on the band’s Bandcamp page. They are also 100 per cent certified organic cotton, oeko approved and vegan.According to Mayoclinic.org, top surgery is also “called gender-affirming surgery or gender-confirmation surgery” and “involves procedures that help better align the body with a person’s gender identity”, typically the surgical addition or removal of breast tissue.A post shared by bella podpadec (@b.ppod)Podpadec also announced that a portion of the sales will be donated to the charity Mermaids, which supports trans, non-binary and gender diverse children and young people as well as families and professionals involved in their care.“Life update: Bella here I’m going to get top surgery! & to help cover costs I have designed a very limited edition unicorn tee only available on our bandcamp page with the proceeds being split between my surgery and the charity Mermaids! I want to bring my mind & body into closer connection and would be eternally grateful for your support on this journey,” began the post.They continued: “My relationship with gender and the band have been inextricably entwined.
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Action Bronson announced as headliner for Manchester’s Outbreak Festival 2024
Action Bronson has been announced as a headliner at Manchester’s Outbreak Festival this June.The US rapper will top the bill at the Manchester festival this summer, which takes place at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre from June 28-30.The announcement comes after the hardcore and punk festival – which is billed as “a platform to the UK’s consistently thriving counterculture” – announced their first batch of acts in December.Action Bronson will headline the Friday of the festival (June 28) alongside JPEGMafia, Flatbush Zombies, The Garden and more, followed by Basement on Saturday (June 29).Tickets are on sale now from here with full weekend passes available, as well as single Friday and combined Saturday and Sunday entry.Other acts announced on the line-up include Soccer Mommy, Show Me The Body, Poison The Well, Angel Du$t, Mannequin Pussy, Ceremony, Touché Amoré, Movements, Incendiary and Mindforce.Organisers have said that more news will be coming soon, and you can check out the full line-up so far below.2024Much more still to come including 3 headliners.Tickets on sale now.https://t.co/22df2EgSFI#Outbreak24 pic.twitter.com/PXhmoLybpo— Outbreak Fest (@OutbreakFest) December 15, 2023Elsewhere at the festival, Joyce Manor will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of ‘Never Hungover Again’, Nothing will perform 2014’s ‘Guilty Of Everything’, The Hotelier will celebrate a decade of ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’ and Thursday will perform a set comprising tracks from two of their most celebrated albums, ‘War All The Time’ and ‘Full Collapse’.Last year’s edition of the festival was headlined by Denzel Curry, Death Grips, Converge and Bane.Action Bronson’s last album, ‘Cocodrillo Turbo’, came out in April 2022.
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How much are tickets to see Slipknot and Pantera at the Sonic Temple Festival?
and jam.From May 16-19, the Sonic Temple Music Festival swoops into Columbus, OH’s Historic Crew Stadium for four huge days of rock, metal, punk, emo and Hip-Hop.This year’s lineup includes some heavy hitters, too.Just a few of the biggest names on the lineup include Slipknot, Pantera, Disturbed, The Original Misfits and Evanescence.They’ll be joined by heavy icons Limp Bizkit, Judas Priest, 311, Staind and Breaking Benjamin.Sum 41, Cypress Hill, Rise Against, Bad Religion and Seether will be there, too.And if this sounds like the festival for you, you’re in luck.As of today, tickets are available for the four-day extravaganza.Some are quite cheap, too.At the time of publication, four-day general admission passes start at $231 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be found for as low as $86 before fees.Looking for a few more details before scooping up your tix?You’re in the right place.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the 2024 Sonic Temple Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day general admission passes can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
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Terri Hooley on punching John Lennon: “He was stoned so it wasn’t my proudest moment”
John Lennon – saying that he doesn’t see it as “my proudest moment”.An icon of the Belfast punk scene, Terri Hooley reminisced about some of the biggest moments of his life in a new interview with The Guardian, including his tumultuous encounter with The Beatles legend.In the discussion – done to help promote new biography Terri Hooley: Seventy-Five Revolutions by Stuart Bailie – the music industry veteran recalled how the encounter took place around 1970.Introduced to Lennon in London by friends of Oz Magazine, the musician mistook Hooley as a supporter of the IRA in his pre-pacifist days and offered to supply him with weapons. The mistake led to Hooley throwing a punch at the former Beatle – a move he now says he isn’t proud of.“He was stoned so it wasn’t my proudest moment,” he told the outlet, adding: “When I met Cynthia [Lennon’s first wife] and told her, she said, ‘You should have hit him harder!’”The response to the misunderstanding came from Hooley’s upbringing in Belfast’s troubled times and strong political outlook; which also led to him confronting Bob Dylan about his refusal to stop paying taxes to protest the Vietnam war.Hooley’s importance in the industry comes from his role in putting Belfast on the map for music – launching various counterculture magazines and pirate radio stations during times of conflict.
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