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PJ Harvey, Pixies, and More Indie Musicians Honor Steve Albini
Cloud Nothings’ Dylan Baldi called him “a genuine, singular, principled person.”
In the studio, he recorded and engineered hundreds of albums, from influential rock records like Nirvana’s In Utero and PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me to contemporary albums like Joanna Newsom’s Ys and Cloud Nothings’ Attack on Memory. Cloud Nothings’ Dylan Baldi called Albini “a genuine, singular, principled person” in a tweet. Many more indie bands who looked up to Albini posted tributes, including Ratboys, Chat Pile, and Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis, who said Albini “changed my worldview.” A number of independent record labels also honored Albini, including Don Giovanni Records, who called him “the last person in the music industry who actually mattered while maintaining a fierce code of ethics around their work.” And the guitarist Bill MacKay, who recorded at his studio Electrical Audio, remembered sharing “one unforgettable & hilarious Ramen dinner” with Albini.
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