Jukebox – Music News Cuts – 5/10
Written by Staff on May 10, 2024
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Steve Albini
Steve Albini, producer of a whole host of alternative albums including Nirvana’s “In Utero,” has died of a heart attack at 61. Albini’s approach was one of minimalism and simplicity, opting to capture natural voices and instruments rather than go all out like Phil Specter or Berry Gordy. And he preferred the term “engineer” to “producer.”
He started out his music career as the singer and guitarist in Big Black, making waves with the 1986 album “Atomizer” and the 1987 album “Songs About Fucking.”
Albini chose credit on albums over royalties, rare for producers. He was involved not only in “In Utero,” but also in LPs from The Pixies, The Breeders, POD, Melt Banana, The Jesus Lizard, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gogol Bordello, and more. He also engineered the Jimmy Page and Robert Plant album Walking Into Clarksdale.
On the issue of royalties, Albini said, “I explained this to Kurt but I thought I’d better reiterate it here. I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. No points. Period. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer is ethically indefensible. The band write the songs. The band play the music. It’s the band’s fans who buy the records.”
Catfish and the Bottlemen
A tour is coming for Catfish and the Bottlemen. It is an American tour, and it will contain North American dates for the first time in five years. The first tour performance will be a performance on Austin City Limits. From there, the band will make stops in Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, Nashville, Toronto, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, and more. Ticketmaster and Live Nation will handle the pre-sale.
There will also be some dates in Ireland and the UK, technically making is a world tour. And frontman Van McAnn is touching up a new album and starting a new epoch for the band. They shared a single, “Showtime,” their first new music in five years.
Catfish and the Bottlemen 2024 Tour Dates:
07/11 – Liverpool, UK @ Sefton Park
07/19 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Castle
07/20 – Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Castle
08/23 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
08/24 – Edinburgh, UK @ Royal Highland Showgrounds
08/25 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
08/31 – Dublin, IE @ RDS Simmonscourt
10/04 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/08 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
10/11 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
10/14 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
10/17 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theatre
10/18 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
10/19 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
10/21 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/22 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrew’s Hall
10/23 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre
10/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre
10/26 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
10/27 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/29 – Boston, MA @ Royale
10/30 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
11/01 – New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
11/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
11/03 – Washington DC @ 9:30 Clu
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs are releasing a new album called “Vagabonds, Virgins, & Misfits” and the single, “Dare to Dream,” features Graham Nash. Being a rock band, Mike Campbell and his bands are using Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits as a way to make the “great songs” that stand the test of time, and filled with depth in both the lyrics and chords
This, their third studio album, also features contributions from Lucinda Williams, Chris Stapleton, and Benmont Tench. Mike Campbell was one of the co-founders of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
There will be a tour behind the album. The track List is below.
Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits Tracklist:
- The Greatest
- Angel of Mercy
- Dare to Dream (feat. Graham Nash)
- Hands Are Tied
- Hell or High Water (feat. Lucinda Williams)
- So Alive
- Shake These Blues
- Innocent Man
- Don’t Wait Up (feat. Chris Stapleton & Benmont Tench)
- My Old Friends
- Amanda Lynn
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