Stereogum — With all the big mainstream US festivals meeting in the middle half the time, it's nice to have some more focused and/or niche options in comparison. For the last several years, Desert Daze has been offering lineups that get more and more impressive,... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Also just added to Desert Daze 2018: Julia Holter, GUM (Jay Watson of Tame Impala's solo project), Ian Svenonius' Escape-Ism, and Yonatan Gat & The Eastern Medicine Singers.
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NME —
The legendary record producer is a man of many talents.
2. Big Black, 'Kerosene'. Paints a searing portrait of arson as cure for small-town boredom amid a scree of guitar noise that sounds like cyborg tinnitus. Pic: Getty
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The Shellac frontman took home $105,629 after seeing off 310 other players at Seven Card Stud
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The Shellac frontman took home $105,629 after seeing off 310 other players at Seven Card Stud
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Stereogum — Steve Albini, the poker-playing polymath and iconic producer, won the first-prize gold bracelet and $105,629 at the 2018 World Series Of Poker Seven Card Stud event after returning from a European tour with his band Shellac . What can't he do? more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Ty Segall, Shellac, Ex Hex, Gallant, Jade Bird, Nick Thune, The Hold Steady, The Vapors, and more just-announced tours and shows.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Steve Albini's band Shellac are touring this year, and will be in Europe with Decibelles beginning later in May, including a stop at Primavera Sound. They've also got North American shows later this year, including Brooklyn...
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Stereogum — Chicago musicians intersect in all sorts of fascinating ways, and sometimes that means you'll get a free-jazz virtuoso spending 20 minutes to pay tribute to a noise-rock band. Case in point: Ken Vandermark, the veteran Chicago jazz musician, leads an... more info
KEXP Seattle — When I first ever heard of Steve Albini’s provocatively-named band between Big Black and Shellac (after they’d ceased operations) I was already a fan of his, so I just kinda rolled my eyes and thought “ah, there goes ol’ Steve again, ruffling... more info
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