Stereogum — Wire’s classics tend to be terse, minimal constructions that don’t necessarily lend themselves to massive, sprawling all-star superjams. But this past weekend, one of them got the superjam treatment anyway. Wire headlined their won DRILL: CHICAGO... more info

Stereogum — Lately, Steve Albini — the veteran producer, Shellac frontman, and longtime underground-rock gadfly — has been saying things about how streaming services are the inevitable next development in the way we listen to music, even going so far as to c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chicago's Pink Avalanche are the group led by Chicago sound engineer Che Arthur (who's worked with Russian Circles, Bob Mould, Shellac, Pelican and more, and was also in Atombombpocketknife) with Adam Reach (The Poison Arrows), Kortland Chase (ex-Cha... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week, Steve Albini’s great noise band Shellac released their fifth album, Dude Incredible. And while most artists surround a new album with a tour and a series of interviews, yesterday afternoon at Pop Montreal, Albini led a cooking cl... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Shellac released its first new album in seven years, Dude Incredible, is released today. The Alla-Lah's' Worship the Sun is my personal favorite this week, but I have also enjoyed My Brightest Diamond's This Is My Hand and This... more info

Stereogum — Steve Albini was recently a guest on Vish Khanna’s Kreative Kontrol podcast. He touched on a wide range of topics, from normal things like Shellac’s upcoming new album Dude Incredible and his favorite pastime poker to less orthodox things like ho... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Believer interviewed author Kate Zambreno. Shellac announced its first new album in seven years. The New Yorker previewed July's new books. Singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless played a Tiny Desk Concert. The Guardian listed the 50 greatest love poem... more info

NME — 'Dude Incredible' will be released on September 16 more info

Stereogum — Shellac, the longstanding Midwestern scrape-rock trio featuring famed audio engineers Steve Albini and Bob Weston plus drummer Todd Trainer, just announced their fifth album. It’s called Dude Incredible (which is an incredible title, dude), and itâ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Shellac, one of the bands of the highly talented and highly opinionated Steve Albini, have been talking about a new album for a while, and now the followup to 2007's Excellent Italian Greyhound has finally been announced. It comes... more info