DS News: Steve Albini, Prolific Record Producer, Audio Engineer, Musician, Music Journalist and Chicago Punk Scene Icon Dead at 61.

The punk community around the world is mourning the loss of Steve Albini, one of its iconic figures. This is especially true for Chicago, where he helped shape the punk scene, and where his Electrical Audio recording studio is located. Staff members at Albini’s Electrical Audio confirmed to Pitchfork that Steve Albini suffered a fatal heart late Tuesday night, May 7, 2024 Albini’s death also comes on the heels of the announcement that Shellac, one of Albini’s bands would be opening for OFF! at that band’s farewell shows in New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago in July. Shellac is also scheduled to release its first new album in a decade, To All Trains, next week. Steve Albini was born on July 22, 1962, in Pasadena, CA. While Nirvana’s In Utero and The Pixies...