• Output Belfast Showcases Revealed

    February 2, 2016 - By 

    On Thursday, February 18, Output will return to Belfast for the latest installment of the North’s largest one day music conference, featuring key speaker, bona fide music industry legend Steve Albini. Later in the evening, several of the city’s venues will host a variety of free, genre-spanning showcases, including our show with Nialler9 at the historic Duke of York, featuring Paddy Hanna, Katie Laffan, exmagician and A Bad Cavalier. Check out the other showcases below. PRS/Scratch My Progress present: Abandcalledboy, Hot Cops, R51 & Silences @ Oh Yeah Centre Champion Sound and Third Bar present: Alphabetika, The Late Twos, Ryan Vail,…

  • Steve Albini Set For Belfast Conference

    December 18, 2015 - By 

    Following in the well-partied footsteps of  Andrew WK, legendary Chicago recording engineer and Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac frontman Steve Albini has been announced as the next Keynote speaker at music conference Output in Belfast on Thursday, February 18. Also feted for his music writing, commentary and keynote speeches throughout the U.S. and further afield, Albini – best known for his work with Nirvana and the Pixies – is a bona fide music industry veteran, as well as a famous supporter of analog recording over digital. As with last year, Output – organised by Belfast City Council in partnership Generator NI – will feature panel discussions, music sessions, networking…

  • Shellac – Dude Incredible

    October 14, 2014 - By 

    Shellac don’t operate like a normal band. Releasing albums every seven years in between Steve Albini and Bob Weston’s day jobs as recording engineers; no fanfare, no previews or singles; no accompanying tour. One thing they can be relied on for, however, is their consistency. You could essentially arrange Shellac’s discography into any order and it would be difficult for a newcomer to work out the correct sequence. This is no bad thing – no one wants to hear a Shellac album that doesn’t sound like Shellac – it’s a testament to how consistently strong they’ve been over the last…

  • In Utero Reissue Tracklisting Unveiled

    August 13, 2013 - By 

    Twenty years on from its original release, the tracklisting for the four-disc reissue of Nirvana’s seminal third studio album In Utero has been unveiled. Set for release via Universal on September 24 the 3 CD and 1 DVD release will contain 70 tracks of demos, rarities, live recordings and a remastered version of the original album, almost exclusively mixed by Steve Albini. Perhaps most exciting of all is the track ‘Forgotten Tune’, an unreleased, recently discovered instrumental rehearsal track that features on disco two. View the full tracklisting below. Disc 1: remastered album with b-sides and bonus tracks 1. Serve the…