Why Steve Albini Mattered So Much to Music

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The death of artist and recording engineer #SteveAlbini leaves popular music bereft of one of its staunchest defenders against corporatized greed and conformity. #SteveAlbini RIP - Peter Thomas Webb

RIP: The great #SteveAlbini .... Recording artist, studio owner, and recording engineer. His name and distinctive sound graced some of the all-time great albums in rock and alternative rock.... Pixies, Slint, Nirvana, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, Urge Overkill, and many more.

Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington's latest album, Fearless Movement, inspires motion and emotion by combining contemporary jazz with pop, soul, and rap.

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Kamasi Washington's new LP is a #PMPick out now.

Happy #RecordStoreDay ! My favourite haunt for vinyl is Retro-Pop in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Support your local bricks n mortar shops.... before they disappear and the world becomes one giant 'Am*z*n'.

Finding Their Way: Rush's Debut Album at 50

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Fifty years after its release, progressive rockers @Rushtheband's debut album remains an important stepping stone in the Canadian trio's long journey to success. - Peter Thomas Webb

British indie artist Jane Weaver bridges the experimental textures of her earlier work with accessible pop gestures on her latest album.

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Jane Weaver's Love in Constant Spectacle is a #PMPick out tomorrow via Fire Records. - Peter Thomas Webb

Ride continue their second phase with INTERPLAY, an album full of melodic atmosphere lacking some of the creative yearning heard in their earlier work.

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RIDE's INTERPLAY is out now via wichitarecs/[PIAS] America. - Peter Thomas Webb

Guy Garvey and company return with renewed energy, a punchier attack, and infectious grooves on Elbow’s tenth studio album, Audio Vertigo.

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elbow's #AudioVertigo is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via Polydor Records. - Peter Thomas Webb

Those Days Are Gone Forever: Steely Dan's Pretzel Logic at 50

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Steely Dan's 50-year-old third album, Pretzel Logic, conceals its dark, satirical vision of modern society beneath immaculate studio production. - Peter Thomas Webb

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson overcomes creative and personal struggles on his first solo album in 19 years, The Mandrake Project.

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The Bevis Frond's Focus on Nature is a diverse set and a testament to how good songwriting and solid musicianship, in the right hands, never grow old.

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Focus on Nature is a #PMPick out today via Fire Records. - Peter Thomas Webb

The Chaotic Life and Violent Decline of Legendary Drummer Jim Gordon

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Famous for his session work with big names in rock, pop, folk, and jazz musicians, the drumming never stopped as Jim Gordon’s life and mind came apart. – Jon Langmead

The Bevis Frond's Focus on Nature is a diverse set and a testament to how good songwriting and solid musicianship, in the right hands, never grow old.

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Focus on Nature is a #PMPick out on 1st March via Fire Records. - Peter Thomas Webb

The Fine Art of Bootlegging

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Eleanor Patterson’s Bootlegging the Airwaves is a lively study of home-taping in the pre-digital era and the communities this “unpaid labor” created. – Peter Thomas Webb

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Too Many Souls is the latest installment in Canadian alternative folk artist Avi C. Engel's pursuit of 'one long continuous song'.

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Too Many Souls is out on Friday. #experimental

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My retrospective feature on the 60-year legacy of Bob Dylan's album The Times They Are A-Changin' #Dylan #BobDylan

Here is my retrospective feature on the albums of Irish rock legends #ThinLizzy .

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Delayed a year due to Covid, the 30th-anniversary re-release of In Ribbons by Pale Saints last October is a reminder of how expansive #shoegaze can be.

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#PMPick out now via 4AD. - Christopher J. Lee