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The Surface Seems So Far is unapologetically aggressive, kicking off with the barn-burning Judas Mind. This isn t to say the album doesn t have moments of melancholy, like Regret. The record takes many twists and turns, emphasizing catchy hooks and driving bombast. Songs like the chunky but atmospheric Illusion, the pulsating Lost All Control,…

Playing Favorites is Sheer Mag’s third full-length and first with Third Man Records, the band capitalize on a decade’s worth of devotion to their own collective spirit—a spirit refined in both the sweaty trenches of punk warehouses and the larger-than-life glamour of concert halls—emerging with a dense work of gripping emotions, massive hooks, and masterfully constructed power-pop anthems….

Shellac s third release 1000 Hurts was recorded throughout 1998 and 1999 at Steve Albini s Electrical Audio studios in Chicago and mastered by Steve Rooke and John Loder at Abbey Road in London. The LP was mastered entirely in the analog domain, using the complete DMM (direct metal mastering) process and pressed by EMI in London on…

Excellent Italian Greyhound is Shellac s fourth album, released on June 5, 2007. The album s title is a reference to drummer Todd Trainer s Italian Greyhound, Uffizi, who appears on the album s cover. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio and mastered at Abbey Road by Steve Rooke.

Shellac consists of Steve Albini on guitar, Todd Trainer on drums, and Bob Weston on bass. This is their fourth and longest release and all the songs are about Italy or greyhounds. 

There is no artist in the world like Sia. Try to think about an artist who transformed from an in-demand indie pop vocalist and chanteuse into a global pop superstar more than a decade into their career. Try to imagine that same global pop superstar writing and producing music for many of the other most…