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Steve Albini

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by Craig Bechtel | August 18, 2026

Dare Them To Vanish: Fig Dish Revisits “When Shove Goes Back To Push” Nearly thirty years after its release, the Chicago band's prescient sophomore album finally gets its due with a first vinyl pressing.

by Newcity | December 5, 2023

Music 45 2023: The Record Makers

by Robert Rodi | April 8, 2022

Singing of War: Joe Goodkin Advances the Bardic Tradition

by Ashley Perez Hollingsworth | November 27, 2020

Heart of Darkness: A Brief History of Chicago Industrial—Part Two

by Craig Bechtel | October 16, 2020

In Praise of Pegboy: A Chicago Punk Band, Thirty Years On

by David Safran | February 21, 2020

Punk Adolescence Lost: In Search of Apathetics Archives

by Robert Rodi | May 28, 2018

Winged Victory: A Review of Birds of Chicago’s “Love in Wartime”

by Robert Rodi | July 27, 2017

Music 45: Who Keeps Chicago In Tune 2017

by Bill Wyman | March 31, 2016

Liz Phair, Steve Albini & Me: The True Story of 1993, the Greatest Goddamn Year in Chicago Rock History

by Jan Hieggelke | July 16, 2015

Music 45 2015: Who Keeps Chicago in Tune

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