Steve Albini’s bands Shellac and Big Black are now available on Spotify
nme.comSteve Albini‘s bands Shellac and Big Black now have their catalogues available for listening on Spotify.Albini passed away aged 61 earlier this month due to a heart attack.
He was well known for being the producer of major albums such as Nirvana’s ‘In Utero‘, Pixies’ ‘Surfer Rosa’, PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’, Manic Street Preachers‘ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ and more.Back in 2022, the late producer took his music off the streaming platform.
He had previously criticised the company for platforming anti-vaxxers such as Joe Rogan, and tweeted later that they were a “terrible company”, adding: “I don’t want to be part of their business”.He later told Attack Magazine that Spotify was “one of the few places outside of record stores where recorded music can earn anything at all, and for bands [with] more generous, honest relationships with independent labels not part of the ownership trust, then the payments from Spotify, though meager per-play, can add up to a viable income stream.
Nobody’s getting rich, but it could pay for the groceries.”Now, it appears that Albini’s work with his bands Shellac and Big Black are now available to stream on Spotify.
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