Shellac

Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows: 10th Anniversary Edition

15 Nov 2010

(EMI) Despite making The List feel hideously old, this 10th anniversary re-release of a bona fide classic is a hugely welcome one. Devotees will pour over the wealth of live and exclusive goodies featured here (including tracks recorded by Shellac’s…

Gigs of the year 2008

11 Dec 2008

It was packed but we loved the Electric Feel of MGMT in February (Beat Club), while in March Casiotone for the Painfully Alone ’s (Nice N Sleazy’s) geeky synthesiser ballads charmed us, The Twilight Sad (King Tut’s) moved us, and Neil Young (The…

Shellac

30 Oct 2008

'My band means too much to me for me to allow anyone to put me in a position of resenting my band. I insist that it remain a hobby for that reason. If it becomes anymore than a hobby then it becomes something that I rely on, and my frame of mind and my…

Steve Albini on Shellac, Big Black, All Tomorrow's Parties and loving your dayjob

Steve Albini interview transcript

30 Oct 2008

Shellac are a singular force in rock music. They have an aesthetic all their own and a attitude and vision which, while not unique, is a delight to behold. Three men making music for the sheer hell of it, with no financial or social imperative.

My Bloody Valentine to curate ATP festival in New York

23 Apr 2008

Recently reformed shoegazers My Bloody Valentine are to co-curate an American branch of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival this Autumn. The event, which takes place between 19-21 September, will be at Kutshers Country Club in Monticello, which is in…

Records - Shellac

3 Jul 2007

ROCK Shellac have always played by their own rules. Whether it is their obsessions with pure analogue high fidelity and high quality packaging - this album (that’s vinyl Antique Roadshow fans) is the finest piece of work you’ll see all year, no…