Steve Albini was an icon to many people, and his work and life was often synonymous with Chicago, the city he called home in his adult life — where he began recording musicians, built his Electrical ...

Without meaning to, Touch and Go Records became a key player in the creation of modern alternative rock. “When it started, no one even thought of it as a company or a way to make money. It was just ...

A quintet whose front line consists of tuba, guitar and trumpet. How does that work? Quite well, actually—at least when that front line includes tuba master Jim Self, guitarist John Chiodini and ...