It has been a week since Steve Albini died and I figured out how I wanted to honor his life musically so I gave it a go tonight.

This one might actually be more fun to listen to if you *don’t* view the playlist below so press play and look away…

Photo by Neal Markowski.

Ramones – I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement – S/T – RIP Steve Albini. These tunes all come from a list of “20 songs” he posted online last September.
Johnny Cash – Rock Island Line – Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
John Cale – Barracuda – Fear
Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He to You? – Still Bill
Buddy Holly – Everyday – The Buddy Holly Collection 
The Effigies – Mob Clash – For Ever Grounded
Suicide – Rocket USA – S/T
Stevie Wonder – Superstition – Talking Book
Tommi Stumpff – Mich Kriegt Ihr Nicht – Mich Kriegt Ihr Nicht / Contergan Punk
Naked Saygun – Leeches – Throb Throb
The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil – 7″
Washington Phillips – I Had a Good Father and Mother – The Key To The Kingdom
DAF – Der Mussolini – Alles Ist Gut
Kraftwerk – Showroom Dummies – Trans-Europe Express
The Birthday Party – Big-Jesus-Trash-Can – Junkyard
Oil Tasters – That’s When The Brick Goes Through The Window – S/T
Killdozer – Hamburger Martyr – Burl – RADIO EDIT.
The Didjits – Stingray – Hey Judester
Clarence Carter – Let’s Start Doing (What We Came Here to Do) – Legendary Clarence Carter
Nina Nastasia – This Is What It Is – The Blackened Air
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sunshine on Leith
Dolly Parton – Jolene – Jolene
The Modern Lovers – Hospital – S/T
MX-80 – Follow That Car – Out of the Tunnel
Appliances-SFB – Neo-Fascist – S/T
The Smashchords – Brand New Rambler – S/T
Wipers – Romeo – Over The Edge

The Specials – Monkey Man – S/T

Shellac – Side 1 – Futurist
Shellac – Mantel – Billardspielerlied
Shellac – Side 2 – Futurist

Joshua Wayne Hensley – Get The Lights – Get The Lights – All proceeds from this release (download here) will be donated directly to www.letterscharity.org.

Pere Ubu – Non-Alignment Pact – The Modern Dance
Anita Ward – Ring My Bell – Ring My Bell
Mountain – Mississippi Queen – Climbing!

“I hope when I die I go like John [Grabski], embroiled in the middle of things, surrounded by people I love, doing the things that matter most. I hope I leave a mountain of shit unfinished, that I have a pan on the stove, a phone call waiting and a pencil in my hand. I hope I’m man enough to be thinking about tomorrow.” – Steven Frank Albini