STEVE ALBINI VS. SONIC YOUTH. Considering that Albini and Sonic Youth are both veterans of the scuzzed-out postpunk '80s, this one must've been simmering for a while. It went public when Albini, the notoriously curmedgeonly Shellac frontman and recording engineer (don't say "producer") claimed in a GQ interview that Sonic Youth fucked things up for indie rock when they signed ...