As Steve Albini and St. Vincent take up opposing sides in the Steely Dan debate, here's why the yacht rock superstars are more punk than you’d thinkThe post Jazz licks, dildos and Tony Soprano: in defence of Steely Dan appeared first on NME.

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"Christ the amount of human effort wasted to sound like an SNL band warm up"The post Steve Albini on why he hates Steely Dan appeared first on NME.

Steve Albini has made it clear how he feels about Steely Dan. Posting on Twitter, the super producer announced that he “will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan… Christ the amount of human effort wasted to sound like an SNL band warm up.” He then proceeded to go back and forth, arguing with potential...

Last month Aimee Mann announced, via a comic strip, that Steely Dan had dropped her as an opener from their tour. “It seems like they thought their audience wouldn’t like a female singer-songwriter?” she speculated in one panel, adding in another, “As it happens, Steely Dan is the one band that I 100% love, with n...