Inside Steve Albini’s Legendary Electrical Audio | Open House Chicago 2025 Exclusive Tour

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Have I got a story for you. This weekend, Chicago’s skyline won’t be the only thing drawing crowds — the city’s hidden heart is cracking open for Open House Chicago 2025, and tucked among its 200+ architectural gems lies a true musical pilgrimage site: Electrical Audio.

For the first time ever, Steve Albini’s world-famous recording studio will open its doors to the public this Sunday, and we got a rare sneak peek inside.

Hosted by the Chicago Architecture Center, Open House Chicago (OHC) is the city’s annual love letter to its architectural soul — a free, two-day deep dive into more than 200 sites across 25 neighborhoods. This year’s lineup is stacked with new entries: from the reborn Ramova Theater in Bridgeport to Hawksmoor Chicago, a steakhouse inside the old LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse. But for music lovers, there’s no contest. Electrical Audio is the holy grail.

Once a gritty manufacturing building in Avondale, Electrical Audio was reimagined in the ’90s by the late Steve Albini — the legendary musician, engineer, and producer who helped define the sound of indie rock and beyond. His fingerprints are on records by Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey, Shellac, and countless others. What Albini built wasn’t just a studio; it was a statement. Analog over digital. Honesty over perfection. Music over money.

When Albini passed away suddenly in 2024, tributes poured in from around the globe — but in Chicago, his legacy hums loudest between the walls of this building. It’s a space that once served as a dairy barn, a screen-printing shop, and possibly a pinball parts factory for Bally, before Albini turned it into one of the most respected recording sanctuaries on the planet.

Now, as part of Open House Chicago, fans and architecture buffs alike can walk the same halls where thousands of sessions were tracked live to tape — a living museum of sound, sweat, and soul.

Beyond Electrical Audio, the festival offers an all-access pass to the city’s creative transformation: a former 7-Eleven turned chamber music venue (The Checkout, Uptown), an elementary school reborn as a community hub (Aspire Center, Austin), and even a mushroom farm cultivating gourmet fungi in a Near West Side warehouse.

More than 35,000 people are expected to take part this weekend, making OHC one of the largest events of its kind in the world.

And for those seeking a spot to chill and recharge, this year’s festival introduces three new neighborhood headquarters — Koval Distillery on the North Side, Starling by Duo/. in North Lawndale, and the restored Ramova Theater in Bridgeport — in addition to the main hub downtown at the Chicago Architecture Center.

Whether you’re a lifelong Chicagoan or a wide-eyed newcomer, this weekend is your chance to see — and hear — the city like never before.

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