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 Slint at Pitchfork Music Festival, July 13, 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | Post-rock Math rock Sadcore Post-hardcore[1] |
| Years active | 1986–1994, 2005, 2007 |
| Labels | Touch and Go |
| Associated acts | Tortoise, Papa M, Solution Unknown, Squirrel Bait, The For Carnation, Maurice, Bush League, Dead Child, Palace Brothers, Bastro, Evergreen, The Breeders, King Kong, Crain, The Glasspack, Shipping News, Parlour |
| Past members | |
| Brian McMahan David Pajo Britt Walford Ethan Buckler Todd Brashear |
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Slint was an American rock band consisting of Brian McMahan (guitar and vocals), David Pajo (guitar), Britt Walford (drums), Todd Brashear (bass on Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez). They formed in Louisville, Kentucky, United States in 1986 and disbanded following the recording of their second album, Spiderland, in 1991.
The band reformed to play a number of live shows in 2005 and 2007, though they released no new material.
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History [link]
Walford and McMahan began performing music together at an early age, forming Languid and Flaccid with Ned Oldham (later of The Anomoanoan) while still in middle school.[2][3][4] Walford and McMahan later played together in the seminal Louisville punk band Squirrel Bait, though Walford left the band following their first recording session.[5] Prior to Slint, Pajo and Walford (and, briefly, McMahan) were also in the band Maurice with future members of Kinghorse. Walford, Pajo, and Buckler played their first show together in 1985 under the name Small Tight Dirty Tufts of Hair; BEADS.[6]
Slint's first album Tweez was recorded by Steve Albini in 1987 and released in obscurity on the Jennifer Hartman Records label in 1989.[7] It was followed two years later by the critically acclaimed Spiderland,[8] released on Touch and Go Records and recorded by Brian Paulson.[9] Considered a seminal work,[10] Spiderland is an album characterized by dark, syncopated rhythms, sparse guitar lines and haunting subject matter. The record's impact was such that many fans and critics have suggested it is the first true post-rock album, helping to usher in a new wave of bands seeking a move away from the unfettered aggression of hardcore punk but not its underlying ethic. The cover of Spiderland is from a series of photos of the band taken by the Louisville actor/singer-musician Will Oldham. Spiderland culminates in the baleful "Good Morning, Captain", perhaps their most recognized track (it would later feature on the soundtrack to the Larry Clark film Kids). Touch and Go Records reissued Tweez in 1993. Finally, in 1994 a brief untitled EP was released after the band broke up. This two-song record was actually recorded in 1989 and was originally intended to be released as a 12" single on Jennifer Hartman Records. Original copies of the Tweez LP included a flyer advertisement for the 12" as an insert. However, Slint signed to Touch & Go Records before it was sent to press and the master tapes were shelved. It contained a previously unreleased track ("Glenn") and a reinterpretation of "Rhoda" from Tweez.
Members of Slint have since appeared in a number of bands. In 2009, former guitarist David Pajo performed with Yeah Yeah Yeahs as a live back-up musician. He briefly played bass in Interpol, and performs under the moniker PAJO and occasionally with his band Papa M.[11] Pajo has also been a member of Dead Child, Tortoise, Palace, The For Carnation, and the short-lived Billy Corgan-fronted rock band Zwan. Guitarist Brian McMahan formed The For Carnation in 1994 and also played with Will Oldham in Palace. Britt Walford played drums in Evergreen, and for The Breeders under the pseudonym Shannon Doughton on the album Pod and as Mike Hunt on the Safari EP. Ethan Buckler plays in King Kong (the original line up of Slint makes up King Kong on the 1989 7" "Movie Star").
Nearly fifteen years after disbanding, three members of Slint — Brian McMahan, David Pajo, and Britt Walford — reunited to curate the 2005 All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) music festival in Camber Sands, England. Also in 2005, Slint played a number of shows in the U.S. and in Europe.[12] Though they insisted the reunion was short-term, the band regrouped once again in 2007 to perform Spiderland in its entirety in Barcelona as part of the Primavera Sound Festival, in London as part of the ATP Don't Look Back series of shows, as well as at a handful of dates in Europe, the U.S. (at Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, the Showbox in Seattle, and the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood), and Canada. In addition to performing the album and the EP Slint, they also debuted a new composition called "King's Approach". [13] Slint undertook no further recording or performance activity after their 2007 tour.
Members [link]
- Brian McMahan (guitar & vocals)
- David Pajo (guitar)
- Todd Brashear (bass)
- Britt Walford (drums, guitar, vocals)
Live members 2005, 2007 [link]
- Michael McMahan (guitar)
- Todd Cook (bass)
- Gavin Quinn
- Joey McGonaghy (lead pianist)
Former [link]
- Ethan Buckler (bass on Tweez)
Discography [link]
Albums [link]
| Year | Album | Label | Additional information |
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| 1989 | Tweez | Jennifer Hartman Records | re-issued on Touch and Go Records |
| 1991 | Spiderland[7] | Touch and Go Records | Eventually sold more than 50,000 copies |
Other [link]
| Year | Release | Label | Additional information |
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| 1994 | Slint (EP) [7] | Touch and Go Records | also known as Glenn/Rhoda or Untitled |
| 1995 | Kids Soundtrack | London Records | The Soundtrack to the 1995 Film Kids |
References [link]
- ^ Carew, Anthony. "Review of the Definitive Alternative Album Spiderland". About.com. https://altmusic.about.com/od/1990s/fr/slint.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2010. "[...] But, the second album by the post-hardcore Kentuckians sure didn't 'kick' anything; its influence rather devoid of immediacy. [...]"
- ^ "SOMETHING LIKE AN ANOMOANON - Is Something Like Will Oldham - Vice Magazine". Viceland.com. https://www.viceland.com/int/v10n5/htdocs/something.php. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "PopMatters Music Feature | Louisville Born, Brooklyn Based". Popmatters.com. https://www.popmatters.com/music/features/060310-davidgrubbs.shtml. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "back". Louisvillepunk.awardspace.com. https://louisvillepunk.awardspace.com/Photos/LanguidFlaccid00.html. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "Maurice - Louisville Punk/Hardcore History". History.louisvillehardcore.com. 2010-02-27. https://history.louisvillehardcore.com/index.php?title=Maurice. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "Invisible Histories: Slint (Part 2)". Mog.com. https://mog.com/jsguntzel/blog/21046. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ a b c Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 893–894. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ "Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. 2003-11-17. https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/9/. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ Parker, Chris (2005-02-09). "Brian Paulson: Studio aethetics". The Independent Weekly. https://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A23657
- ^ Riggs, Richard (2009-02-17). "Slowcore Week: Slint and Codeine - a shared musical language? / In Depth // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. https://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4136138. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (2010-09-05). "Iggy and the Stooges at All Tomorrow's Parties". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/arts/music/06all.html?scp=3&sq=Jarmusch&st=cse.
- ^ Descendo.com
- ^ update
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Untitled Slint EP
The untitled EP is the final release by the American band Slint. It was released in 1994, through record label Touch and Go.
Background
Released after the band had already broken up, it includes two songs that were recorded in 1989. It was first intended to be released as a 12" single on Jennifer Hartman Records, as original copies of the Tweez LP included a flyer advertisement for the 12" as an insert. However, Slint signed to Touch and Go Records before it was sent to press and the master tapes were shelved. In 1994, Touch and Go released the EP in 10" and CD formats. It contained a previously unreleased track, "Glenn", and a reinterpretation of "Rhoda" from Tweez.
On the 10" vinyl edition, the sides of the record are labelled with illustrations of a triangle and an octopus, rather than A/B, one/two or track titles.
In the documentary Breadcrumb Trail, it is stated the songs were recorded before Spiderland by Steve Albini when he had some open studio time and was asking bands around to record, with Slint ultimately taking the studio time.
