Slint is known for its unique mix of post-rock and math rock, which created a lasting impact on alternative music. Their 1991 album Spiderland became a cult classic, impacting the post-rock genre with ...

As with many records that would go on to become touchstones for future generations, Slint’s Spiderland was largely misunderstood in its own time. After laboriously workshopping the six strange, ...

When Slint walked onstage as a five-piece Friday evening, the sun was hot on the back of about 14,000 necks crowding right field of Chicago’s Union Park, a youth-league baseball field four blocks from ...

There was an episode of the T.V. Series Gilmore Girls where Rory ditches school and takes a bus to New York to visit Jess, the bad boy that she won’t admit to be being totally into. When she finds him ...

You’d hear a lot about how it spawned bands like Mogwai (to their frustration) and post-rock generally, but to these ears you can also trace plenty of ‘90s emo and ‘00s screamo back to the final bars ...

Say what you will, but scaring the hell of kids is fun. Seriously, seeing that frightened look on their little faces, as well as the darkening patch on their pants that follows, is just priceless. And ...

Performances from Sonic Youth, the Wu-Tang Clan's GZA and Slint kicked off the Pitchfork Music Festival last night (July 13) in Chicago's Union Park. In conjunction with ATP's Don't Look Back series… ...