slint -- _spiderland_: classic or dud

oh shit

holy hell that practice footage

so stoked for this

great to hear those louisvillian voices all stacked up like that- sean garrison, david grubbs, brian mcmahan, sounds like maybe britt's dad? (and yeah, I'm honored to be a talking head here too)

practice footage looks awesome and man, they are SO young it's ridiculous

can't wait for my copy to arrive!

they were so fucking young it freaks me out!

like they are just these little kids, who plays music like that at that age??

Just bought tix to one of their shows today. Glad to have the chance to see em finally.

I kinda want to but I already saw them twice in 2004 and again in 2007

I feel like it'd ruin the magic :(

yeah i feel very similarly

I haven't been keeping up with music news much lately. I just found out about this reissue and I am really excited for this. But not at that price! Hory Shiit

Also saw them in 2004 and again in 2007.

I love Spiderland deeply, but I had no idea that these guys were all like 19 or 20 when they made it until I saw that trailer. Totally blown away by this fact.

If you are at all a fan of Slint you will adore the documentary.

That's awesome to hear, I'm really looking forward to it.

I want the album, remastered, but not for $150. Holding out for the single/maybe double disc version if they ever release one.

Stream the remastered album, plus bonus tracks.

1. Breadcrumb Trail (remaster)
2. Nosferatu Man (remaster)
3. Don, Aman (remaster)
4. Washer (remaster)
5. For Dinner (remaster)
6. Good Morning Captain remaster)

7. Nosferatu Man (basement practice)
8. Washer (basement practice)
9. Good Morning, Captain (demo)
10. Pam (rough mix, Spiderland outtake)
11. Glenn (rough mix, Spiderland outtake)
12. Todd's Song (post-Spiderland song-in-progress)
13. Brian's Song (post-Spiderland song-in-progress)
14. Cortez the Killer (live Chicago 1989)
15. Washer (four-track vocal demo)
16. Nosferatu Man (four track vocal demo)
17. Pam (four track vocal demo)
18. Good Morning, Captain (Evanston riff tape)
19. Nosferatu Man (Evanston riff tape)
20. Pam (Evanston riff tape)

what's an "evanston riff tape"?

probably riffs for spiderland recorded somewhere in evanston

that's what i figured, just wondered

Doesn't streaming a remaster sort of make the whole "remaster" part a little redundant?

brand new 96kbps remaster, overseen and approved by the band

this recording is meant to be listened to on earbuds

Britt and Brian went to Northwestern after HS/Tweez, David and Todd would come up to their place and Britt would show them the Spiderland songs and they would jam on the main riffs for hours. I believe the box set tracks are culled from those tapes.

yaaay this arrived today. packaging is great as expected.

so when can the rest of us watch the documentary?

The doc is fantastic. I've tried not to gush too much about it, but it is extremely enlightening and covers so much of such a mythical, mysterious band (and scene) without telling *too* much. It's also extremely funny which I don't think I've heard/read about in relation to any reviews of it. Highly recommended. I can't wait to finally be able see it again.

remaster is punchy as heck

if you ever thought this sounded a little thing on cd then look the fuck out

is this gonna get a single LP remaster release? love the album but not sure about dropping that much coin atm.

i believe the box is sold out now, i assume the 1-lp reissue has to be on the way

releasing this around tax refund time was brilliant on touch and go's part

are the demos and stuff awesome, i am p hyped

Tracks titled "Todd's Song," "Glenn's Song," etc do not bode well afaic, and don't help quell my fears of this being more 'cutting room floor' than 'revelation,' especially given everything else Slint did that wasn't Spiderland. Box looks fantastic though, and I will admit I am very tempted. Will probably be even more so after I see the doc tomorrow night.

Now, put out a Yank Crime box that looks like this, and I'll sell plasma to get it

Probably a mistake to judge Slint material by the names (even placeholders) of their songs as the majority of their output is the names of their parents set to music.

The post-Spiderland stuff is the most interesting to me as it helps bridge the gap between Spiderland -> Pod -> There Is Noone What Will Take Care Of You -> Safari EP -> The first two The For Carnation EPs.

The Rhoda/Glenn 10" was also released in this time span, despite being a relic from 1989 (or was it partially rerecorded?).

"Cortez" was one of the first mp3s I illegally downloaded off the internet haha.

so when can the rest of us watch the documentary?

It's on torrent sites already.

Anyone know when it will be legally available for those of us who didn't buy the box set?

Not sure where you live, but the doc is still making the rounds with Lance doing Q&A and various bandmembers joining him in select cities. I believe it's in Louisville, KY tonight followed by a performance from the band.

Albert I'm incredibly glad you posted this, because I live in Phoenix and it is literally playing here for one showing only, tonight.

so serendipitous. I'm totally stoked.

Haha, you're welcome but also just shows you how accurate I am (not at all, unless there are 2 copies floating around?)

There are multiple copies floating around. It's in Portland tonight, and was in Louisville last night.

Here's a website post that has a schedule. Don't know if there are more yet to be scheduled, or if this is final:

http://fieldrecordings.tv/archives/1204

The version of "Glenn" on the box set is different from the version that was released in 1994. This version was recorded during the Spiderland sessions - essentially the same but played slower, and the overall mix isn't as good (as the title indicates - "rough mix"). They recorded "Glenn" and "Pam" in the Spiderland sessions but then left them off the final version. "Pam" is very much in the vein of Tweez stuff.

"Todd's Song" and "Brian's Song" are works-in-progress after Spiderland. Based on just a couple listens I think they are a bridge between "For Dinner..." (which was one of the last things they wrote for Spiderland) and Brian's For Carnation stuff. Repetitive, slow, quiet.

As with pretty much everything else Slint-related, there is no lost "just-as-good-as-Spiderland" song. ("Glenn" was it, and it's been available for 20 years now.) But it's still fascinating to me to hear the various demos, and to imagine where they might have gone next.

I haven't seen the book that comes with the box set - anyone have more to say about that?

I am still miffed "King's Approach" isn't on here in any form and that it will probably just be lost forever

book is nice, it's got a one-page foreward by will oldham and the lyrics to spiderland are interspersed throughout. the rest is a mix of show posters, pics of slint as tweens/teens, etc. there's a pic on the lsst page of three of them with an older guy who is clearly supposed to be somebody, but not sure who he is.

and yeah someone really needs to ask about kings approach in one of these interviews.

As I understand it "King's Approach" is from a totally different era - something they wrote when they briefly reformed in 1994.

oh interesting, thanks for that info

Why was James Murphy in the documentary? Why does James Murphy involve himself with everything? Post-LCD Murphy really isn't tickling me right.

James Murphy was in Pony who had a song that was a major Slint rip (but nobody remembers Pony nor James' awful hairstyle at the time)... and then James produced Evergreen's record.

Later, Britt lived in James' apartment for a year or two when he worked at Old Devil Moon cafe (RIP) and then MasterBakers.

It is very obscure trivia that Britt was the very first LCD Soundsystem drummer, for their first live show (I.Was.There).

From earlier tonight:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlOmESYIAAAOQQT.jpg

I think I met the drummer when he was in the uk drumming for the False Prophets before Slint and only found out that he went onto Slint around the time of the 1st Palace Brothers lp. Trying to work out if he was the same guy who was on the '97 Royal Trux tour playing tambourine and looking like Paul Kantner.
Have always wondered what the story on somebody being payed to tour to play tambourine and not really do anything else, unless he was also doing tshirts or something.