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[Slint] did exactly what they'd been hired to do: They played Spiderland nice and neat and flawless, sticking to the script, adding a decade-plus of afterthoughts in only the slightest of ways. They augmented the guitars of cut two, "Nosferatu Man," with slightly more abrasion and ferocity. For the third track (or the end of side A), Slint cut the edges of "Dan, Aman" so close that-played only by guitarist David Pajo and guitarist/poet Brian McMahan seated at center stage-it felt more like a house show than a sold-out festival. And, on closer "Good Morning, Captain," McMahan's "I miss you" screams roared over the coda, somehow more raw and live than they were on record 16 years ago. The crowd's response/ non-response was surreal, too, a strange mix of reverence and inquisitiveness fostering near-complete silence. Some came to hear an album they memorized a decade or so ago, while most, it seemed, came to hear the album they've heard so much about without hearing much at all, if ever. Spiderhnd is rightly (if reductively) credited as the great fount of the post-rock fanfare-Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, a growing contingent of metal bands-that continues to produce unequal parts brilliance and boredom. What more, then, could Slint do on this summer day but just play it?
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In Chicago, Slint handles Spiderland minimally, and just rightPITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVALUNION PARK, CHICAGO, ILL.July 13, 2007When Slint walked onstage as a five-piece Friday evening, the sun was hot on the back of ...See the full content of this document
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