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Thursday, March 24:
SLINT
Tickets: $21
18 & Over
Doors: 8pm / Show: 9pm
Tickets are available at the Metro box office, located next door in Hi-Fi Records (no service charge), or through Ticketmaster at all outlets, charge by phone at 312-559-1212 or online at ticketmaster.com.
About Slint:
The impossibly influential and somewhat mysterious Louisville, KY rock band, Slint, has reformed for a brief series of very special appearances in 2005. Slint will present approximately fifteen additional headline shows in the US, UK, and Europe.
Slint established its earliest roots when, in 1981, at the ages of eleven and twelve, guitarist Brian McMahan and drummer Britt Walford began playing together in Louisville, KY. In 1984, Britt Walford and guitarist David Pajo started collaborating musically at the ages of fourteen and sixteen. 1985 saw the origination of Slint itself, the band then comprising Britt Walford, David Pajo, and bassist Ethan Buckler. Brian McMahan joined the following year.
In 1987, Slint recorded their debut album, "Tweez", with Steve Albini behind the board in Chicago and released it on the short-lived and enigmatic Jennifer Hartman Records and Tapes label. At this time, Ethan Buckler departed and was replaced on bass by Todd Brashear. 1989 saw the recording of their untitled EP, engineered by Steve Albini, mixed by Brian Paulson, and released by Touch and Go Records.
In 1990, Slint recorded the landmark "Spiderland" album in Chicago with Brian Paulson both engineering and mixing. This release, in particular, became an independent music touchstone, loved and admired by hundreds of thousands of fans and emulated by a generation of musicans.
The following year, the year in which "Spiderland" was issued by Touch and Go, Slint broke up. For almost fourteen years, the members have not performed together as Slint. Now, for a very short time, they do so again.
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