http://www.notlame.com/CDSLIN1.htmlSlint - SpiderlandClassic early 90`s indie rock buried treasure! not often you mention Chicago indie rock of the 90`s and mention the word `beautiful`, but Spiderland is that, albeit a bit dark. "4 stars...the six epic, crawlingly slow riffs-with-spoken-prose-poems that make up the second and final album by Slint laid the ground work for the next 15 years` worth of indie rock"-Blender. "4 1/2 stars... More known for its frequent name-checks than its actual music, Spiderland remains one of the most essential and chilling releases in the mumbling post-rock arena. Even casual listeners will be able to witness an experimental power-base that the American underground has come to treasure. Indeed, the lumbering quiet-loud motif has been lifted by everybody from Lou Barlow to Mogwai , the album`s emotional gelidity has done more to move away from prog-rock mistakes than almost any of the band`s subsequent disciples, and it`s easy to hear how the term "Slint dynamics" has become an indie categorization of its own `AMG. <p> <a href="http://www.frii.com/~popmusic/sounds04/cdslin102.mp3"><img src="http://www.notlame.com/images/ear.jpg" width="20" border=0 alt="power pop, independent music"></a> <a href="http://www.frii.com/~popmusic/sounds04/cdslin102.mp3">Nosferatu Man</a> - mp3http://www.notlame.com/Browse_by_Artist/S/Slint/Page_1/CDSLIN1.html