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classic albums, told by the people who made them.
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In our latest episode, Alexis Taylor describes the genesis of the classic Hot Chip song “Boy from School.” Full deep dive on The Warning at lifeoftherecord.com
August 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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For the 20th anniversary of @hotchipofficial.bsky.social’s second album, THE WARNING, we spoke to Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard about how it was made. Teenage music obsessives, merging disparate tastes and influences, signing to a major label & upping the ante.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/hot-chip/
July 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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trummors.bsky.social
I love Spiderland as much as the next guy, but I put this on expecting to last about 5 minutes. Listened to the very end. Great conversation
The Making of SPIDERLAND by Slint - feat. Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear
Podcast Episode · Life of the Record · June 3 · 2h 29m
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June 13, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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In our latest episode, Slint’s David Pajo, Britt Walford, Brian McMahan and Todd Brashear describe the summer they spent working on the songs that would become SPIDERLAND.
Full track-by-track deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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bensears.bsky.social
Crucial listen
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Recommended.
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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lol at all the members of Slint saying they don’t know what time signature “Nosferatu Man” @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social I’ve talked to so many people who are flummoxed by that song. For my book I asked a friend/drummer to try to break it down for me, which is how I arrived at this description.
“Nosferatu Man” contains probably the most rudimentary quiet verse / loud chorus on the album. On the heels of “Breadcrumb Trail,” it becomes apparent how this element of the band’s sound became synonymous with Slint-as-adjective. But at the same time “Nosferatu Man” feels less concerned with its juxtapositions and more focused on creating intensity through rhythm. The song is dizzying in its jumps from one time signature to the next. The first verse is in 5/4, followed by a pause in which Walford clicks a single bar in 3/4 before the band launches into a chorus in 6/4. They repeat this pattern for a second verse and chorus before moving to the bridge, where things get especially complicated. Story-wise the chase between the Prince and the girl escalates into a cat-and-mouse game. The music reflects this polyrhythmically as the band splices into two separate but simultaneous meters, in effect circling each other. Walford hunkers down into a quarter-note-based kick/snare rhythm while Pajo, McMahan, and Brashear play a series of triplets, floating in and out of phase with Walford, who occasionally adds an extra beat to keep things from spiraling into cacophony. They sync up again for a third verse in 5/4, in which the prince’s “teeth touched her skin,” then unravel again into an extended polyrhythmic bridge—this time evened out to stay locked into Walford’s steady quarter note—before Walford and Brashear return to the 6/4 chorus section while Pajo and McMahon continue to stab at their stop-start chords in three. The song finally concludes with the girl gone and the prince holding his dead queen. The band lands together on a final G chord, dangling ominously in the air as the prince remains alone.
June 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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I absolutely loved this 2 hour podcast on the making of Slint's 1991 album Spiderland, based on interviews with all four of the members. Maybe one of my all-time favourite albums and am still blown away that it was made by a bunch of teenager.

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June 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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sctttnnnt.bsky.social
Looking forward to this! And damn, if SPIDERLAND is celebrating its 35th anniversary then that means my book about SPIDERLAND is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Yeesh.
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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tallchris.bsky.social
Great episode, did not realize that Britt and Pajo play all the guitar on "Don, Aman" or that it was basically sprung on the rest of the band in the studio. Still a beautiful sounding record, the closest any 90s rock record came to sounding like A Kind of Blue or something
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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"Hopeful melancholy" is how David Pajo describes Slint's music, one of many insights captured on this amazing episode
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Excited for this!

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The Making of SPIDERLAND by Slint - feat. Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear
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Life of the Record is a documentary podcast about how iconic albums are made. Featuring the voices of the creators, each episode delves into the writing, recording and touring of a record that became ...
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June 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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timmcintyre11.bsky.social
Right the hell on. So looking forward to immersing myself in this one.👊🎶
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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wolfmanramirez.bsky.social
This is even better than you'd hope it's going to be, everyone comes across so well and so honestly and with voices their perfect countrified voices that you find yourself falling in love with one of the best records ever made - it makes you think that the American Experiment is going to work out
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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idgort.bsky.social
Waking up to a new Life of the record podcast for Slint’s Spiderland, a blessed day, a blessed spiderland
June 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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greenlaker.bsky.social
Ooh, this should be amazing from @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Just added to the queue. pca.st/episode/53a2...
The Making of SPIDERLAND by Slint - feat. Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark second album, Spiderland, we take a detailed look at how it was made. Brian McMahan and Britt Walford first connected over a shared love of punk rock,…
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June 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Life of the Record is back, baby!
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Jun 3
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social
For the 35th anniversary of Slint’s landmark album, SPIDERLAND, we spoke to Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear about how it was made. Coming of age, the Louisville scene, vulnerability in punk and the power of the practice space.
Listen: lifeoftherecord.com#/slint/
June 3, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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@lifeoftherecord.bsky.social new #podcast
The Making of SPIDERLAND by Slint - feat. Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear
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June 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Epic new LP history just dropped by @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social. This time it's "Spiderland" by Slint.

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June 3, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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The part where Robyn tells the story of the Replacements wanting him to produce their record is 💯
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Mar 25
In our latest episode, @robynhitchcock.bsky.social discusses how The Soft Boys' iconic "I Wanna Destroy You" was recorded so cheaply that he wrote a check for 30 pounds at the end of the session.
Full UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-soft-bo...
April 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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markorbiter.bsky.social
Lots of great, informative, fun, inspiring episodes of this podcast (Surfer Rosa, Crazy Rhythms, etc} but this might be my favorite. I could listen to @robynhitchcock.bsky.social hold court all day.
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Mar 25
In our latest episode, @robynhitchcock.bsky.social discusses how The Soft Boys' iconic "I Wanna Destroy You" was recorded so cheaply that he wrote a check for 30 pounds at the end of the session.
Full UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-soft-bo...
April 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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dougwallen.bsky.social
such a brilliant record and episode: highly recommend
lifeoftherecord.bsky.social Life of the Record @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social · Mar 25
In our latest episode, @robynhitchcock.bsky.social discusses how The Soft Boys' iconic "I Wanna Destroy You" was recorded so cheaply that he wrote a check for 30 pounds at the end of the session.
Full UNDERWATER MOONLIGHT deep dive: lifeoftherecord.com#/the-soft-bo...
April 5, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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I learned this morning that this track cost about £7.50 to record. Even accounting for inflation that's just a tad over £37 today.

Seven pounds and fifty pence. 🤯

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March 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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…and there were three other demos recorded: Tonight, Kingdom of Love and Queen of Eyes (I think). I’ve list my cassette of that, but Kimberley may still have one…
March 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM