Slint
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Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slint canonical | 37 |
| Slint (self-titled EP) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767655 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slint Context triple: [Steve Albini, workedWith, Slint]
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A.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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B.
Royal Trux
Royal Trux is an American experimental rock duo known for their lo-fi, noise-infused sound and influential role in the 1990s indie and underground rock scenes.
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C.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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D.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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E.
Pavement
Pavement is an influential American indie rock band, formed in the late 1980s, known for its lo-fi sound, offbeat lyrics, and major impact on 1990s alternative music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slint Target entity description: Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
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A.
The Jesus Lizard
The Jesus Lizard is an influential American noise rock band known for its abrasive sound, intense live performances, and prominent role in the 1990s underground rock scene.
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B.
Royal Trux
Royal Trux is an American experimental rock duo known for their lo-fi, noise-infused sound and influential role in the 1990s indie and underground rock scenes.
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C.
The Red Krayola
The Red Krayola is an experimental rock band formed in the 1960s known for its avant-garde, psychedelic sound and influential role in underground music.
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D.
Against the Day
Against the Day is a sprawling, genre-blending historical novel by Thomas Pynchon that spans the late 19th and early 20th centuries, weaving together adventure, science, politics, and metaphysical speculation.
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E.
Pavement
Pavement is an influential American indie rock band, formed in the late 1980s, known for its lo-fi sound, offbeat lyrics, and major impact on 1990s alternative music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American rock band
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ rock band ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bastro
ⓘ
King Kong ⓘ Papa M ⓘ Squirrel Bait ⓘ The For Carnation ⓘ Tortoise ⓘ Zwan ⓘ |
| basedIn | Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReputation |
cult band
ⓘ
highly influential in underground rock ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1991 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1986 ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental rock
ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ math rock ⓘ post-hardcore ⓘ post-rock ⓘ |
| hasAlbum |
Spiderland
ⓘ
Tweez ⓘ |
| hasEP |
Slint (self-titled EP)
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linked to:
Slint
|
| hasMember |
Brian McMahan
ⓘ
Britt Walford ⓘ David Pajo ⓘ Ethan Buckler ⓘ Matmos (touring member) ⓘ Michael McMahan ⓘ Todd Brashear ⓘ Todd Cook (touring member) ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
math rock
ⓘ
post-rock ⓘ slowcore ⓘ |
| knownFor |
atmospheric and moody sound
ⓘ
dynamic shifts between quiet and loud passages ⓘ intricate guitar work ⓘ spoken-word style vocals ⓘ unconventional song structures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Spiderland
ⓘ
Tweez ⓘ |
| originatedFromScene | Louisville underground music scene ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Jennifer Hartman Records
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Matador Records ⓘ Touch and Go Records ⓘ |
| reunitedIn |
2005
ⓘ
2007 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ |
| SpiderlandReleaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| TweezReleaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Slint Description of subject: Slint is an influential American rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, widely credited with helping pioneer the post-rock and math rock genres through their intricate, atmospheric sound and the landmark album "Spiderland."
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.