Published: 08 Nov 2026 / Last Update: 08 Nov 2026
If you love Slint’s Spiderland and are looking for more music along similar lines, here are some albums worth checking out. There’s a mix of familiar names and lesser-known bands here, with albums that blend elements of indie rock, post-hardcore, post-rock, math rock, and noise rock.
We’ve also put together a Spotify playlist, RIYL: Slint, Spiderland, where you can find tracks from many of these albums and plenty more.
Now, on to the list.
(in no particular order)
SHIPPING NEWS – FLIES THE FIELDS (2005)
Also worth checking out: Very Soon, and In Pleasant Company (2001)
JUNE OF 44 – FOUR GREAT POINTS (1998)
Also worth checking out: Tropics and Meridians (1996) + Engine Takes to Water (1995)
RODAN – RUSTY (1994)
Roadside Monument – Eight Hours Away from Being a Man (1997)
Also worth checking out: I Am the Day of Current Taste (1998)
CERBERUS SHOAL – RUSTY (1994)
90 Day Men – (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2000)
A Minor Forest – Flemish Altruism (1996)
Also worth checking out: Inindependence (1998)
The Telephone Man – The Telephone Man 1992–1994 (2012)
Bitch Magnet – Ben Hur (1990)
sewingneedle – user error (2018)
lowercase – The Going Away Present (1999)
Also worth checking out: Kill the Lights (1997)
Unwound – New Plastic Ideas (1994)
Also worth checking out: Leaves Turn Inside You (2001)
Sprain – As Lost Through Collision (2020)
Bondo – 77 (2021, EP)
Also worth checking out: Harmonica (2024)
The For Carnation – The For Carnation (2000)
Abilene – Two Guns, Twin Arrows (2002)
Also worth checking out: Abilene (2000)
Ativin – Interiors (2002)
Also worth checking out: German Water (1999)
Stereobate – Selling Out in the Silent Era (2001)
Hurl – A Place Called Today (1996)
HAAL – Back to Shilmarine (2024, EP)
Lungfish – Artificial Horizon (1998)
Also worth checking out: Sound in Time (1996) + The Unanimous Hour (1999)
For more music along these lines, check out our RIYL: Slint, Spiderland playlist below. It’s regularly updated with new tracks, so give it a listen and follow for more.





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