David Pajo

David Pajo is an American alternative rock musician. He has played a wide variety of music, loosely fitting into several other genres: hardcore , math-rock , post-rock, electronica, folk and indie-pop . Though a multi-instrumentalist...

In this article: Slint, The For Carnation, Louisville, Kentucky, Maurice, Dead Child, Shipping News, Royal Trux, Brian McMahan, and Will Oldham

Live from a Shark Cage is the first album by Papa M, the third such pseudonym used by David Pajo (after 'M' and 'Aerial M'), released in 1999 on the Chicago-based Drag City label (see 1999 in music). The album was released on both CD and...

In this article: Live from a Shark Cage, River Arun, Chicago, London, Chicago Recording Company, England, and Tim Gane

...Bundy K. Brown (bass, guitar) to cement their lineup. Brown was replaced by ex-Slint guitarist Dave Pajo for Millions Now Living Will Never Die, and Pajo was replaced by guitarist Jeff Parker, who doubles as a jazz musician, for TNT. But...

In this article: Tortoise, TNT, Chicago, Dave Pajo, John McEntire, and Millions Now Living Will Never Die

...with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Billy Corgan's Zwan, Stereolab, and Tortoise, as well as playing in Jack Black's band in High Fidelity) Dave Pajo began his career updating Robert Fripp's axe-heroics in King Crimson, for post-rock pioneers Slint.

In this article: Bill Callahan, Dave Pajo, Slint, Dog, Sparklehorse, Bad Seeds, Bruce Springsteen, and Nick Cave

...say that Yeah Yeah Yeah's won over each and everyone of the people who were within earshot of the Main Stage. Also of note: Slint's Dave Pajo was the band's touring bassist/keyboard player and really filled out the band's sound, all for the...

In this article: Seattle, Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, Magnetic field, Memorial Day weekend, King Khan & BBQ Show, Black Moth Super Rainbow, and Monotonix

...People, Social Media From a founding member of post-rock pioneers Slint to ax shredder for new-millennial metalheads Dead Child, David Pajo has played either side of the sonic spectrum against the mainstream. So it stands to reason that...

In this article: Imeem, Halloween, Dead Child, Royal Trux, Autopsy, The For Carnation, Cannibal Corpse, Slint, and Tortoise

...and aMiniature), ska punk (Skankin' Pickle), slowcore (Seam), cuddlecore (cub), and key players in post-rock (David Pajo was a member of Slint and both he and Bundy K. Brown (aka Slowpoke) were members of seminal post-rock band Tortoise ).

In this article: Ear of the Dragon, Dambuilders, J Church, Skankin' Pickle, Slint, Tortoise, CUB, and Seam

Attack | Pitchfork David Pajo's tenure in Slint is pretty unimpeachable. But after the tetchy brilliance of Spiderland, things get spotty. Sure, under various M banners, Pajo dabbles hush of folk to subtle effect. Albums like 2001's...

In this article: Slint, Dead Child, Billy Corgan, Queens of the Stone Age, Jukebox, Metallica, Twitch of the Death Nerve, Tweez, and Spiderland

...I get to work alongside writers I've read and admired for years, and B) I get to interview heroes of mine like Dave Pajo. I spoke with Pajo-one of the founders of the legendary (and recently reformed) Slint and Will Oldham's Palace in...

In this article: Dave Pajo, Dead Child, IPod, Steve Carell, Billy Corgan, Slint, Itch, The A.V. Club, and Eliot Spitzer

...Albini telling us we were the band of the '90s, and that was in the '80s, when that sounded super modern," says guitarist David Pajo, who, also oddly, has never read Albini's "Spiderland" review. According to Pajo, "[Albini] was one...

In this article: Slint, Brian McMahan, Steve Albini, Spiderland, Will Oldham, Tweez, and All Tomorrow's Parties