The term “slacker rock” has been generously applied to Vermont’s Paper Castles — especially by writers for this publication. The brainchild of Jericho-based Waking Windows cofounder Paddy Reagan, the ...

Nothing on mainstream radio sounded like Beck's "Loser" when it dropped in 1994. Thirty years later, we explain why, look at its impact on the... Beck's 'Loser' at 30 and the golden age of slacker ...

Max Freeland says his band Pardoner often gets called “slacker rock,” but he’s unsure if that’s a compliment. “Whenever someone writes us up, even when it’s a nice review,” and slacker rock gets ...

Pavement is remembered as the epitome of ’90s slacker rock, southern California ironists who sang-talk impenetrable lyrics over meandering guitar licks, feedback, and toy instruments. With the ...

Music journalist Simon Reynolds will chart the rise of shoegaze, slacker rock, and grunge in a new work Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994, to be published ...