Slint @ ABC, 20 Aug

Don't expect wisecracks or between-song banter when Slint come to town - these are serious boys, here to play serious music. There's barely a welcome when they arrive on stage - each looking barely a day over 30 - and with singer Brian McMahon standing to the side of the stage instead of the middle, nobody seems sure that it's really them. So they go straight into playing Spiderland, which masterfully reconstructed rock music in 1991, playing every note, in every order, as on the record.

For everyone here, 99% male and including many of the key figures of Scottish music in the 90s, it's worth close attention. Nobody is moshing, or dancing, or heckling, or chucking pints. Just watching and listening. Even between songs, there's enthusiastic applause, and then patient silence. This is real reverence. Good Morning, Captain nearly caves the roof in, and after the EP, they leave. Job done, there's no encore, and no-one complains. Who could possibly complain about seeing Slint live?