I discovered them in the mid-90s, not sure how, probably just found their CD (they only released two albums) in a record shop. I later learned they were from Louisville, where I lived as a kid.
This article came out around 20 years later. Damn, I feel old now.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/01/spiderland-slint-album-reinvented-rock