who likes these guys -- LA skater lo-fi catchy punk rock
gives me that warm fuzzy '90s vibe like blood on the wall's awesomer
― dmr, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Neck Escapah" off the Get Hurt EP is my favorite
they did five vinyl EPs for five labels, soon to be (mostly) compiled on the Weirdo Rippers cd
― dmr, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 16:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
ps there's only 2 dudes in the band, that picture is all their buds
― dmr, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 17:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
yes, noisy garage rock stuff - fun, haven't heard it since it came out though.
― groutexpectations, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Playing Amoeba Hollywood in twenty minutes -- webcast at amoeba.com
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 01:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
It took me an entire day a few months back to track down all five EP's. I win/lose. They spell "NO Age" when you line them all up.
― Quartermass, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 07:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
really liked their ep on upset the rhythm... they used to be in Wives, who were ace.
― stevie, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 11:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
really liked their ep on upset the rhythm...
yeah that's the only one I've got right now, it's great. I may get others if I see em around. otherwise I'll just grab Weirdo Rippers which I think just came out in the States this week.
― dmr, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 15:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
Excellent band. Their shoegazey noise into wonky hardcore thing works really well. Great live band too - caught em on tour with Smell buds Mika Miko (who also rule). Some of the best merch I've seen for a band their size - bandanas in every colour! Rad.
― Stew, Wednesday, 29 August 2007 16:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
Totally loving this. I'm getting a bit of a Urinals/100 Flowers vibe, something about the hardcore tempos with art-punk aesthetic and pop melodies or something. Anyway, that's my favorite shit ever so this is striking a chord.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 15 September 2007 03:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
that's my favorite shit ever
I thought disco was your favorite shit ever! You rockist! *flees*
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 September 2007 03:38 (5 years ago) Permalink
nope. My girlfriend always teases me because I'm all about these exagerated definitive statements "this is one of my top 2 favorite movies ever, I swear this time!"
But seriously. Black Hole by the Urinals is my first favorite thing ever.
And I Don't Own My Own Heart by 100 Flowers is my second favorite thing ever.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 15 September 2007 03:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
No worries, I agree with you on the worth of both, and while I was only tangentially following the word on these guys your reference immediately piques my interest now.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 September 2007 04:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
My girlfriend always teases me because I'm all about these exagerated definitive statements "this is one of my top 2 favorite movies ever, I swear this time!"
yep.
― poortheatre, Saturday, 15 September 2007 11:08 (5 years ago) Permalink
This is not one of my top two favorites ever. But I like this record a really really lot. No, rly.
― kenan, Saturday, 15 September 2007 11:52 (5 years ago) Permalink
yeah this is good. crashy, squawky and hooky.
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 15 September 2007 15:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
I've been listening all day! Great thread.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 15 September 2007 17:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
Heard they just signed to Sub Pop?
― Ben Boyerrr, Saturday, 15 September 2007 18:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
^^^yes.
this is awesome. new album soon i guess?
― Jordan Sargent, Saturday, 15 September 2007 18:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Everybody's Down" = greatest song evr.
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Saturday, 15 September 2007 19:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't get this band AT ALL. To be fair, I only heard the 'collection' and not the individual EPs, but the drone stuff is pointless and the rock stuff - well, don't Japanther do this same thing, but, you know, better? Way too self consciously 'eclectic' for me, I guess.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 15 September 2007 20:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
hmmm, maybe I haven't heard enough Japanther, but I found their "noise/drone" less pretty/interesting and don't remember the songs very well.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 15 September 2007 20:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
I just freaked out an ordered all of the singles, a combination of 7 inches and 12 inches. Is there any plan to release Weirdo Rippers on vinyl?
Great band.
― Z S, Saturday, 22 September 2007 22:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yeah Weirdo Rippers is great, lovely mix of fuzzy noise and noisy pop. Unfortunately I only got into them after they played here so I didn't go. Damn.
― Chris in Belfast, Saturday, 22 September 2007 23:13 (5 years ago) Permalink
i like the feedback-y noise parts/songs so much i almost wish there was no singing.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 23 September 2007 01:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
almost.
BILLIANT
― latebloomer, Sunday, 23 September 2007 03:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
love it
― sleep, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 02:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
I don't like their faces
― Dan I., Wednesday, 26 September 2007 03:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
Great thanks. I'd seen this before (as evidenced above) but couldn't find it. It wouldn't come in search for me. Great band!
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
MY LIFE'S ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 19:57 (5 years ago) Permalink
I hate you!
Oh I hate you!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 19:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
no age is great. wives were great too, especially live. "strip club" by 100 flowers is one of my favorite things ever.
― dan, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
Wives? Hang on...
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:07 (5 years ago) Permalink
Q: Do wives sound exactly the same and maybe if it were not impossible better than No Age?
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
how is there is another person named Dan who thinks "strip club" by 100 Flowers is one of my favorite things ever? I keep running accross other Dan's with identical obscure interests as mine. Sometimes I wonder if it's myself posting from the past...or the future.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:02 (5 years ago) Permalink
never heard Wives though. I remember when they came around and there was a lot of "neo-hardcore" hype so I ignored it as my interests in hardcore, past and present, was pretty limited. Since then I've come to appreciate certain aspect of hardcore, and those aspects seem to be those that No Age works the most.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 13 October 2007 21:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45884-guest-list-no-age
― I know, right?, Thursday, 18 October 2007 10:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
At least I found somebody who agrees with me on M.I.A.!
― I know, right?, Thursday, 18 October 2007 10:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
I saw these guys at the Other Music in store yesterday. It was pretty fantastic. Not only did they play really well and got the crowd really excited but they were really great and didn't complain at all when the power went out and used it as an excuse to show us all how funny they were. So good.
― jonathan - stl, Thursday, 18 October 2007 14:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
I'm listening to Weirdo Rippers and its like perfectly distilled fun, so immediate & the riffs are immense. This is the sort of record I would have loved any time since I got into music, "warm & fuzzy" is right.
― ogmor, Thursday, 18 October 2007 18:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
this is like sub japanther
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 08:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
that's the second time that's been mentioned here. Maybe I haven't heard enough Japanther. I used to see them live when they started playing around NY and it never did much for me. I really don't have much interest in a lot of the bands working various post-no wave revival skronk/noise craziness, and I like No Age's balance between the utterly accessible and often beautiful ambient partts, and the also utterly accessible and totally catchy minimalist hardcore punk riffing.
― dan selzer, Friday, 19 October 2007 14:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
Maybe I haven't heard enough Japanther.
nah you probably have
I guess the upthread poster was actually recommending japanther but chaki is just h8n
― dmr, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
yah. sub japanther at best. dan i thought you had a better ear than this.
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:37 (5 years ago) Permalink
I can recommed a good ENT doctor, if you need one, Dan.
― sexyDancer, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
did u guys ever see when peter criss went to the ear doctor on 321 contact?
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4YM3fSbKQU
― sexyDancer, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
thats not it! the doctor said the cymbals were killing him.
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
WHOA AGE MORE LIKE
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
today's a pretty great day for new music
― markers, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14688-everything-in-between/
bee ok, i think you got in the "markers" robot today
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Bee OK is a cool dude imo
― markers, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
can't really get into "Glitter," I think it's the deadpan / too clean vocals. the guitar sound is aiight
Loved it like lice like hair**
weirdo
― dmr, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
im gonna see these guys this week in a venue thats perfectly suited for them: the hollywood bowl
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 20:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
The album is good -- more straightforward -- than the last, but after two weeks of intensive listening it's not much more.
― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
no age at the hollywood bowl with be incredible
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
95% of the stage will be empty
I like no age but I can't even imagine that someone thought that would be a good idea
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
it could be worse.. could be beach house who opened for vampire weekend the other day. two people playing lo fi jams in front of like 20,000.
― mayor jingleberries, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah the bowl's younger ppl pandering lineup has been pretty o_O this year. didn't girls play that show too
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
I mean I've seen all of these bands at pretty large venues and they've handled their shit but
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is worst cover art i've seen in a while
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:21 (2 years ago) Permalink
this thread really makes me miss the poster chaki
OTM ^^
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 21:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
love the cover!
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 22:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
yea that cover is tite as hell
― tUrD-yArDs - BiRd-SHiTs (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 22:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
By this point, you probably know what goes into a No Age song: A scuzzy intro jumps face-first into a thrashabout hook, either jumping again into another firestorm or swelling to a swift end.
^^^ a pretty hilarious combination of words describing a rock n roll band imo
― a sean te (samosa gibreel), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i havent listened to it in forever but i can't remember a single song on nouns even though i listened to it a tonne that year. weirdo rippers is a classic though, i think
going to listen to this now
― a sean te (samosa gibreel), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 22:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
hey do you guys like this album?
― a sean te (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
listened to the first half earlier today and it was so underwhelming i don't know if i ever want to listen to it again & leave my loving memories of no age intact. some cool momentary guitar noises but i really don't like the mature & slower songwriting stuff they're doing, even though i liked some of the slower, instrumental/loop stuff from previous albums a lot
― a sean te (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
I haven't payed attention to these guys until now, mainly cause I strongly suspected they were yet another indie act with this particular annoying style of male vocals that's so prevailing nowadays. Suspicion confirmed.
― daavid, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
...shame, cause the music is actually kind of good.
― daavid, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
I didn't like Nouns the first few times and eventually it became my favorite album of '08. The new one could be another grower.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
i havent listened to it in forever but i can't remember a single song on nouns even though i listened to it a tonne that year.
for me Eraser is the one
― dmr, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have this weird feeling that if these guys keep at it they will eventually deliver a decent record
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 19 November 2010 23:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Its pretty cool to hear a fusion between pop/punk/rock with ambient music. Seems like they've really "matured" their song with Everything In Between.
― kanggene, Sunday, 21 November 2010 19:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
I treat the new record as an ambient thing or Discreet Music: it's splendid background.
― look at it, pwn3d, made u look at my peen/vadge (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 21 November 2010 19:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
but the new one is way less ambient than the previous releases - other than a couple of instrumental passages on the second side, it's all song-oriented. I enjoy it the most when I can blast it loudly, foreground style!
― T-Rex's erotic imagination (Z S), Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
they were really boring & bad sounding live
― ┌▪┌▫┌▪┌▫ EXIT ▪┐▫┐▫┐ (Lamp), Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha, this is a marvelous, sly insult.
i like this band -- and the new record -- a lot.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
A long story short -- was talking with one of these guys on e-mail the other week about something else and he told me that back when he was a teenager getting into music I had sent him a transcript of my Kevin Shields interview back in 1996 or so when he contacted me about it. Damn small world.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 21 November 2010 21:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
― ┌▪┌▫┌▪┌▫ EXIT ▪┐▫┐▫┐ (Lamp), Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:42 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
errrr u mad doggie
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Sunday, 21 November 2010 22:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
The new record is so spotty. Like, I absolutely love "Depletion", but there are so many bad to mediocre songs on here.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
I think the new one is more consistently good than anything else they've released, but yeah, there are a few I tend to skip. tbh, I <3 them mainly for the two or three standout tracks on each album more than anything. I have a running best of with them that's only 10 tracks long, but maaaan is it an excellent 30 minutes or so imo
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Got that list handy? I'm curious to see what is on it.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
(copied from an email via iphone so hopefully the formatting won't be fucked:)
Losing Feeling - 3:55 (Losing Feeling EP)Skinned 2:58 (Everything in Between)Sleeper Hold - 2:26 (Nouns)Life Prowler - 2:37 (Everything in Between)My Life's Alright Without You - 1:59 (Weirdo Rippers)Teen Creeps - 3:25 (Nouns)You're a Target 3:22 (Losing Feeling)Boy Void - 1:45 (Weirdo Rippers)Miner - 1:50 (Nouns)Valley Hump Crash - 3:52 (Everything in Between)28:09
The Weirdo Rippers tracks in particular need to be played extremelyloudly. Their recordings were more lo-fi back then, and if you playthem at polite "medium-low because you're sitting next to someone on thetrain" volume the intended brutality just doesn't translate.
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Teen Creeps otm but you can't leave out Eraser or Neck Escapah
― dmr, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Sunday, November 21, 2010 5:42 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark
I saw them play a smaller room once (er actually it was a parking garage ... punk rock yall) and it was pretty good. at a bigger outdoor show it sounded like mud, they sucked. whether that was their fault or the sound guy's I'm not totally sure.
― dmr, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 20:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Everyone on this thread is talking about tracks like "Valley Hump Crash" and "Depletion", but those might be my least favourite songs on the album. BTW, I LOVE "EVERYTHING INBETWEEN", all of it. Wasn't "Weirdo Rippers" even more "ambient" than this? I need to revisit that one.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i think it had to do w/ the room & the way the sound was set up (drums were mic'd weird?) but it just made them sound sludgy and boring
xp
― Lamp, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:12 (2 years ago) Permalink
Weirdo rippers was way more ambient (or had more frequent and longer ambient passages at least). Ditto Nouns.
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 21:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Everything In Between > Weirdo Rippers > Nouns
They do tend to make minor records, but they're fantastic minor records.When the heck is the next one out already???
― mr.raffles, Monday, 24 September 2012 02:38 (7 months ago) Permalink
i'd put them in the same order, and i feel the same way!
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 24 September 2012 02:41 (7 months ago) Permalink
we're obviously correct then!
― mr.raffles, Monday, 24 September 2012 02:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
i hope they have some new stuff out soon. it's been almost 2 years. i need my fix.
― billstevejim, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
......no age are you there?
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 02:55 (2 days ago) Permalink
They’ve recorded 27 tracks thus far and are currently “trying to make sense of it.”
Oh hurry up with it.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 03:25 (2 days ago) Permalink