NO AGE

5/5

how were Fugazi puritans musically speaking?

Ian owned his own label and hot like $6 per CD when most artists got like 80 cents and they could do like 300k units

when Ahmet Ertegan told Ian I'll give you your own label and a million Ian told him I already have both those things

when Ahmet Ertegan told Ian I'll give you your own label

Yes. I remember a huge Fugazi feature in the Washington Post during the peak of the mid 90s alternative boom. Record companies were all throwing themselves at them, they would have made them the biggest band in the world if they were willing, but they just said no.

but, A) I think Ian correctly saw that Fugazi would never be the biggest band in the world and that B) 6 * 300,000 is more than 0.80 * 900,000 plus you own your masters etc, I guess I question the idea that he did it for irrational reasons of punk cred or be whatever it more just seemed like rational business decisions

I already have both those things

and he bought nothing but rice with it, what a waste

he owns at least 2 properties in this area, we should all be so poor

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/globalrelevanceex_sort/38.979027,-76.983691,38.86484,-77.166682_rect/12_zm/

is the inference that they are moving somewhere that will give them a chance to crash playlists or they are moving somewhere that will let them avoid being on spotify

Don't think he's implying either of those -- I think he's saying the move to Drag City is symbolic of the musical direction of the new album vs. the last one; he considers the Drag City roster (and the new album) to be more traditionally guitar-centric indie rock than current Sub Pop roster (and the last album). The Spotify/playlist references were just to get some buzzwords in there.

but are they in fact not streaming-accessible?

iirc drag city is on bandcamp but not spotify etc

he considers the Drag City roster (and the new album) to be more traditionally guitar-centric indie rock than current Sub Pop roster (and the last album).

is that true? i admit i don't follow the indie scene like i used to, but my stereotypes of the two labels were more like:

2000s sub pop: traditionally guitar-centric indie rock, trying not trying to write a indie hit that might be licensed for a movie - average audience age at shows: 20-25
2000s drag city: guitar-centric but contemplative fingerpickers who are very sad about things and play more quietly these days - average audience age at shows: 30-50

i fully admit that maybe the perception of those labels has totally switched around since i last paid attention

Drag City is on Apple Music as of last year, but not Spotify. Can confirm that the new No Age is not on Spotify but can't check Apple Music.

2000s drag city: guitar-centric but contemplative fingerpickers who are very sad about things and play more quietly these days - average audience age at shows: 30-50

― Karl Malone, Monday, January 29, 2018 11:58 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'M RIGHT HERE I CAN HEAR U

lol

Hey man, that’s some of my very favorite kind of music! For real. It’s just, I associate that stuff with drag city more than sub pop

haha i know i was just making a sad dad joek :)

https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/858/MI0003858538.jpg

is that blackshaw?

JimO

https://www.tinymixtapes.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Article_Width/1505/news-15-05-orourke.jpg

oh duh yeah

Love this album. Hits the spot.

man i basically forgot about these guys and this new album is a fuckin' lovely hit of sunshine

amazing album, cover art is too next level for me though

knife piercing free-standing piece of swiss cheese on a 2x4 is my level

I love this record.

Stuck in the Changer is so great, didn't realise how much I needed a vulnerable noise record right now.

y'all this new No Age record...I don't have anything brilliant to add, but I'm on the biggest No Age kick right now.

I don't like their faces

― Dan I., Tuesday, September 25, 2007

I have always remembered this post, from the “old days” – it struck me as audaciously perfect at the time. I still think of it when this band comes up.

going to see them tomorrow

Same! Haven't seen them since they opened for Pavement.

report back!

Reporting back: great band still great. I don't know how Dean Spunt does it.

going through nouns again as i love it as a start of summer album

"cappo" is so good driving in a hot car

yeah that song rules, i always get the first line stuck in my head, "it's our duty to"

man i basically forgot about these guys and this new album is a fuckin' lovely hit of sunshine

― alpine static, Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:52 PM (nine months ago)

i still think it's one of 2018's most underrated great albums. i see literally no one nowhere talking about it.

definitely one of my top albums this year.

this is lame but i didn't listen to it earlier this year because it wasn't on spotify and i didn't see it in any of the other usual places (bandcamp, npr first listen or whatever). but it's there now (guess drag city had a change of heart), so i finally listened to it last night! the energy of it reminds me of Everything In Between, which was one of my favorite albums of 2010 (and one of the more underrated releases of the decade, i think).

Yes to Everywhere In Between being a top rock album of the decade.

I'm not sure why this new one isn't getting more buzz. It's fantastic, and Send Me is easily one of my favorite songs of the year.

feel like No Age sorta feel thru the cracks. the indie press that championed them in 2008 don't care anymore and they never broke thru to a higher level. I don't think they ever established a solid fan base that would be with them no matter what. I saw them at a warehouse here in 2008 and it was packed, dangerously overcrowded even, and only five years later it was basically empty just a few weeks after An Object came out (fwiw I think that's their unsung masterpiece).

Snares is their best since Nouns. Top 5 of the year. I think I like it better than Everything In Between.

this is lame but i didn't listen to it earlier this year because it wasn't on spotify
lame but true for me too

glad to see it's there now!

it would seem that their style/genre is... not really in vogue

feel like No Age sorta feel thru the cracks. the indie press that championed them in 2008 don't care anymore and they never broke thru to a higher level. I don't think they ever established a solid fan base that would be with them no matter what. I saw them at a warehouse here in 2008 and it was packed, dangerously overcrowded even, and only five years later it was basically empty just a few weeks after An Object came out (fwiw I think that's their unsung masterpiece).

― flappy bird, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 1:31 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's interesting looking at their discogs, where cost of the vinyl is somewhat indicative of a band's cult following. It also has to do with the amount of copies out in the wild of course, but usually the record that corresponds to a band's peak will hold on to some value and it seems sellers can't even get rid of Nouns.

Their style may not be the hottest thing for the current indie crowds but it doesn't feel as dated as some other yelpy indie-punk trends of the past, or much less some other style that was once big like freak folk etc.

Side note: I would LOVE to hear the guitarist try his best to make music similar to Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. I think he'd be great at it!

yeah that's what confuses me, it's not dated at all, they're a great rock band with great songs. the light incorporation of electronics is distinct from p much every other band of their era bc they never sounded like they were using samplers to sound like animal collective

whew i was worried they had an apartment building too

lol

New song streaming now and album due in June: https://www.stereogum.com/2074375/no-age-turned-to-string/music/