NO AGE

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.

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.

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.

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.

i like the feedback-y noise parts/songs so much i almost wish there was no singing.

almost.

BILLIANT

love it

I don't like their faces

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!

MY LIFE'S ALRIGHT WITHOUT YOU!

I hate you!

Oh I hate you!

no age is great. wives were great too, especially live. "strip club" by 100 flowers is one of my favorite things ever.

Wives? Hang on...

Q: Do wives sound exactly the same and maybe if it were not impossible better than No Age?

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.

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.

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45884-guest-list-no-age

At least I found somebody who agrees with me on M.I.A.!

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.

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.

this is like sub japanther

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.

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

yah. sub japanther at best. dan i thought you had a better ear than this.

I can recommed a good ENT doctor, if you need one, Dan.

did u guys ever see when peter criss went to the ear doctor on 321 contact?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4YM3fSbKQU

thats not it! the doctor said the cymbals were killing him.

yeah chaki my ears were destroyed...from having to sit through japanther at countless shows in brooklyn a few years ago.

"this is... a not joke"

just saw a clip of Japanther on the Death By Audio myspace page and sure, not that different from No Age and pretty good. There's a fine line between hyper distorted 90s indie rock and stuff that resonates more with punk from the past.

The 90's are the past!

the wounds are still healing though.

ok ok pretty fun

Are No Age a punk band? They seem more like 90s no-wave to me.

They are way more punk then 90s no-wave, which is why I like them. They have their ambient/noise intros and whatnot, but the heart of most songs are simple 2/3 chord riffs, the kinds that make me imagine young kids with skateboards stage-diving.

Hmm... going to see Jay Reatard, No Age, and Mika Miko at the Smell tonite... is this guy gonna be there?

http://www.theconnection.org/content/2005/07/19/0720newyorker173.gif

(...I hope so -- for once I won't feel like oldest / least hep dude @ the Smell)

I doubt it, he lives in New York. OBVIOUSLY.

Good point - he's probably more a Japanther fan

Meantime, what No Age were up to yesterday.

i don't want to hear this band. i'm protesting!

actually, sad to say, i think this is my one big prob with sasha's stuff. and i DO think he's a good writer and all that. but he never makes me want to hear something after i'm done reading a piece/review. which isn't his job or whatever. or is it? i read that thing last night and i wanted to be excited by it and i just got really bored. bored with their scene and their smell. and then they got on stage and the drummer played drums and the other guy played guitar and then the guy sang and it was as if they were doing it for their friends! fuck their friends. okay, i'm jealous. i have no friends. but still...zzzzzzzzz.....

eh

ah

Well the article was pretty boring.

I actually prefer Japanther too (esp. "Skuffed Up My Huffy"), though haven't seen them live yet

how in gods name can you enjoy japanther

Have you heard "Skuffed Up My Huffy"? They're pretty good songs!

(These are all bands that Mrs. Pavilion digs and got me into)

(By which I mean - I can't rep for them the same way I could with my own shit - but her taste may be better than mine, anyway)

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).

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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/

love it

modern modern lovers

I do like this song. That write-up is accurate in noting it sounds like Parquet Courts (in a good way).

best band

So good

Their last album was overlooked

very very very very very much so ^

'Snares' might be my favourite No Age album. I also loved Randy's Sound Field project from last year - one of the best pure ambient albums I've enjoyed in recent times. I don't think I know anyone else who's listened to it, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPeP4G1zfY

Tune

https://noage.bandcamp.com/album/goons-be-gone

it's really nice!

August 28, 2007 11:56 AM (twelve years ago)

gaaah

i kind of check in and out on this band but the vocals on the new one sound weird to me, like really dry and up front. have they been doing that for a while or is it new on this album?

tbh i think the vocals have always been a sticking point for me with no age, even though i love a lot of singers with "bad" voices

I like the new one, though feel like it hits its stride with the last three tracks. Which is kind of the opposite of 'Snares' for me. Need to spend more time with it.

^^^ otm. This is the first No Age I'm indifferent to.

I get what you mean. The vocal thing was actually a bugbear of mine with "Everything in Between" back in the day for similar reasons. Still never really got into that album.

An album poll could be fun.

haha eib my favourite no age record