I hate you!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh I hate you!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
Wives? Hang on...
― I know, right?, Saturday, 13 October 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/45884-guest-list-no-age
― I know, right?, Thursday, 18 October 2007 10:20 (sixteen years ago) link
At least I found somebody who agrees with me on M.I.A.!
― I know, right?, Thursday, 18 October 2007 10:23 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
this is like sub japanther
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 08:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
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 (sixteen years ago) link
yah. sub japanther at best. dan i thought you had a better ear than this.
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I can recommed a good ENT doctor, if you need one, Dan.
― sexyDancer, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:40 (sixteen years ago) link
did u guys ever see when peter criss went to the ear doctor on 321 contact?
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y4YM3fSbKQU
― sexyDancer, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
thats not it! the doctor said the cymbals were killing him.
― chaki, Friday, 19 October 2007 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah chaki my ears were destroyed...from having to sit through japanther at countless shows in brooklyn a few years ago.
― dan selzer, Friday, 19 October 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"this is... a not joke"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 19 October 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 20 October 2007 01:05 (sixteen years ago) link
The 90's are the past!
― I know, right?, Saturday, 20 October 2007 12:03 (sixteen years ago) link
the wounds are still healing though.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 20 October 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
ok ok pretty fun
― 69, Sunday, 21 October 2007 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Are No Age a punk band? They seem more like 90s no-wave to me.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 18 November 2007 16:26 (sixteen years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 18 November 2007 19:14 (sixteen years ago) link
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
― morris pavilion, Sunday, 18 November 2007 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
(...I hope so -- for once I won't feel like oldest / least hep dude @ the Smell)
― morris pavilion, Sunday, 18 November 2007 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I doubt it, he lives in New York. OBVIOUSLY.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 18 November 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Good point - he's probably more a Japanther fan
― morris pavilion, Sunday, 18 November 2007 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Meantime, what No Age were up to yesterday.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 19 November 2007 00:09 (sixteen years ago) link
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.....
― scott seward, Monday, 19 November 2007 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link
eh
― chaki, Monday, 19 November 2007 01:33 (sixteen years ago) link
ah
― scott seward, Monday, 19 November 2007 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Well the article was pretty boring.
I actually prefer Japanther too (esp. "Skuffed Up My Huffy"), though haven't seen them live yet
― morris pavilion, Monday, 19 November 2007 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
how in gods name can you enjoy japanther
― chaki, Monday, 19 November 2007 02:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Have you heard "Skuffed Up My Huffy"? They're pretty good songs!
(These are all bands that Mrs. Pavilion digs and got me into)
― morris pavilion, Monday, 19 November 2007 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
(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)
― morris pavilion, Monday, 19 November 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is this thread so unsearchable?
Does anyone know anything about their Sub Pop deal? I assume it's for their next album (which will technically be their 1st, since "Weirdo Rippers" is a collection of singles - right?)...
Anyway, I still love this and think it might be my favorite of the year (it's almost definitely my most listened to album of the year).
― Savannah Smiles, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I know, I search for weirdo rippers and there's a link to this thread from there.
Yeah I love this album. Completely devastated that I didn't see them when they played in dublin due to lack of funds, esp since I've seen some bands I'm not that bothered by.
My life's alright without you is still the one I love most.
― I know, right?, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
This is pretty alright but I don't get this "no wave" talk at all. If not for the name, no one would make that connection right? Sounds more like pretty straight up punk/pop, in a good way. If there is such a thing...
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 7 December 2007 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't give a shit, It's just brilliant. Those sparkly blondie-ish melodies come come through the noise like it was an automatic slide door! Great guitar sound too.
― I know, right?, Friday, 7 December 2007 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link
hey! this is great! i only sort of hear the "no wave" thing, i think it's more pop than that, more jesus and mary chain perhaps. i am really digging this album, i just got it tonight. such big fuzzy riffs. so fun.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 03:29 (sixteen years ago) link
These guys suck.
― filthy dylan, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
no they good. (although the new yorker article made me think their scene might be kind of annoying and self-congratulatory if i lived in l.a. and was young enough to be in a scene. since neither of those things apply, i can just like the record.)
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost- isn't their name a reference to the SST record of the same name?
― Drew Daniel, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 05:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm getting so tired of this whole California scene (incl. Abe Vigoda) of kids who can't play worth a damn so they make it 'noisy' and 'punk'. We associate ourselves with the noise scene. Oh, it's okay then.
Yeah yeah, it's all community/live based. Who cares. What about the music?
― squids, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:13 (sixteen years ago) link
isn't their name a reference to the SST record of the same name?
Yeah, they talked about it either in that New Yorker piece or in an old Vice interview - but at least one of the guys says he hates that album (to paraphrase, it's something like "Yeah, it's this SST comp where Greg Ginn made all the bands record instrumentals, and it's mostly pretty bad").
I want to hear that Abe Vigoda album. I like the bits I've heard so far. (Though people keep using the word 'Calypso' when they talk about them, which I haven't detected yet).
kids who can't play worth a damn
Huh?
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
As in, they can't play their instruments. They are very limited.
― squids, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
love it
― nxd, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 08:30 (four years ago) link
modern modern lovers
I do like this song. That write-up is accurate in noting it sounds like Parquet Courts (in a good way).
― tamagotchi revival artist (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
best band
― alpine static, Thursday, 5 March 2020 00:14 (four years ago) link
So good
― billstevejim, Thursday, 5 March 2020 03:32 (four years ago) link
Their last album was overlooked
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 7 March 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
very very very very very much so ^
― alpine static, Sunday, 8 March 2020 09:29 (four years ago) link
'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.
― cooldix, Monday, 9 March 2020 10:22 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPeP4G1zfY
― devvvine, Monday, 30 March 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
Tune
― cooldix, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 01:20 (four years ago) link
https://noage.bandcamp.com/album/goons-be-gone
― j., Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
it's really nice!
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 23:59 (three years ago) link
August 28, 2007 11:56 AM (twelve years ago)
gaaah
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 00:30 (three years ago) link
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?
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
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
― na (NA), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
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.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
^^^ otm. This is the first No Age I'm indifferent to.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
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.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
haha eib my favourite no age record
― nxd, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:19 (three years ago) link