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
Skater punk? No age? The entire skate punk genre (in fact the entire skate culture) sure gives me associations to one particular age. Around 14-15 that is....
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Check, please!
― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:19 (sixteen years ago) link
'No Age' the comp I assume was a riff on 'no wave' in the first place right?
As far as I can tell this band can 'play' perfectly adequately for what they're putting across, unless you're like some Dream Theater fan or something
― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Exactly. And what they're 'putting across' is:
dumbed-down punk dumbed-down noise dumbed-down hardcore
+ whatever else they have up their sleeve. And by dumbed down, yes I do mean texturally, compositionally. There ARE people in those genres who pay attention to those things...
― squids, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I still don't really get what you're talking about. The drummer is great. The guitars are pretty. The lyrics are fun. The songs are catchy. Are you just saying you don't like this band?
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 13:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha
Yes. I don't like this band. Sorry to ruin the parade.
Continue the 'fun'.
― squids, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
:D :D :D :D :D :D MAY 6
Nouns:
01 Miner 02 Eraser 03 Teen Creeps 04 Things I Did When I Was Dead 05 Cappo 06 Keechie 07 Sleeper Hold 08 Errand Boy 09 Here Should Be My Home 10 Impossible Bouquet 11 Ripped Knees 12 Brain Burner
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't wait for this. Weirdo Rippers is about 10000 times better than I thought it would be. The Skater Punk label is misleading. They're closer to Wire or My Bloody Valentine than to Suicidal Tendencies.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I hear early Pavement.
― kwhitehead, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
sleeper hold sounded great in that video from other music
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I kinda wish they would continue in the same style of releasing several singles and then collecting them later for a full length I have the first 5 singles, but not Weirdo Rippers (because it's not on vinyl to my knowledge...right?), and I've gotten to really enjoy listening to them in 2 to 4 song bursts.
― Z S, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
whoa new album excited
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
That was quick I love love love love love love love love love this band by the way
― I know, right?, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this band rules. two really great dudes! saw wives back at a basement show a few years ago and have been following these dudes ever since.
― htshell, Thursday, 21 February 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree with whoever said japanther do the same thing better.
― filthy dylan, Thursday, 21 February 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Why does their cover of "When You Find Out" by The Nerves not even remotely resemble the original version?
― billstevejim, Thursday, 15 January 2009 06:56 (fifteen 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