NO AGE

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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)

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).

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.

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...

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.

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.

These guys suck.

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.)

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isn't their name a reference to the SST record of the same name?

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?

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?

As in, they can't play their instruments. They are very limited.

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....

Check, please!

'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

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...

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?

Haha

Yes. I don't like this band. Sorry to ruin the parade.

Continue the 'fun'.

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

: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

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.

I hear early Pavement.

sleeper hold sounded great in that video from other music

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.

whoa new album excited

That was quick I love love love love love love love love love this band by the way

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.

I agree with whoever said japanther do the same thing better.

Why does their cover of "When You Find Out" by The Nerves not even remotely resemble the original version?

This is an important question.

Help celebrate Worldwide Hipster Day with No Age!

i am not nor ever have been a hipster, thanks.

Remember those skater punks that John Cusack busts for trying to shoplift in High Fidelity? I always thought No Age sounds like their band would sound like.

don't they play some of their shit in the movie and it's like balls breakbeat electronica?

More specifically, their remix of the Holy Fuck's Lovely Allen sounds like the skater punks from High Fidelity. Sort of dubbed out art damaged electronica with a lot of screaming.

by the way that sounds great

the skater kids' music in High Fidelity is Royal Trux

I bought that E.P. with the Nerves "cover" on it - isn't it just a minute and a half of ambient noise, basically? I was pretty excited about that, too. Their Urinals cover is awesome. And the other cover on there (I don't remember the name of the song or artist, though). Their Bjork cover is totally dismantled but still vaguely recognizable.

Other cover on the Eraser b-side is Don't Stand Still by Nate Denver's Neck. Is great.

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c425/c425130w4io.jpg
Found this at the radio station a couple of weeks ago.

Unfortunately I don't really want to listen to it or this band.

the first and last song on the new EP - Losing Feeling are masterpieces.
adding reverb and shoegaze to their sound,reducing the punk - the new direction they took sounds great.

did not know abt this, thanks for the heads up.

also,Randall voice sounds fragile, more emotional - the first song is kinda sad.

where can i hear?

It's streaming, hang on...