i like these points :) really digged all their stuff other than 'an object', will give it a relisten or two in lieu of you guys' posts
― nxd, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 11:40 (six years ago) link
don't know why the reception was so lukewarm at the time
some of the reviews were all 'why does NA not want to rock'
listening to it this morning it was very resonant, i wonder how much the lyrical/thematic content a la 'stimmung' was part of a design w/ the sound
― j., Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
I can't believe this band is ten years old now
― sleeve, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
"I Won't Be Your Generator" and "An Impression" are still stunning... I think they finally achieved the perfect synthesis of loud guitar rock & electronics on this record. if nothing else it's the best sounding of all their records - like I said upthread, Nouns is great but sounds too thin, very much like HD's Warehouse.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
New album sounds great.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 26 January 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
Very psyched to hear. Is it streaming anywhere?
― billstevejim, Friday, 26 January 2018 21:34 (six years ago) link
oh whoa i forgot that it comes out today. i had a ticket to see them a couple months ago but didn't end up going, was kicking myself as i stayed at home and still am... so im a little sore
seriously though fuck this narrative of An Object being a 'failure' or a disappointment. I don't know why it got such tepid & negative reviews, that's their best record, if not a close second behind Nouns. I already talked about why upthread but goddamn, how many rock songs are as thrilling as "C'mon Stimmung"?
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
If you like An Object you will probably not like this as much, it's more direct.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 26 January 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
"more direct" = stripped down/less melodic? because An Object sounds pretty direct to me, particularly the rock songs
― flappy bird, Friday, 26 January 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
https://www.spin.com/2018/01/no-age-snares-like-a-haircut-review/
Hopping from Sub Pop to the venerable but curmudgeonly Drag City is symbolic and instructive; while No Age likely have no interest in seeing Snares Like a Haircut on Spotify, it bears by far their highest ratio of “songs” to “ambient drift,” with several that could conceivably crash playlists worded to appeal to people who still associate indie rock with “guitars.”
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 (thus safe to have songs that could crash playlists despite themselves)
― j., Sunday, 28 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
That they did it to intentionally make their music more obscure, which I completely disagree with. That’s not the case at all, they’ve never been Fugazi or Albini puritans (thank god)
― flappy bird, Sunday, 28 January 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
lol i bought my fugazi albums at best buy just like the 'alt rock is cool' tv commercials in the 90s told me to
― j., Sunday, 28 January 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
kind of realized it's the ambient drift, or more likely,'Reoccurring Dreams'-type pieces that I love in particular, whether that's 'Sun Spots' or 'My Hands, Birch and Steel'.
― campreverb, Monday, 29 January 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
listening on apple music and wow this is really good
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:36 (six years ago) link
5/5
― the late great, Monday, 29 January 2018 06:57 (six years ago) link
how were Fugazi puritans musically speaking?
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
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
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 13:54 (six years ago) link
when Ahmet Ertegan told Ian I'll give you your own label and a million Ian told him I already have both those things
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 29 January 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
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
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
I already have both those things
and he bought nothing but rice with it, what a waste
― j., Monday, 29 January 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
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/
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 15:11 (six years ago) link
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.
― early rejecter, Monday, 29 January 2018 17:27 (six years ago) link
but are they in fact not streaming-accessible?
― j., Monday, 29 January 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
iirc drag city is on bandcamp but not spotify etc
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
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: 20-252000s 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, 29 January 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
i fully admit that maybe the perception of those labels has totally switched around since i last paid attention
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 January 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
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.
― early rejecter, Monday, 29 January 2018 17:59 (six years ago) link
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
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
lol
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 January 2018 20:15 (six years ago) link
haha i know i was just making a sad dad joek :)
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0003/858/MI0003858538.jpg
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 January 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
is that blackshaw?
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
JimO
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/Article_Width/1505/news-15-05-orourke.jpg
― flappy bird, Monday, 29 January 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
oh duh yeah
― bhad and bhabie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 January 2018 20:31 (six years ago) link
Love this album. Hits the spot.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 February 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
man i basically forgot about these guys and this new album is a fuckin' lovely hit of sunshine
― alpine static, Monday, 12 February 2018 04:52 (six years ago) link
amazing album, cover art is too next level for me though
― the late great, Monday, 12 February 2018 05:05 (six years ago) link
knife piercing free-standing piece of swiss cheese on a 2x4 is my level
― flopson, Monday, 12 February 2018 05:20 (six years ago) link
I love this record.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 February 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link
Stuck in the Changer is so great, didn't realise how much I needed a vulnerable noise record right now.
― devvvine, Wednesday, 14 February 2018 12:01 (six years ago) link
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.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
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.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
going to see them tomorrow
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
Same! Haven't seen them since they opened for Pavement.
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 01:53 (six years ago) link
report back!
― campreverb, Wednesday, 25 April 2018 03:33 (six years ago) link
Reporting back: great band still great. I don't know how Dean Spunt does it.
― geoffreyess, Thursday, 26 April 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
going through nouns again as i love it as a start of summer album
"cappo" is so good driving in a hot car
― nxd, Thursday, 10 May 2018 10:08 (six years ago) link
yeah that song rules, i always get the first line stuck in my head, "it's our duty to"
― flappy bird, Thursday, 10 May 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link