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
― alpine static, Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:52 PM (nine months ago)
― j., Wednesday, 21 November 2018 07:21 (five years ago) link
i still think it's one of 2018's most underrated great albums. i see literally no one nowhere talking about it.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
definitely one of my top albums this year.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
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).
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
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.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
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).
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Snares is their best since Nouns. Top 5 of the year. I think I like it better than Everything In Between.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
this is lame but i didn't listen to it earlier this year because it wasn't on spotifylame but true for me too
glad to see it's there now!
it would seem that their style/genre is... not really in vogue
― niels, Thursday, 22 November 2018 11:00 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Wednesday, November 21, 2018 1:31 PM (two months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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.
― Evan, Monday, 28 January 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
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!
― Evan, Monday, 28 January 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
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
― flappy bird, Monday, 28 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
whew i was worried they had an apartment building too
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:39 (five years ago) link
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Monday, 28 January 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
New song streaming now and album due in June: https://www.stereogum.com/2074375/no-age-turned-to-string/music/
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
love it
― nxd, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 08:30 (four years ago) link