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
Hmm... going to see Jay Reatard, No Age, and Mika Miko at the Smell tonite... is this guy gonna be there?
― 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
This is an important question.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 15 January 2009 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Help celebrate Worldwide Hipster Day with No Age!
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Thursday, 15 January 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i am not nor ever have been a hipster, thanks.
― billstevejim, Friday, 16 January 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― redmond, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
don't they play some of their shit in the movie and it's like balls breakbeat electronica?
― Women can be captains too, you know? (jim), Friday, 16 January 2009 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― redmond, Friday, 16 January 2009 02:16 (fifteen years ago) link
by the way that sounds great
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 16 January 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
the skater kids' music in High Fidelity is Royal Trux
― chemosabe (latebloomer), Friday, 16 January 2009 06:00 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Friday, 16 January 2009 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Other cover on the Eraser b-side is Don't Stand Still by Nate Denver's Neck. Is great.
― Calling All Creeps! (contenderizer), Friday, 16 January 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c425/c425130w4io.jpgFound this at the radio station a couple of weeks ago.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Unfortunately I don't really want to listen to it or this band.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 16 January 2009 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Zeno, Thursday, 6 August 2009 01:48 (fifteen years ago) link
did not know abt this, thanks for the heads up.
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Thursday, 6 August 2009 01:50 (fifteen years ago) link
also,Randall voice sounds fragile, more emotional - the first song is kinda sad.
― Zeno, Thursday, 6 August 2009 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
where can i hear?
― billstevejim, Thursday, 6 August 2009 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
It's streaming, hang on...
― kshighway, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/36128-hear-the-new-no-age-ep-in-its-entirety/
― kshighway, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
worrrrrrrrrrrrd
― billstevejim, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
You need to sign up for a Sub Pop account a shit, although I think it's free. NB I haven't tried to sign up or listen to the stream yet.
― kshighway, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
*and shit
― kshighway, Thursday, 6 August 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
these guys are still just ok.
the "japanther is better" thing is funny and backs my sentiment as they were always just sort of ok as well but had the hype.
this all just makes me think of the locust. as in hype.
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 6 August 2009 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link