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I wonder if Pitchfork ratings have a more significant effect on hype machine blog buzz, or on album sales.
How did NO AGE trick the world into being a critically acclaimed band? They are apparently a lofi punk band, and even had coverage with a bunch of other bands (such as Times New Viking,and Jay Reatard) on MTV.
Feel free to sample 8 seconds of this song before turning it off.
Is NO AGE even a good lofi band?
There needs to be some sort of committee that makes sure music like this stays in the suburban garages of parents whose kids dropped out of highschool before they move to NYC/LA. I just think we shouldn't really honor genres like this, particularly when atleast 50% of the blurbability has to do with 'how it sounds like stuff from the past, back when things were authentic.' When band blurbs are focused on tying the sound down to an era, I think it crowds out the demand to actually appreciate the music, and can really detour people from confessing that the product isn't very bloggable.
I've read that No Age is supposed to remind me of Sonic Youth. Is that true?
Here's a video for the hilarious MTV segment about 'the new lofi punk genre that every1 needs to hear.'
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Do you trust John Norris as a tastemaker?
Remember when Gideon Yago tried to replace John Norris as the VJ who was 'young, cool, and indie', but then John Norris just got 10 makeovers in a row?
ALTERNATE NO AGE THEORY: Is No Age kind of like Health, except without any remixes to make me buy into them?
More Realistic Theory: 'lofi punk music' is a pyramid scheme (or inside joke) for people who honor traditional musical criticism too much.
Did u ever listen to punk?
<3 <3 Or was Taking Back Sunday as punk as you got? <3 <3
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I hate poverty. yuck.
Yeah No Age was getting soooo much hype, so I thought I'd check it out to see if it was worth the hype because, y'know, 2.6% of the time things are worth the hype (can we have some sort of graph to depict this?). But then I listened to it and my brain started leaking out my ears. I guess some people are into brain liquification? Is that like, totally hip now or something?
who cares? why arent u blogging about Justice? why have u not mentioned their new vid for Stress?
i can't believe jay reatard is getting passed off as a newish thing to check out. i've been listening to the reatards for years.
best post you had in a while
and Pitchfork had the fcking GALL not to mention you in their 'Nude' remix feature. fck those old-ass d-bags. long live Carles!
high quality posting like this can only come from a fully supported indie blggr. carles, do you have a trust fund? can we spend it on candy and sparks and video games?and limited edition tees?
there is some good fodder for discussion on cobra snake today.http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/aokihawaii/images/IMG_0944.jpghttp://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/aokihawaii/IMG_0798.htmland wtf is this!!http://thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/aokihawaii/images/IMG_0996.jpg
i like it when carles gets at the ~*universal truths~**.
"My lifes alright without you.... NOT"-Riley
HAHAHA yeaaaaaah!!!!!!!
I totally agree, vaguely remembering the name I looked it up on eMusic and saw that it was the only one of eMusic's top 10 for 2007 that I didn't want to download (after listening to the samples of course).Yes, I listen(ed) to punk, but I think lofi is a scam. You shouldn't have to MAKE it sound lofi if you're punk (not that hard if you're just indie either). Why is it that crappy bands have to emulate the worst tendencies (taken out of the band's context) of good bands like SY and Billy Childish?
@Anonymous,
A scam? Or maybe they enjoy the sound? Brian Wilson went out of his way to make the reeverbd, noisey sound of the Beach Boys, why can't Ariel Pink or Stevie Moore?
HRi know you may have never listened to "punk" but it was kinda influential on every rock band of the 80s 90s and today (AKA all the bands we listen to)if you don't love music, don't blog about itif you don't get "lo-fi", got to Best Buybtw the song's good dummy
if you don't get "lo-fi", got to Best Buy
i have my trusty perfectly worn-out ramones & the clash shirts...if you want something like No Age, but better and less annoying, listen to Eastside WA bands. (Lookup "issaquah" tag on last.fm)
I'd rather listen to TBS than No Age. At least TBS can be unapologetic guilty pleasure fun. No Age is just... uninspiring and forced. I tried listening to them multiple times, multiple listens.Didn't feel anything.It's not that their bad... you just listen and think "tell me something I don't know"
@thepassingstatic,
"tell me something I don't know": you don't experience that with Taking Back Sunday? What music DO you like, if you only want to hear things you don't know. And, do you re-listen to music, or do you only experience the new because somehow that's worth more.
no age sucks but so does this trendy electro crap like justice, health, heartsrevolution, crystal castles...and all those shitty remixes of said 'bands'
i had a huge boner for gideon yagonot gonna lie
look at me, i have an opinion
you have narrow tastes. thats okay, but you probably shouldn't be writing about music
GAY
GAYEST
complete shit imo
CMMNTRS on HRO: fun and games until it's your favorite musician, then it's CARLES YOU FUCKER, UR MUSIC TASTEZ SUKK!
~*AuThEnTiCiTy*~
i think hpstr rnff is experiencing a new wave of cmmntrs, its been like a week since the last one.
NO AGE SUXXXXXXXXXXXXX
'you have narrow tastes. thats okay, but you probably shouldn't be writing about music'would you rather everything be praised?
GAYESTER
it's the vampire weekend story all over again
can we hear what you think about MYAnMar? cyclones are sexxxxy.
i listened to blink 182still do as it happens...very lonely
You people bashing HRO should be thankful you even have the opportunity to. There is no discourse on PFork - it's completely a one way street, no option to post comments or leave feedback outside of that joke they call a "readers poll", no letters to the editor, etc. They've wrapped themselves in an indestructible cloak of smuggy self assurance that no one will be calling them "a fggt" in the comments section because they ripped apart Does It Offend You Yeah. And people wonder why they have such an impact on hyping music...Silence is compliance, yall.
anon above learned something after -watching- V for Vendetta 2 years agohe owns it on DVD now, and it refreshed his mind
word.
so No Age is the best thing since HEALTH or possibly the Crystal Castles, never the less it's a nice change from the the onslaught of those bands. Nevertheless more aoki and more justice. plz.
What would we do without Pitchfork? Really.
the most bullshit review on pitchfork is the one they made on I Get Wet by Andrew W.K from 2002. they gave it a 0,6. !??!?thats the most 10 out of 10 record i know! there is NOTHING wrong with it.http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/14947-i-get-wetP
they gave I Get Wet 0,6 and Reality Check by The Teenagers 6,9? I Get Wet is so much better!!! what is wrong with pitchfork?(and i like the teenagers a lot)P
What would we talk about if not for Pitchfork?
Guyz is Daft Punk considered punk!!11?:'(
I love HRO, but i dont come here to listen to [HGHLY RECD] mp3's. Maybe not a 9.2, but defiantly better than the shit you post carles. Your theories lack substance. Its interesting to see people who haven't experienced much punk attempt to analyse it. You epitomise the ignorant mainstreamer who believes that alternative culture is just wankers trying to be arty or sophisticated.Still, on some level, i do enjoy your music posts. So controversial.
no age is a bunch of boring over-hyped bullshit, i'd take some TBS over them any day.
I think everyone who likes lo-fi is just lying to themselves
has anyone commented about john norris's crazy teeth?
the problem with this idea is no age would still be no age no matter what p4k said or how hghlyrcmdnd metacritic/hypemachine say and wud still soundz the same. whereas some of the bands hro blogz about only exist because of and to feed blogz. and i like lifelike cuz of the same thing.
Get the fuck over yourself, Carles.
You: "When band blurbs are focused on tying the sound down to an era, I think it crowds out the demand to actually appreciate the music, and can really detour people from confessing that the product isn’t very bloggable."
Aren't blogs a recent development? Is that not a time constraint? Fuck you if you think music is only valuable if "bloggable."
No Age aren't trying to be whatever the hell "lofi punk" is, as you so adamantly define it, it's a COLLECTION of EXACTLY as you described it: their garage and schiavo recordings. And it is fucking great. The first track off of that album is glorious.
I don't even like No Age that much. But you made not a single specific point against No Age in your blog post. Instead, you blabbered on about your inability to fathom something and then joked. You should not be blogging. I am just posting, who gives a fuck what I say, but you're the blogger, you're delivering, you have responsibilities: and ya blew it.
And fuck your definition of "Real punk." Aren't you so cool you got past your taking back sunday days and are now afraid of no age! Sonic Youth sounds A FUCKING LOT like No Age, it's dirty and it's feedbacky and it's raw. All you people do is bitch about Pitchfork because you're the same damn "superconscious" (mocking your ownself) who reads the damn website. Pitchfork is just another reviewing website: leave them the fuck alone. They blow, I agree, I've never read a review I agree with on that website. But you're no better than them. In fact you're worthless
What do you find so horrible about No Age? You act like you are so much better than Pitchfork, but at least they talk about the music. Instead you fall entirely into the Pitchfork mentality that you fake to loathe and blabber on about era and scene contexts: "oh lol do you trust THAT guy to recommend music cuz i'm so much more worthwhile? oh yeah pitchfork focuses on time too much to make the music bloggable, which isn't really a era-specific thing anyways lol"
Basically WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT NO AGE? Just that they're "lo-fi punk," (not sure what that's supposed to mean, as if Bonnie Prince Billy wasn't associated with Slint, as if Lo-fi isn't entirely punk), that apparently we should listen for 8 seconds and turn it off without any reason as to why, and ummm No Age didn't drop out. You're one of the worst bloggers I've come across.
@Jake, BLOWIN KISSEZ TO THA HATERZ
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