HIPSTER RUNOFF

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