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Summer in a college town is a unique thing. Half of the season, the streets are empty, with a sense of a community or some other motivational poster bullshit. The other half is filled with what can be best described as working tourists, usually students and professionals who gather around the campus for random conferences, and larger events like student orientation. Student orientation at a large state university such as Virginia Tech is vital. It can make or break wha... MORE
I'm still in the middle of gathering all the half year lists of 2008! A list of the best albums of 2008 so far according to all Moggers. If you haven't voted yet, go to this thread: http://mog.com/SA/blog_post/169238 and post your top 10 albums of 2008 so far. You still have until next Wednesday! Now, my nr. 4: Band: No Age Album: Nouns Best Track: Eraser Best Line: Jump on the tube/Just to see you! In Words: Noise... Pedals... Instrumental wall Okay, I will adm... MORE
Sub Pop is giving away a No Age mp3 called "Eraser" in support of the upcoming album Nouns and damn, it's a good one.
My friend Mairead Case put every single one of No Age's songs from their last album on her Idolator Singles Ballot (then, inexplicably, declined to list the album itself on the albums list). I thought it was pretty funny at the time, but now I think maybe she was right.
I'm struggling a bit with No Age's _Weirdo Rippers_. Struggling because - while I think it's aesthetically bold, interesting, new, clever and challenging - I don't actually much enjoy _listening_ to it. Extremes of contrast There's so much I appreciate - conceptually - about this record. The way the energetic, primitively direct riff of opener 'Every Artist Needs a Tragedy' only kicks in two thirds of the way into a song hitherto meandering and awash with fluttering ... MORE
I friggen love this video. At first I didn't think much of it but by the end, it was clear to me that the only way this song could've been captured in music video form is like this.
This track is pre-released for their eminent album sales opportunity.
"My Life's Alright Without You" (mp3)
from "Weirdo Rippers"
by No Age
(Fat Cat Records)
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from "Weirdo Rippers"
by No Age
(Fat Cat Records)
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