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Fennesz / Dafeldecker / Brandlmayr - Till the Old World's Blown Up and a New One Is Created

Fuck me this is boring.

I do wish people would stop labelling boring generic ambient shit as 'experimental'
This is no more experimental than eating a ton of beans and discovering if a fart comes out of your arse.

I was so comatose after a couple of 'songs' I had to listen to some simple 3 chord garage rock as an antidote to this pretentious claptrap.

And naturally the opening track is 35 minutes long.

Tossers.

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Cruelblackdove - Dirt & Heat E.P.

Starts off with a promising opening track and then descends into breathy jangly indie cliche hell.

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No Age - Nouns

I have to say listening to this has been a really hollow experience.

Basically everybody has heard this album already. If you heard it in 2000/2001 it was probably dripping in Beatles & Beach Boys like harmonies & melodies. If you heard it in 2003 it was probably a dance punk album. If you heard it in 2005 it was probably a folk album. If you heard it in 2007 is was probably a Nu-Rave album. In short this isn't a music album, It's a soundtrack to a trend and the music on it is secondary.

Now there's nothing wrong with that. I'm all for making statements over musical content, but where are they on here?
This album has nothing to say, I get the impression that this album was made by a bunch of spoilt middle class kids that somehow lucked themselves a record deal and now they're desperately clinging on to the latest bandwagon in an attempt to divert attention from their total lack of originality & talent.

That's not to say the album is bad, I mean how can it be bad. They've not even attempted to do anything original to get wrong. This album is about every safe cliché done safely, which in the end means a pleasant nice safe album which bores you to death once you've heard it 3 or 4 times. But then I get the impression that was what they were aiming for anyway. We all know that No Age are one of those bands who are just around to make a bit of noise before their well-off parents finally lose their patience with them attempting to be 'artists' and find them some corporate job in middle management.

Don't think for one second you'll be remembering this album in years to come.

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Have you heard Wavves yet? I think that would describe Wavves more so than No Age.

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I've been doing my best not to

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Gone Sugaring

I dare you to listen. The only reason I ask is because of what you said about a spoilt middle class kid who lucks himself into a record deal is exactly what happened to Wavves.

I think My Bloody Valentine is the "influence" thrown around more often.

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Sneer

Wavves have more songs in their locker than No Age. The thing with Nouns for me, it's highlights are great, there are 2 or 3 songs on it that i repeatedly listen to, then theres some 'experimental' noise interludes which go along ok, nothing too offensive. THEN, there is the rest of the album that i just skip.

In comparison, the album Wavvves is, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, brimming with infectiously good pop songs. He may be a tosser, but he knows how to write a tune.

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No Age - Nouns (Supplimental)

I think on reflection I may have been way to easy on this album yesterday.
I was trying to rack my brains to think of an analogy to explain just what I feel about this band. To me they are the indie Sugarbabes or the indie Atomic Kitten.
You know how you get these girls who when they are growing up want to be in pop bands. Singing in front of mirrors with hairbrushes to ABBA songs. They don't really have any interest in music they just want to do that. Well that's No Age , there's no difference. They're not artists, they're just posers with guitars.

Just like one of those pop singers will rattle off the same old names when talking about the pop they grew up on, you just know that No Age would do exactly the same thing if asked. Where as with the pop stars you'll get Jackson , Madonna , ABBA ....and so on. You just know that No Age would do exactly the same... VU , Psychocandy , Slanted & Enchanted .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Every safe indie cliche basically which is what their album is.

So the next time you're picking up an album from the latest trend just imagine that you're buying an Atomic Kitten album instead, I mean you may as well be.

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I can't say I agree with you at all and that's perfectly fine. To me, No Age are one of the most genuine bands I've heard lately that play music they are passionate about. Go on and tell me I'm just buying into the trend or whatever but I'm going to be listening to Nouns for years to come.

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There's nothing wrong with buying into a trend if thats what makes you happy.

As trends go I just think it's an extremely boring one. I mean how many more times do the 80s need to get raided this decade?

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