NO AGE - Losing Feeling

"Losing Feeling" is the title track from the new No Age ep, written and recorded in Los Angeles. The new video is a mesmerizing clip wherein the duo evolve from mice. Not sure what that's supposed to mean, but it sure looks awesome.

Losing Feeling is available now through SubPop.

HOLY FUCK - Lovely Allen (No Age remix)

This remix is pretty old by now, but Holy Fuck just got around to making a video for the tripped out track. Using footage from a live show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn, this hallucinatory clip was shot by Yoonha Park. While more subdued than the original, I really like the stark contrast of the No Age version.



Bonus:

Holy Fuck - Jungles (mp3)

NO AGE Make Noise at South Street Seaport TELEPATHE, ABE VIGODA Also Played

No Age left the riotous crowd begging for more at their free South Street Seaport show on Friday night, but were forced to cut the set short by the event's promoter. By the second half of the set, security had to give everything they had to contain the kids from breaking through the crowd barrier at the front of the stage. It was quite a sight to witness at a safe distance. Though the vocals were mixed a bit too low, the set built momentum as it carried along.


I thought Telepathe were kind of interesting, though they're warm-up set for No Age has created quite an onslaught of negative comments over at Brooklyn Vegan. These guys remind me of a mellower Letigre, minus Kathleen Hanna's growl.


Abe Vigoda kicked off the show. They sounded tight, but their music just isn't for me. They're kind of like this year's answer to Tokyo Police Club.

-all photos by Scot Bowman

NO AGE Tonight at South Street Seaport, w/ ABE VIGODA and TELEPATHE

No Age are playing a free show tonight at Southstreet Seaport, with Abe Vigoda and Telepathe. When I saw No Age last year at the Bowery Ballroom/CMJ show they absolutely rocked. And with a recent surge in popularity, their show tonight should be a must-see. LA tropical punk band Abe Vigoda and Brooklyn's experimental synth-noise trio Telepathe are also well worth checking out so get there early! The show starts at 7:00.

No Age - Eraser (music video)

NO AGE - 'Impossible Bouquet'

No Age, the awesome experimental band from Los Angeles, have a semi-official new video for the track "Impossible Bouquet", taken from their new album Nouns. The album is f***ing great. If you haven't checked it out yet, I urge you to do so now!

The video is really trippy/dreamy, featuring a slow-motion, double image of a white horse. Subtle, yet rather beautiful.


No Age - Impossible Bouquet from elephant parade. on Vimeo.

FREE SUMMER SHOWS NYC - River to River

The best part of living in New York during the summer is all the amazing free shows. The annual River to River Festival just announced their lineup:

Wire, Ulrich Schnauss, A Place to Bury Strangers, Sonic Youth, St. Vincent, No Age, Ted Leo, Mary Weiss (Shangri-La's), Atlas Sound, Akron/Family, Dirty Projectors and more.

I'm most excited about Wire, No Age, and Atlas Sound, but the experience of the festival is also a great part of a sultry, summer Manhattan day. Most of the shows are free at Southstreet Seaport. Sonic Youth is at Battery Park on July 4th and the tickets are free, but require getting tickets at rivertorivernyc.com (not sure exactly when they become available).

More on Free Summer Shows NYC soon...

CMJ Report: No Age

No Age took the Bowery Ballroom by storm last night, demanding attention and damn well getting it. With just two guys, one on drums, vocals, and sampler, and the other on electric guitar, these guys rocked the living daylights out of the crowd. Wow! Like my friend Tatiana said, "If these guys stay together for another five years, they'll be huge!"

This was a balls-to-the-wall punk extravaganza, complete with chaotic moshing in the crowd, guitar legend leaps from towering amplifiers, and a final song that sounded like the last three minutes of a feedback-laden finale to a concert ala 1970 by say, The Who. These guys fucking rock!


I have to admit that, at times, I was a bit distracted, as Dan Deacon was right behind me, setting up his equipment and in the process starting a fire and electrocuting himself, but more about that later.

At one point near the end, the guitarist pulled many of the young moshers onto the stage, for an all-out frenetic dance-punk off, that had the place combusting. Those lucky young bastards - particularly the blonde guy who ended up with the guitar and was lifted into the heavens, ad-libbing a dramatic solo; his face literally beaming with excitement at his fifteen minutes of fame. Hell yeah.


Purchase the new album "Weirdo Rippers" here.

-All photos by Scot Bowman

WHITE WILLIAMS - "Smoke"

Joe Williams, aka WHITE WILLIAMS is about to blow up huge. After touring with DAN DEACON and GIRL TALK for the latter part of the summer, he has gained quite the momentum via the blogosphere as he prepares to release his debut album "Smoke" on November 6th. And the fun doesn't stop there, as he will join BATTLES for five dates in the days following the album's release. If that weren't enough to get some hype brewing, White Williams will also be on hand for the CMJ Music Marathon, sharing a bill with DEERHUNTER, Dan Deacon, NO AGE, and PONYTAIL on October 17th at the Bowery Ballroom, and yes...I will certainly be there.

The first single from "Smoke" is the infectious 'New Violence', which is now available in digital form on iTunes.


STREAM - White Williams - New Violence



Smoke tracklist:

01 Headlines
02 In the Club
03 New Violence
04 Going Down
05 Smoke
06 The Shadow
07 Danger
08 I Want Candy
09 Fleetwood Crack
10 Route to Palm
11 Lice in the Rainbow