Comments on SP20 by Charlie the Blacklight Kid

wow, I was wondering where all the old fat white dudes were this weekend...

the p-i should hire charlie to take over their godawful "earcandy" blog.

ah charlie, you hit the nail on the head with No Age. leave it to the young 'uns to point out that the emperor wears no clothes.

I will say that id rather see No Age in a basement somewhere. However, No Age was definitely in the top 5 this weekend..
Combine the music and attitude and No Age is no doubt one of the few great things in music today!!!

Actually No Age was in the top 1 of the worst bands at the Festival. The singer was off-key for the entire set and the guitarist could only play 2-3 chords. Bo-ring. Sub Pop sure is building a mystery about why they signed these dudes.

SUBPOP: 3 years of mediocre music and 17 years of milking the nostalgia machine

You can't write "mellow melodies" no matter how old you are. Sorry, it's just a rule.

Actually, No Age were not worse than The Fluid.

What I appreciated about No Age was the polarity. They were the closest thing SP20 had to their Half Japanese -- although I think Half Japanese themselves would have been far more amazing (respect to No Age, but yeah I'm a Jad Fair fan.)

@ 7,

What about "percussive jolts thudding into your body", "convulsive beats", "cowbell frenzy", "filth of sound", and "hypnotic broken indie" ?

Can you write those?

but what about the sun? did the sun have a jam of its own?
Tante

Actually @2, the Stranger should hire Charlie to take over their godawful "Lineout" blog. The sooner the better.

Obama / Charlie

wow. charlie managed to sum up everything i feel about no age. thank you young one.

Jesus! This looks like every show I have ever been to in Seattle. What the fuck is wrong with you people?