MIKO MIKA (USA, Kill Rock Stars) / NO AGE (USA, Fat Cat) Irish Tour (2 Viewers)

[skinny wolves]

MIKA MIKO / NO AGE IRISH TOUR
JUNE 2007
Full Details coming soon...


MIKA MIKO

Mika Miko is an underground youth punk / noise band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, featuring Jennifer Clavin, Jenna Thornhill, Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin and Kate Hall. Pounding their way through interesting, fast, pop songs that recall Black Flag, X-Ray Spex, The Slits or The Germs with a fresh flare of anxiousness, they've gained a rabid local following for their frenetic live performances which emulate being at a party and often take place at parties. After several self-releases and an eponymous 7" for NO AGE's Post Present Medium imprint, Mika Miko put out their first full-length 'C.Y.S.L.A.B.F' in the summer of 2006 - a joint release by PPM, Kill Rock Stars and Deleted Art. Entrenched in LA's DIY scene, the band volunteer at legendary all-ages club The Smell.
www.myspace.com/mikamiko | www.mikamiko.tk |

Capricornations


NO AGE

NO AGE is Randy Randall and Dean Spunt - two heavyweights from the LA punk / skate / art underworld, who previously performed as two thirds of that post-hardcore DIY machine, WIVES. A crashing collision of sweetly shouted ditties, ecstatic crunch feedback and violent bouts of percussion, the NO AGE sound is abound with pop songs fighting to break through a mist of white fuzz. 'Get Hurt' - a debut six song, 12" EP - will be released by Upset The Rhythm in March 2007. No Age have also just signed to FAT CAT Records
www.myspace.com/nonoage | www.thesmell.org/ppm |

Get Hurt

 

[Gambra]

Fucking amazing.. What cities they hitting?

 

[zebra heart attack]

i missed mika miko by about two months in denver. now i miss them again. !bog

their album is top notch indeed! this will definitely be fun.

 

[tin robots]

yes!! big love to skinny wolves!!

 

[skinny wolves]

YES!!!

This IS going to be amazing...

In disappointing news though, the BARR tour we were planning for the end of April has had to be cancelled. Too bad, as he was bringing a full band, including the drummer from Storm & Stress/ Talibam!

anyways, MIKA MIKO / NO AGE
2 dates only at the moment
Dublin and Cork or Belfast...

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Mika Miko-fuck yes!!!!

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

Great! Met Jessie who plays teh bass in Mika Miko in Cork just a few days ago and she told about the tour but didn't know about Ireland yet.

 

[the departed]

Mika-fuck yes!!!!

 

[jillface]

deadly. nice one skinners.

 

[skinny wolves]

Great! Met Jessie who plays teh bass in Mika Miko in Cork just a few days ago and she told about the tour but didn't know about Ireland yet.

really? what was she up to?

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

really? what was she up to?

eating tripe and drisheen no doubt, followed by a sup of beamish

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

really? what was she up to?

insulting the holy trinity, playing non-GAA sports, abortion, foreign stouts...

ah no, she was just travelling around ireland for a week or so

 

[Jim A. Morrish]

Dublin and Cork or Belfast...

any news on which?

 

[zebra heart attack]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ9GXY6oB8E[/media]

 

[skinny wolves]

DUBLIN
Monday 25th June
Boom Boom Room

BELFAST
Tuesday 26th June
The Pavillion

Check out NO AGE here http://liveroom.tv/en-gb/#20070517

No Age
They're from L.A. It's these dudes who used to be in a band called Wives, which is a hardcore band. And if there's one thing I really hate, it's hardcore. I'm totally not into that kind of music. But I always liked Wives, because they did it with a certain sense of humor that I liked. What they're doing now is a duo-- Wives were a three-piece-- and they're really interesting. I'd say it's in the realm of ambient garage rock. It's got pop melodies and structure; it's not just experimental equipment-based music. I think they use drones and tape loops in a way that works really well with more conventional songs.

says Deerhunter singer Bradford Cox on Pitchfork

New LP on Fat Cat soon

No Age
Weirdo Rippers

Two young heavyweights from the LA Skate / Art / Punk underworld, No Age are comprised of Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, a super-talented noise pop two piece, who until 12th March this year had released no recorded output whatsoever. That changed when they decided to release five ltd. vinyl only releases on a variety of DIY indie labels across the globe on the same day (namely UTR, Deleted Art, Teardrops, Youth Attack, and Dean’s own PPM label), and their debut LP release, ‘Weirdo Rippers’, is a collection of recorded highlights taken from the aforementioned releases. Made available on CD for the first time, and serving as a concise introduction to the bands sound, the tracklist nevertheless follows a narrative of its own, with the songs traversing a wealth of sonic territory, and lending themselves to an album that clearly stands up in it’s own right.

Formed from the ashes of the fondly remembered Wives, No Age purvey a stripped, essential, life-affirming skewed take on pop delivered via a clearly defined punk rock aesthetic, taking in noise, energy and melody in equal measure. Reminiscent at various junctures of the likes of early Black Dice, The Ramones, and/or My Bloody Valentine, ‘Weirdo Rippers’ documents a fast developing band hitting their stride. Harnessing an explosive dynamic tension, No Age’s music is prone to switch from syncopated punk-rock squalls to melodic, transient flashes of colour, or conversely, a pop song might spontaneously cut through the noise. On some basic, fundamental level, No Age simply don’t behave quite how you expect them to – they are their own band, full of their own conviction, and following their own trajectory.

Playing their first proper show at The Smell, LA, in April 2006, the band have continued Wives tradition of incendiary live shows, playing as frequently as possible, expounding a visceral energy on an equal footing with their recorded output, via guitar, drums, vocals and a minimal amount of effects. No Age’s music is deceptively simple in it’s construction, yet thoroughly compelling. Raw, considered and skilfully arranged, these eleven tracks are overflowing with ideas, ambition and intent.

Both Randy and Dean are also involved in a curatorial, social, and artistic sense with the aforementioned The Smell, an all ages space dedicated to underground music and art. Citing The Smell as seminal and inspirational to many, and at least partially responsible for the existence of both their bands to date, it’s a mutually supportive grass roots space reflecting No Age’s DIY ethic. It is this building that features on the front cover of the album. The band also make video, performance and visual art under the name No Age and by themselves, and recently curated the ‘Get Hurt’ exhibition in LA, featuring works by Devendra Banhart, Rich Jacobs, Ron Rege Jr., Matthew Thurber, Susan CianCiolo, and Ashley Macomber to name a few.

 

[skinny wolves]

New NO AGE CD out this weekend on Fat Cat Records

Its unreal!

Also, they just recently released all these, if you wanna track them down...

6 song 12" on Upset the Rhythm ("Get Hurt")
2 song 7" on Post Present Medium
3 song 7" on Youth Attack
4 song 12" on Deleted Art
4 song 12" on Teenage Teardrops

Viva La Vinyl!!!

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Check out the Kill Rock Stars Video Podcast which features MIKA MIKO interviews and video's here

http://krs5rc.com/podcast/?p=28

 

[Charlie Bucket]

New NO AGE CD out this weekend on Fat Cat Records

Its unreal!

Also, they just recently released all these, if you wanna track them down...

6 song 12" on Upset the Rhythm ("Get Hurt")
2 song 7" on Post Present Medium
3 song 7" on Youth Attack
4 song 12" on Deleted Art
4 song 12" on Teenage Teardrops

Viva La Vinyl!!!

No Age Are pretty cool alright.|..|the FatCat album collects most of the vinyl on cd doesn't it?

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

i'm excited about this.

 

[skinny wolves]

No Age Are pretty cool alright.|..|the FatCat album collects most of the vinyl on cd doesn't it?

yeah, thats right.

if you get all 5 records and turn them on their back, they spell NO AGE

The 'o' . Deleted Art record is missing from this photo though...

Download 'Neck Escaper' From the 'Get Hurt' 12" on Upset the Rhythm here

 

[skinny wolves]

I just somewhere that NO AGE signed to Sub Pop?!?!