Us at Ghost Hunters Club on Long Island (artsy fartsy)
More fartsy than artsyagain at GHC, LI
STEVE-Guitar/Vocals/Bass/Feedback
KEVIN-Bass/Vocals/Noise/Drums/ Electric Toothbrush
BOBBY-Keys/Vocals/Flute/Drums/ Guardrail
BRIAN-Drums/Vocals/Guardrail/Bass/Jaw Harp
Influences
Fugazi, Sonic Youth, The Clash, Tom Waits, The Buzzcocks, The Minutemen, X, Talking Heads, Mission of Burma,The Vibration, Orthrelm, Dead Kennedys, The Beatles, Blonde Redhead, The Drinkers Themseleves, Dead Milkmen, My Way My Love, Motion Picture Cutouts, Jeff Lewis, The Pogues, Pat Macom, Nick Cave(and the Bad Seeds), Beethoven, The Banned, Bikini Kill, Kraftwerk, Skeletonbreath, Kimya Dawson, Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, The Slits, Fiasco, The Ramones, Old Table, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Beck, Bjork, The Misfits, General Miggs, Deerhoof, Pearl Jam, Paper Tiger, Against Me!, Accede Demur, The Pixies, Quixotic, The Genuine Imitations, Jason Anderson, Rancid, Blue Velvet, Secret Slopes, Wrangler Brutes, The Raincoats, Cool Sunshine, Stravinsky, Johnny Cash, Weezer, Aloke, Squeeze, Kid Cassanova, John Fahey, Gang of Four, Phil Elverum/ Microphones/ Mount Eerie, Will Oldham/ Bonnie 'Prince Billy/ Palace etc., Twofold Truth, The Who, Minor Threat, Karl Blau, Mirah, Soundgarden, O'Death, manualist Gerry Phillips, Emily(n) Brodsky, Television, Eleni Mendell, Aeon Yahweh, Elvis Costello(and The Attractions), The Sex Pistols, The Malarkies, XTC, Darb Modnoc, The Blood Brothers, David Bowie, Bert In Mongolia, Glenn Branca, Janis Joplin, Scott Joplin, Vince Guaraldi, Medications, Men Who Lunch, Men Who Brunch, The Evens, Icy Spicy Leoncie, Aaron Maine and the Riley Brothers, Juan Garcia Esquivel, John Philip Sousa, Wack, Some Tasty Donuts, Captured! By Robots, Kung-Fu Bastards, Wesley Willis, Moog Bolero.
Sounds Like
Like a garbage truck... dropped off the Empire State building! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
We are the four Yankou brothers. We grew up in Hawthorne, NY in Westchester County but now three of us live in the Bronx. We've been making music for over seven years. Our second full lenght album is now out on Tapeworm Records. You can buy it below. Go to our website: www.noats.com Get our debut album free at www.freeindie.com or buy the real thing below.
For booking or whatever else: Brian's new cell phone number is (914) 564-2764 and his new e-mail address is brianyankou@gmail.com.
Reviews of No One and the Somebodies shows:
“Imagine a punk band and an indie-rock band engaged in an Ultimate Fighting-esque tournament, and you’ll come close to the sound of New York’s No One and the Somebodies. Loud and quasi-chaotic, the four played an impassioned set…
…NOatS songs came across as completed entities that had been smashed about a bit, and often they ended in noisy chaos.”
-Meghann Wilhoite - www.megwilhoite.com
“No One and the Somebodies has long had the most aggressive urinal-stickering campaign of any NYC band... Its lo-fi art pop crackles with zany fervor.”
-Time Out New York
"...one of Westchester's most forward thinking experimental bands...”
-Christopher Vaughan - The Purchase Independent
“Their set was a manic rollick between hoarse garage-rock, frantic punk and bouncing indie-pop...
…Attendees were witnesses to bizarre waltzes, twinkling-like music boxes with flute and keyboards, and the extensive use of a piece of guard rail (that’s right, an actual guard rail) as percussion and general noisemaker.”
-Tim McNulty – Binghamton Pipe Dream
About "Suspicious Package" (TPW 003):
No One and the Somebodies - Suspicious Package
I've been waiting for this album for what seems like forever now, and now that it's finally here, it's better than I ever could have imagined. Suspicious Package is downright epic. NOATS have matured tremendously since their first album, 2004's Pretend You're Out of Control - musically, lyrically, and conceptually. I say conceptually because although I'd hesitate to call this a concept album, it comes damn close. The politics evident on 2004 songs like "Riot on the Verizon" and "Smash the MTA" have bloomed into passionate, cathartic calls of desperation and hope (and to action). Themes and motifs of the "culture of fear" run throughout the album. But the politics don't weigh down the music, which itself shows a maturity, skill level, and interplay between band members that surpasses their older material. Much of the songs move away from the pop song structure, preferring instead to build and evolve, some reaching in excess of ten minutes. And the band throws everything into those songs - in terms of emotion and sincerity, but also in terms of musical ground. NOATS have always been open to experimentation and eclecticism (a guardrail features prominently as an instrument in more than one song), but Suspicious Package elevates this to a new level, and with tremendous success. There's noise freakouts, rattling cacophonies of percussion, jittery dancey bits, tinges of post-rock, screams, shouts, whispers, and a song with a flute called, well, "Flute." But not once does the album feel drawn out or overblown. The whole thing is immediate, urgent, and heartfelt. And despite perhaps having moved beyond the narrow set of parameters that define "punk rock," in spirit and sheer energy alone, No One and the Somebodies are still "punk as fuck."
Suspicious Package TPW003 - $4.50 including S&H within US
International orders ($6) click here:
For our first album "Pretend You're Out Of Control" ($11 within US)
outside US ($13) click here:
To get both together ($14 within US) click here:
or outside the US ($17.50)
HM002 - Torturing Nurse - fist a sickle / destruction output c15 cassette - $6 Cathartic and brutally harsh. Analogue noise done right Limited to 50 copies with inserts
Still available:
HM001 - Zebulon Kosted - Novaya Zemlya c45 cassette - $6 A truly incapacitating black noise masterpiece; sounds from the snow capped mountains and barren caves of Montana Limited to 53 copies on various coloured tapes with inserts
Visit heofthehouse.com for information, special promotions, our full distro, trades, other fun tidbits, and so on
He Of The House's very first (of many) compilation. Nineteen tracks from twenty artists, the end result of which is possibly one of the most diverse compilations I've ever heard. From soft spoken acoustic folk to raving, churning dirge tunes; from a noisy, industrial cover of a Sonic Youth song to oldschool punk from when it was still raw, fast, and unforgiving. Powerviolence peppers the grounds where spooked whispers whinny along, and the caustic words of a madman festering in his own mind play out over perpetually plucked guitar strings. A true honour it is to work with these amazing artists, and I do hope we can keep them coming back for years.
Featuring: Zombie Battle Axe, xHaroldShitmanx, Kro & Jason "EVIL" Covelli, Nemesism, Ginny Greenteeth, Don't Move, Spiral Vertigo, Chachi On Acid, Mike Bruno, Autopia, Dead Kid Harvester, Jason "EVIL" Covelli, Karmakumulator, Chelsea Wolfe, RedSK vs. teh soup rebellion, Torturing Nurse, Sleepers, Flea McGruff
Housed in handmade & handpainted paper jackets with individually original black tissue cutouts, enclosed with a button. Featuring full page insert artwork by Jason "EVIL" Covelli and a blurb about each band/artist from myself. Limited to 45 handnumbered copies.
For more information, tracklisting, artwork, and information on future compilations, as well as a wealth of other fun tidbits, visit heofthehouse.com heofthehouse.com/compilation
To order this compilation for only $8 (prices vary for out of country shipping), visit heofthehouse.com/recordshoppe
This morning while getting coffee at tiny's (in portland, or) i saw a noats sticker out front. if there's one thing that'll follow me til i die it's those darned stickers!
Limited to fifty three copies, on variously coloured cassettes, in plastique cases with J-card inserts with beautiful, rustic artwork by Rachid
You can order a copy by sending a message with your name and address. Kanada and Mexico add $2.00 to total price. If you live outside of the US, I will let you know your total (shipping only applies internationally and is figured by distance). Then, send well concealed cash (USD only) or cheque / money order (made out to Amanda Boutourline) to:
He Of The House Media PO Box 4207 Austin TX 78765-4207
These tapes are only six dollars, and the album is a true droning black arctic masterpiece. You can hear an excerpt of the first track, Novaya, on our Myspace. I don't see these lasting very long, so pick up a copy now.
Always open to trades.
Also coming soon:
Torturing Nurse - fist a sickle / destruction output c15 cassette Nemesism / Tayside Mental Health split MESSENGER - Untitled EP (including 1-16-09 live set) Jason "EVIL" Covelli - cassette / CD / literature / photography box set
and many more, including material from Sleepers, Sorry Robin, and another album from Zebulon Kosted
For more information on the Zebulon Kosted release among other pertinent bits, visit:
For our first album "Pretend You're Out Of Control" ($11 within US)
outside US ($13) click here:
To get both together ($14 within US) click here:
or outside the US ($17.50)
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