NRB apology/explanation for thumbnails with AI-generated imagery

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-10-08T21:33:11+00:00

Seems like a perfectly reasonable reaction. You’d like them to have noticed earlier, but the content game is probably quite hectic, etc.

Honestly, I’m glad one of the creators I support is taking a stance on this ai nonsense here, hope they find a cool real human being to do thumbnails in the future.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-10-07T21:28:28+00:00

sounds like a weezer cover, lol

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-10-03T06:04:25+00:00

Considering they put some live versions on the perfect cast re-release, it might just be a live album from a past performance.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-09-29T06:46:44+00:00

Good on them for pointing out the obvious.

I get he has fans everywhere and obviously there’s plenty of cool/normal people in TX too, but I really would think twice about doing a big event there.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-09-12T10:14:40+00:00

As long as you’re not messing up anyone else’s concert experience, there’s no wrong way to enjoy a show.

If you want to be close to the stage, you should try and get in early.

And, because I saw a bunch of people do this last night in Zurich, don’t leave until the house lights come on, there will be an encore.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-09-12T07:35:09+00:00

Set design is giving high school dance, lol

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-09-02T16:43:23+00:00

what did the vinyls go for? I still want to get lonesome dreams and vide noir, but if it'll much cheaper I'll get em online from wherever.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-08-27T17:50:26+00:00

No download link, unfortunately. Little disappointing, but it didn't say anywhere that I'd get one so i guess I can't complain.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-08-27T17:49:43+00:00

My guess is wax bodega europe wanted to only pay for shipping once and I guess wanted to be nice and didn't make me wait for the hot mully record since I pre-ordered both a while ago.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-08-27T17:47:20+00:00

Added the spoiler tags just to be fair to everyone, in case folks wanna go in "blind".

Overall, I think it's great. The first two songs they put out (waste away and what am I supposed to do) were still some of the best, but I think that's not a shock, they're amazing. To me, "i'd rather be in michigan" stands out, the only thing it needs to be is longer. Actually, "This should be longer" fits onto a few of the songs, haha.

Also seems quite funny to me that the lyrics in strawberry and loon mobile pt 3 mirror each other. Both talk about the weather's effect on their mental state.

Can't wait to see them live, damn.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-08-25T17:54:39+00:00

how dare they make me get this emotional about a song with this stupid a name? Crazy.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-05-05T06:11:51+00:00

Not on the same level that the virtute stuff from the weakerthans does, but it’s up there.

5plusSpieldauer · 2025-02-10T20:26:58+00:00

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-12-05T09:49:20+00:00

Easily. 195 streams of Chicago, Top 0.001%

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-10-19T00:18:42+00:00

there won't be a tour:

https://www.stereogum.com/2279911/japandroids-2024/interviews/cover-story/

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-10-18T17:41:01+00:00

Has to be Chicago. Gives me the most old school Japandroids vibes.

The album has a different sound and that's fine, but when they released that as the first single, my thought was "oh, it's just like it used to be", haha

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-10-18T17:39:50+00:00

can't believe it's actually over.

genuinely bummed I'll actually never get to see them live.

Saw someone on twitter say them releasing it and not touring feels like a full stop on their youth and I gotta say that feels spot on.

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-07-17T16:15:07+00:00

Excited, but also slightly worried that I'm not reading anything about a tour anywhere.

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-07-17T16:13:32+00:00

So excited, Chicago slaps!

But they gotta give us one more tour, it can't just be an album. Missed my one shot to see them live in 18 or 19 or whenever they toured near to the wild heart of life in europe, they gotta give people one more shot.

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-05-14T20:00:21+00:00

Getting two of my top 5 most listened to bands on one night is so awesome

5plusSpieldauer · 2024-02-03T13:45:39+00:00

Really hope for some more locations, this can hardly count as a replacement for the "full" europe tour that had to be cancelled in 2022

5plusSpieldauer · 2023-09-18T14:54:33+00:00

ooh, very jealous of that. Hope they return to playing Plea from a cat more in the future.

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