Some Words About The Notekillers:

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“That record (The Zipper) was so heavy for me and Kim and Lee…It was this propulsive guitar instrumental that was just breakneck…They had a big influence on me…The music is way ahead of its time.".
—Thurston Moore
from an article by Dan DeLuca
Philadelphia Inquirer
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“Astonishing...While the rhythm section churns furiously, David First peels off a series of scrambled guitar lines, precise even when he's improvising. His diagonal riffs are marvelously untraceable (Surf-rock? New-wave? Heavy metal? Free jazz? Serialism?), and somehow these dense compositions inevitably come out sounding like party music. It's clear this band ranked with any of New York's much celebrated no-wave acts.”
—Kelefa Sanneh
New York Times
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"While Thurston Moore’s advocacy, and the resulting excavation of this brilliant obscurity deeply buried by time, makes for interesting copy, the highlight of this saga is the triumphant punch line: after a good dusting-off, the artifact that was revealed, more than merely intact, emitted a blast of sound unprecedented for a reunion band and unequalled anywhere on the planet."

"These are the first two new songs by The Notekillers in a quarter-century. I have no problem using superlatives when I say that they are one of the best instrumental bands of all time and I’m thrilled that they’re at it again.”
—New York Night Train
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“The Zipper is perhaps one of the great rock and roll singles of all time…”
—Dan Buskirk
WPRB-FM (Princeton U)/Rate Your Music

“You may cheer the noise of the reunited Pixies. But you’ll cry once you hear the Notekillers.”
—A.D. Amorosi
NY Press
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“Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore swears that the Notekillers song, "The Zipper" was the inspiration for his band. That should be enough to go on, but if you're leery of reunion acts, let me tell you this: Notekillers are the real deal. Don't miss them.”
—Maria Tessa Sciarrino
Her Jazz/Yaris SXSW 2006 Previews

“An influence comes home to roost.”
—Jon Pareles
NYTimes

"a reunion show at Tonic was so ungodly potent that we're beside ourselves at the chance to see them do it again!"
—Mike Wolf
Time Out New York

“Like the ghosts who haunt the living due to a past misdeed or injustice, the Notekillers are not to be forgotten, and this CD serves as a reminder of what once was and what still might be.“
—Adam Strohm
Dusted
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“...a harbinger of a new blues or funk that still hasn't been invented. The Notekillers combine a precision that makes them conceptualize "microtones" and a recklessness that makes them try impossible grooves. In other words, this kicks.”
—Frank Kogan
Village Voice
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“Had Thurston Moore not cited these guys as an influence, this collection of odd recordings and live performances never would have emerged. It would've been too bad for me -- too bad for all of us -- if that had been the case.”
—Alex Marx
Splendid E-Zine
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“A high-density instrumental art-punk trio…with a CD built around their awesome 1980 single The Zipper.”
—Douglas Wolk
Village Voice

“A furious instrumental trio…loaded with tuneful guitar-bass-drum maelstroms—avant garde spy themes that rock. Killer.”
—Time Out NY

“Rumbling, minimalist late-‘70s Philadelphia trio the Notekillers connected the dots between free jazz and punk long before Sonic Youth and their ilk, and presaged the instrumental indie-rock scene by a good decade or so.
—Amy Phillips
Village Voice

“Eddytor's Dozen”(a weekly list compiled by the Village Voice music editor)
—Chuck Eddy
Village Voice

“…they plowed through their set list, mercilessly chasing down songs into smothering concentric coils…”
—Nick Pinkerton
Indie Wire

“As we commence Bush II, the Notekillers have thrown their formidably passionate voices into the fray with a reworked version of Jefferson Airplane’s antiwar song “House at Pooneil Corners.” It is as furious as the times we live in.”
—Mike Wolf
Time Out NY

“From the warped atonal notes plucked at its beginning, to the impending doom struck with every cymbal crash, this track slays...Hearing this rendition makes me understand, in a way, what hearing rock music was like back when it was new and it terrified the fuck out of mass culture.”
—Maria T
Her Jazz

“Notekillers played frenetic instrumental rock that started at the boiling point and heated up from there… (They)show up thousands of groups that gave '90s indie-rock its grinding, math-minded edge...”
—Andy Battaglia
The Onion

“…pure riff pieces that repeat into brain-numbing bliss... A-
—Tom Hull
Recycled Goods

“...(a) triple-shot cappuccino joyride, whose rush of sharply angular, jagged, terse guitar shards and lean, surging, snappish rhythm work is like unto a blessed union of late '70s arty Brit-punk (Mekons, Fire Engine) and the early Ventures. ”
—Mark Keresman
Signal to Noise

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