Artist Spotlights

No Age

Los Angeles duo No Age has been receiving deserved acclaim. Emerging from the center of L.A.’s re-born punk community, the band is known for its loyal fan-base, freewheeling art-punk musical aesthetic, and songs that actually validate the hype. This tight-knit scene comes to life in a series of performance spaces opened in crumpling, left-for-dead buildings that line the downtown L.A. wayside. The scene’s heart lies in the Smell, a former Mexican grocery store turned all-ages punk-revival site. No Age have the keys to the club, and they’re among its more frequent performers and most amiable curators. Other emerging bands to watch out for in this L.A. scene include HEALTH and Mika Miko. No Age’s 2007 release, Weirdo Rippers, collects the best of the band’s previously released vinyl-only singles for one of the most consistently enthralling, replay-able records of 2007. No Age seems to be more concerned about texture and atmosphere than immediacy, covering vast sonic terrain in brief bursts on this terrific album.

No Age consists of Dean Spunt and Randy Randall, and they plan to release Nouns, their first proper full-length album and Sub Pop debut, on May 5th, 2008.