No Age
Encyclopedia
No Age is a two-person American indie rock
group consisting of guitarist
Randy Randall
and drummer
/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt
. The band is based in Los Angeles
and is currently signed to Sub Pop
records. The duo initially played together with drummer Jeremy Villalobos in Wives
, and takes their name from the title of a 1987 SST Records
instrumental compilation
, which Spunt discovered while working at Aron's, a record store in Los Angeles
. Along with the bands Health
, Mika Miko
, Silver Daggers
, Abe Vigoda
, BARR
, and David Scott Stone
, No Age has been listed as a mainstay of the Downtown Los Angeles
venue The Smell
. The band has strong ties with the Los Angeles underground community centered around The Smell. No Age has released three full-length albums, toured extensively in support of them, and is a strong advocate of the All-ages Movement Project, an organization that connects youth to each other and to the arts through independent music.
group Wives
, in which Dean played bass
and Randy played guitar
. They played their first show at the New Image Art gallery for a show curated by friend and artist Rich Jacobs
on January 22, 2006. Their first proper show was at The Smell in April 2006 with sister band Mika Miko
. "The Smell is where we got to experiment and find what kind of band we wanted to be. It pushed the boundaries of whatever ideas we had about music—and we had a community to try out these new ideas," Randall told Drew Tewksbury in 2008. On March 6, 2006 Randy and Dean played one reunion show as their previous incarnation, Wives, for the underground film 40 Bands 80 Minutes!
directed by Sean Carnage
. The band recorded 5 limited edition vinyl singles
and EPs
, and released them on 5 different labels
on the same day, March 26, 2007. The back of each record's sleeve was a different color, and had one of the letters that, when you collected all of them, would join to spell "No Age." These 5 EPs and singles were collected and released in album
form under the title Weirdo Rippers
, on June 11, 2007 through Fat Cat Records
. The cover featured the exterior of The Smell, re-done to read No Age and, below, Weirdo Rippers by Amanda Vietta, an artist and friend of No Age. This re-do can also be seen in the band's first music video for the song Boy Void. No Age are known for their community allegiance and playing un-traditional venues, such as their show at the Los Angeles River
(shown at left), to protest the Aqueduct. Among other places, they have also played at Food Fight, a vegan grocery store
in Portland
, Oregon
, and the Los Angeles Central Library in downtown Los Angeles
. A New Yorker article on the band from November 19, 2007 entitled Let It Rip earned them much acclaim and fans.
. The band have gotten support from many contemporary artists. Deerhunter's
Bradford Cox named No Age his favorite new band in an interview with Pitchfork Media
on February 2, 2007. Radiohead's
Colin Greenwood
has also shown his support, most notably when he wore their signature rainbow font t-shirt in their January 16, 2008 live online concert broadcast. On January 25, 2008, No Age began their profile building month-long, 23-date tour with New York
band Liars
. Liars and No Age also released a joint 7" single limited to 1200 copies to coincide with the tour. 200 copies of the two-song single were sold on tour, with unique cover art for each individual city designed by Brian Roettinger, and the other 1000 featured hand letterpress-printed covers with different ink and vinyl color for each one. Fulfilling their tendency to play at un-traditional venues, No Age played a show at an Ethiopian
restaurant named Queen of Sheba in Philadelphia. The change of venue took place at the last minute when Liars' Angus Andrew got sick beforehand. In April Randy Randall accompanied the Altamont Apparel skate team to Paris
, France
to film them for a short tour film entitled "The Foreigners," with the soundtrack featuring exclusively No Age music. The film is being distributed for free, at skateshops and accompanying certain Altamont products, and also features the video for Eraser. No Age appeared on a straight-to-VHS
edition of Juan's Basement on April 22, 2008. The episode was broadcasted on Pitchfork Media's Pitchfork TV site. On May 6, 2008, No Age released their debut record for Sub Pop, Nouns
. No Age appeared in an episode of VBS.tv "Practice Space," showing their Bushwick, New York
practice space, which used to be a metal shop. In May 2008, UK
music magazine Mojo
named No Age one of the top ten best new acts, beside Bon Iver
and Sub Pop labelmates Fleet Foxes
.
, St. Vincent
, and The Mountain Goats
. The video begins with No Age's instrumental
song "Impossible Bouquet" from Nouns
, before it segues into "Eraser". Another video for the track "Keechie" was posted on Bruntel's website, filmed at the same location along the Los Angeles River that No Age once played at. The video ends on the same character and framing as the beginning of the "Eraser" video, making it a companion video or prequel.
The band have also published a video of their song "Impossible Bouquet" on their blog. A No Age music video for the song "Goat Hurt" has appeared on the band's blog, and is included on a new DVD entitled New Video Works released by Dean Spunt's label, Post Present Medium. The song is off of the band's out of print Dead Plane
EP, but was also available through a limited edition 10" EP made available at the Fuck Yeah! festival held in L.A. on August 30, 2008. The video was directed by "sister band" Mika Miko's
Jennifer Clavin. The movie High School Record, co-starring Dean Spunt, was shown for a week on Pitchfork.tv, starting on September 26, 2008. The movie, directed by Ben Wolfinsohn, also features Randy Randall, members of Mika Miko
, The Minutemen's Mike Watt
, and music by Dean and Randy.
band Los Campesinos!
on six shows in the UK in October 2008. Going under the name of the 'Shred Yr. Face Tour', the band Times New Viking
also accompanied No Age and Los Campesinos!. Like the No Age/Liars Tour EP that accompanied that tour, the three bands will also be releasing a joint 7" single in a limited run of a thousand copies. Released on October 13, 2008, the EP features Los Campesinos!' "Death To Los Campesinos!
(Death To Napoleon IIIrd
remix)", "Revolving Credit For Kitty" by No Age (a version appeared in an early state of the "Sick People Are Safe" song off the EP of the same name), and Times New Viking's "Anything Could Happen". Some in-store performances have also been added, and Seattle artist Carlos Ruiz has designed a limited edition poster and t-shirt for the tour, available exclusively at the shows.
No Age released a single for "Teen Creeps", the third track off of Nouns, on November 4, 2008 via Sub Pop. The single's B-Side was the previously unreleased "Intimate Descriptions", and the cover a still taken from the Falls Hardly, Queen short film that featured Dean Spunt. The band had been scheduled to feature in an episode of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
, taping their performance on October 2, 2008, with the episode scheduled to air on the 27th of the same month. However, soon before they were to perform, the CBS
management demanded Randy remove his Barack Obama
t-shirt, citing the Equal-time rule
which designates equal time for political candidates on most U.S. television and radio broadcasts. After they briefly considering walking out on the show, Randy instead scrawled "Free Health Care" on the shirt and obscured Obama's image. However, the episode actually aired on October 9, 2008, for reasons unknown, with an intro from Craig Ferguson
promoting the band's cause. During the summer, Urban Outfitters
and Toyota Yaris
hosted a series of shows called Free Yr. Radio aimed to promote independent radio stations around the country. Many notable indie bands were involved, No Age among them, and on January 27, 2009, a Benefit Compilation will be released for 99 cents via Insound
. Among the 12 tracks are an assortment of remixes, live versions, and new songs, including the previously unreleased No Age song "Padded Chair." In a surprise for both the band and their fans, No Age's Nouns, designed by the band and Brian Roettinger, was nominated for Best Recording Package
Grammy. No Age accompanied bands such as The Hold Steady
and Stereolab
in the early part of 2009 as part of St Jerome's Laneway Festival
. These dates meant the duo could not attend the Grammy's award ceremony. In the summer of 2009, No Age went on tour with two other notable acts, Deerhunter
, and Dan Deacon
on the "No Deachunter" tour.
, Matthew Thurber, and the members of the group themselves. No Age's next undertaking with the company came when they went on a tour with members the company and The Goat, a musical group featuring Andrew Reynolds, fellow skateboarder Kevin "Spanky" Long, skate photographer Atiba Jefferson and skateboarding filmer Beagle.
The group released the EP Losing Feeling
on October 6, 2009.
On June 24, 2010, No Age announced their new album, Everything In Between
, along with the tracklisting. On July 28, No Age premiered the first single from the album, Glitter
on a BBC 6 Music
interview with Steve Lamacq
. On August 10, the album's cover was released, and plans to release two Glitter singles were announced, along with their respective covers. The singles were released on August 24. Everything In Between was released on September 28, 2010, to generally favorable reviews. The band have been chosen by Les Savy Fav
to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
festival that they co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
group consisting of guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Randy Randall
Randy Randall
Randy Randall is a guitarist in the band No Age. He was formerly in the band called Wives in which he played guitar and sang with No Age band member Dean Allen Spunt on bass and Jeremy Villalobos on drums. Randy Randall is vegan....
and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt
Dean Allen Spunt
Dean Allen Spunt is the drummer and vocalist in the California noise pop band No Age. He was formerly in the band called Wives, in which he played Bass primarily and sang with No Age band member Randy Randall on guitar and Jeremy Villalobos on drums. Spunt is vegan, as is Randall. -References:...
. The band is based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and is currently signed to Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
records. The duo initially played together with drummer Jeremy Villalobos in Wives
Wives (band)
Wives was a hardcore/punk/noise trio from Los Angeles, California, U.S. consisting of guitarist Randy Randall, bassist/vocalist Dean Spunt, and drummer Jeremy Villalobos. In the three years the band were together, they released a self-titled 7" on Post Present Medium, as well as a split 7" with...
, and takes their name from the title of a 1987 SST Records
SST Records
SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
instrumental compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, which Spunt discovered while working at Aron's, a record store in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. Along with the bands Health
HEALTH (band)
Health is an American noise rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's 2007 release with Crystal Castles charted at position nine in the UK indie singles chart.- History :...
, Mika Miko
Mika Miko
Mika Miko was a band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004 they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore , Jet Blanca , Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its...
, Silver Daggers
Silver Daggers
Silver Daggers were an American Synthpunk/noise rock band formed in 2003. Known for combining intense, atonal music with post-apocalyptic political ideas, they form part of the circle of musicians in close affiliation with The Smell.-Discography:...
, Abe Vigoda
Abe Vigoda (band)
Abe Vigoda is a punk rock band based in Los Angeles, California, but are originally from Chino, California; a city in the Inland Empire. They frequently perform at The Smell. The May 2008 issue of The Fader magazine features an interview with the band....
, BARR
Barr
-Places:* Barr, Ayrshire, a village in Scotland* Barr, Bas-Rhin, a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in France* Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana, US* Barr Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, US-Companies:...
, and David Scott Stone
David Scott Stone
David Scott Stone is a musician who has recorded and toured with artists like The Melvins, Unwound, Fantômas, The Locust, Jello Biafra, Keiji Haino, Mike Patton, Adam Jones , Merzbow, Masonna, Big Business, No Age, Joe Lally and others. He is currently a member of LCD Soundsystem...
, No Age has been listed as a mainstay of the Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
venue The Smell
The Smell
The Smell is an all ages, alcohol and drug-free punk rock/noise/experimental venue in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The Smell, notable for its DIY ethic, is home to many of the area's avant-garde performers and artists...
. The band has strong ties with the Los Angeles underground community centered around The Smell. No Age has released three full-length albums, toured extensively in support of them, and is a strong advocate of the All-ages Movement Project, an organization that connects youth to each other and to the arts through independent music.
Formation, EPs, and Weirdo Rippers
No Age formed in December 2005 out of the ashes of their previous band, the hardcore punkHardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
group Wives
Wives (band)
Wives was a hardcore/punk/noise trio from Los Angeles, California, U.S. consisting of guitarist Randy Randall, bassist/vocalist Dean Spunt, and drummer Jeremy Villalobos. In the three years the band were together, they released a self-titled 7" on Post Present Medium, as well as a split 7" with...
, in which Dean played bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and Randy played guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. They played their first show at the New Image Art gallery for a show curated by friend and artist Rich Jacobs
Rich Jacobs
Rich Jacobs is an American artist who currently lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Jacobs has exhibited in the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan...
on January 22, 2006. Their first proper show was at The Smell in April 2006 with sister band Mika Miko
Mika Miko
Mika Miko was a band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004 they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore , Jet Blanca , Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its...
. "The Smell is where we got to experiment and find what kind of band we wanted to be. It pushed the boundaries of whatever ideas we had about music—and we had a community to try out these new ideas," Randall told Drew Tewksbury in 2008. On March 6, 2006 Randy and Dean played one reunion show as their previous incarnation, Wives, for the underground film 40 Bands 80 Minutes!
40 Bands 80 Minutes!
40 Bands 80 Minutes! is a 2006 American rockumentary directed by Sean Carnage about the Los Angeles underground music scene in 2006.In the style of Urgh! A Music War, 40 Bands 80 Minutes! is a series of punk and experimental musical performances and performance art pieces, with minimal narration...
directed by Sean Carnage
Sean Carnage
Sean Carnage is a director and producer living in Los Angeles. He is also a concert promoter, hosting "Sean Carnage Monday Nights" at Pehr Space in Echo Park, Carnage has also hosted his "Monday nights" in the past at Los Angeles venues The Smell and the il Corral.His feature-length video 40 Bands...
. The band recorded 5 limited edition vinyl singles
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
and EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, and released them on 5 different labels
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
on the same day, March 26, 2007. The back of each record's sleeve was a different color, and had one of the letters that, when you collected all of them, would join to spell "No Age." These 5 EPs and singles were collected and released in album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
form under the title Weirdo Rippers
Weirdo Rippers
Weirdo Rippers is a compilation by LA-based duo No Age. It was released by Fat Cat in 2007 and compiled early singles put out by the band...
, on June 11, 2007 through Fat Cat Records
Fat Cat Records
Fat Cat Records is an independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast. Their output includes electronica, post rock, indie, downtempo, minimal techno, noise and punk-pop...
. The cover featured the exterior of The Smell, re-done to read No Age and, below, Weirdo Rippers by Amanda Vietta, an artist and friend of No Age. This re-do can also be seen in the band's first music video for the song Boy Void. No Age are known for their community allegiance and playing un-traditional venues, such as their show at the Los Angeles River
Los Angeles River
The Los Angeles River is a river that starts in the San Fernando Valley, in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and flows through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the western end of the San Fernando Valley, nearly southeast to its mouth in Long Beach...
(shown at left), to protest the Aqueduct. Among other places, they have also played at Food Fight, a vegan grocery store
Grocery store
A grocery store is a store that retails food. A grocer, the owner of a grocery store, stocks different kinds of foods from assorted places and cultures, and sells these "groceries" to customers. Large grocery stores that stock products other than food, such as clothing or household items, are...
in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, and the Los Angeles Central Library in downtown Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. A New Yorker article on the band from November 19, 2007 entitled Let It Rip earned them much acclaim and fans.
Sub Pop, touring, and Nouns
Buoyed by positive reviews in the music press, No Age signed to the prominent Seattle-based independent label Sub PopSub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
. The band have gotten support from many contemporary artists. Deerhunter's
Deerhunter
Deerhunter is an American four-piece indie rock group originating from Atlanta, Georgia. The band, consisting of Bradford Cox, Moses Archuleta, Josh Fauver, and Lockett Pundt, have described themselves as "ambient punk," though they incorporate a wide range of genres, including noise rock, art...
Bradford Cox named No Age his favorite new band in an interview with Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
on February 2, 2007. Radiohead's
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
Colin Greenwood
Colin Greenwood
Colin Charles Greenwood , is an English musician and composer, best known as the bassist of the rock band Radiohead. Apart from bass, Colin plays keyboards, synthesizers and works on sampling on the electronic side of Radiohead...
has also shown his support, most notably when he wore their signature rainbow font t-shirt in their January 16, 2008 live online concert broadcast. On January 25, 2008, No Age began their profile building month-long, 23-date tour with New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
band Liars
Liars (band)
Liars is a three-piece band formed in 2000 consisting of Angus Andrew , Aaron Hemphill , and Julian Gross...
. Liars and No Age also released a joint 7" single limited to 1200 copies to coincide with the tour. 200 copies of the two-song single were sold on tour, with unique cover art for each individual city designed by Brian Roettinger, and the other 1000 featured hand letterpress-printed covers with different ink and vinyl color for each one. Fulfilling their tendency to play at un-traditional venues, No Age played a show at an Ethiopian
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
restaurant named Queen of Sheba in Philadelphia. The change of venue took place at the last minute when Liars' Angus Andrew got sick beforehand. In April Randy Randall accompanied the Altamont Apparel skate team to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to film them for a short tour film entitled "The Foreigners," with the soundtrack featuring exclusively No Age music. The film is being distributed for free, at skateshops and accompanying certain Altamont products, and also features the video for Eraser. No Age appeared on a straight-to-VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
edition of Juan's Basement on April 22, 2008. The episode was broadcasted on Pitchfork Media's Pitchfork TV site. On May 6, 2008, No Age released their debut record for Sub Pop, Nouns
Nouns (album)
Nouns is the first LP by American experimental music duo No Age. It was recorded at Southern Studios in London. The album was leaked onto the internet on April 16, 2008 and subsequently released by Sub Pop on May 6, 2008...
. No Age appeared in an episode of VBS.tv "Practice Space," showing their Bushwick, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
practice space, which used to be a metal shop. In May 2008, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
music magazine Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
named No Age one of the top ten best new acts, beside Bon Iver
Bon Iver
Bon Iver is a Grammy nominated folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. It includes Michael Noyce, Sean Carey, and Matthew McCaughan. Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was...
and Sub Pop labelmates Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes are a folk rock band which formed in Seattle, Washington. They are signed to the Sub Pop and Bella Union record labels. The band came to prominence in 2008 with the release of their second EP, Sun Giant, and their debut full length album Fleet Foxes...
.
Nouns Videos and High School Record
The music video for No Age's song "Eraser" debuted on June 27, 2008. It was directed by Andy Bruntel, also responsible for the videos of artists such as Will OldhamWill Oldham
Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...
, St. Vincent
Annie Clark
Annie Erin Clark is an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who performs as St. Vincent. She was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and also part of Sufjan Stevens' touring band, prior to forming her own band....
, and The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
. The video begins with No Age's instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
song "Impossible Bouquet" from Nouns
Nouns (album)
Nouns is the first LP by American experimental music duo No Age. It was recorded at Southern Studios in London. The album was leaked onto the internet on April 16, 2008 and subsequently released by Sub Pop on May 6, 2008...
, before it segues into "Eraser". Another video for the track "Keechie" was posted on Bruntel's website, filmed at the same location along the Los Angeles River that No Age once played at. The video ends on the same character and framing as the beginning of the "Eraser" video, making it a companion video or prequel.
The band have also published a video of their song "Impossible Bouquet" on their blog. A No Age music video for the song "Goat Hurt" has appeared on the band's blog, and is included on a new DVD entitled New Video Works released by Dean Spunt's label, Post Present Medium. The song is off of the band's out of print Dead Plane
Dead Plane
Dead Plane is an EP released by Los Angeles-based band No Age on Los Angeles's Teenage Teardrops label. It was limited to 500 copies, and of those 500 copies pressed, 400 are blue vinyl and 100 on grey/beige swirl vinyl. The EP was mastered by Peter Lyman, who did the same for the other EPs and...
EP, but was also available through a limited edition 10" EP made available at the Fuck Yeah! festival held in L.A. on August 30, 2008. The video was directed by "sister band" Mika Miko's
Mika Miko
Mika Miko was a band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004 they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore , Jet Blanca , Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its...
Jennifer Clavin. The movie High School Record, co-starring Dean Spunt, was shown for a week on Pitchfork.tv, starting on September 26, 2008. The movie, directed by Ben Wolfinsohn, also features Randy Randall, members of Mika Miko
Mika Miko
Mika Miko was a band formed in 2003 in Los Angeles, California. In 2004 they gained local popularity for their frenetic live performances. Featuring Victor Fandgore , Jet Blanca , Michelle Suarez, Jessica Clavin, and Jon Erik Edrosa, the original line up of the band made its first demo CD-R, its...
, The Minutemen's Mike Watt
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; , he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen...
, and music by Dean and Randy.
Shred Yr. Face, Teen Creeps, and the Laneway festival
The band supported WelshWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
band Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos!
Los Campesinos! are a seven piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Although the band formed in Wales, none of its members are Welsh. They released their debut album, Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008 and followed this up by releasing a record...
on six shows in the UK in October 2008. Going under the name of the 'Shred Yr. Face Tour', the band Times New Viking
Times New Viking
Times New Viking is a lo-fi indie rock band from Columbus, Ohio. The lineup consists of guitarist Jared Phillips, drummer Adam Elliott, and Beth Murphy on keyboards. Murphy and Elliott share vocal duties....
also accompanied No Age and Los Campesinos!. Like the No Age/Liars Tour EP that accompanied that tour, the three bands will also be releasing a joint 7" single in a limited run of a thousand copies. Released on October 13, 2008, the EP features Los Campesinos!' "Death To Los Campesinos!
Death to Los Campesinos!
"Death to Los Campesinos!" is a song by UK indie pop band Los Campesinos!. It was released on 18 February 2008 on Wichita. It is on the band's debut album Hold on Now, Youngster..., which was released seven days later...
(Death To Napoleon IIIrd
Napoleon IIIrd
Napoleon IIIrd is a musician, solo artist and producer who is based in London, England.-History:After his previous band split in 2004, James Mabbett decided to go it alone. Driven by a rediscovered love for The Beach Boys and a continued love of skewed dance music and loud guitars he became...
remix)", "Revolving Credit For Kitty" by No Age (a version appeared in an early state of the "Sick People Are Safe" song off the EP of the same name), and Times New Viking's "Anything Could Happen". Some in-store performances have also been added, and Seattle artist Carlos Ruiz has designed a limited edition poster and t-shirt for the tour, available exclusively at the shows.
No Age released a single for "Teen Creeps", the third track off of Nouns, on November 4, 2008 via Sub Pop. The single's B-Side was the previously unreleased "Intimate Descriptions", and the cover a still taken from the Falls Hardly, Queen short film that featured Dean Spunt. The band had been scheduled to feature in an episode of The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is a Peabody Award-winning American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson, the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise, follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup...
, taping their performance on October 2, 2008, with the episode scheduled to air on the 27th of the same month. However, soon before they were to perform, the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
management demanded Randy remove his Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
t-shirt, citing the Equal-time rule
Equal-time rule
The equal-time rule specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it...
which designates equal time for political candidates on most U.S. television and radio broadcasts. After they briefly considering walking out on the show, Randy instead scrawled "Free Health Care" on the shirt and obscured Obama's image. However, the episode actually aired on October 9, 2008, for reasons unknown, with an intro from Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson
Craig Ferguson is a Scottish American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, and producer. He is the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that airs on CBS...
promoting the band's cause. During the summer, Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters
Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that owns and operates five retail brands: Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain, and BHLDN....
and Toyota Yaris
Toyota Yaris
The Toyota Yaris is a subcompact car produced by Toyota since 1999. Between 1999 and 2005, some markets received the same vehicles under the Toyota Echo name...
hosted a series of shows called Free Yr. Radio aimed to promote independent radio stations around the country. Many notable indie bands were involved, No Age among them, and on January 27, 2009, a Benefit Compilation will be released for 99 cents via Insound
Insound
Insound is an online CD, vinyl, digital, and music related merchandise retailer that focuses primarily on the sale of indie rock and music from other similar genres. The company is located in Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York.- History :...
. Among the 12 tracks are an assortment of remixes, live versions, and new songs, including the previously unreleased No Age song "Padded Chair." In a surprise for both the band and their fans, No Age's Nouns, designed by the band and Brian Roettinger, was nominated for Best Recording Package
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package
The Grammy Award for Best Recording Package is one of a series of Grammy Awards presented for the visual look of an album. It is presented to the art director of the winning album, not to the performer, except if the performer is also the art director....
Grammy. No Age accompanied bands such as The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...
and Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
in the early part of 2009 as part of St Jerome's Laneway Festival
St Jerome's Laneway Festival
Known simply as the Laneway or St. Jerome's Festival, the music festival began in Caledonian Lane in Melbourne in 2004. Emerging as an indie music event, the Laneway Festival has grown rapidly in popularity, receiving favourable reviews in music press....
. These dates meant the duo could not attend the Grammy's award ceremony. In the summer of 2009, No Age went on tour with two other notable acts, Deerhunter
Deerhunter
Deerhunter is an American four-piece indie rock group originating from Atlanta, Georgia. The band, consisting of Bradford Cox, Moses Archuleta, Josh Fauver, and Lockett Pundt, have described themselves as "ambient punk," though they incorporate a wide range of genres, including noise rock, art...
, and Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon
Dan Deacon is an American composer and electronic musician based out of Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2003, Deacon has released eight albums under several different labels...
on the "No Deachunter" tour.
Losing Feeling and Everything In Between through present
No Age has previously worked with skateboarder Andrew Reynold's clothing company, Altamont Apparel, and for the company's fall line they contributed a collection for which the theme was "The human body's amazing capacity to heal." Those contributing were Hisham Baroocha, Sam McPheetersSam McPheeters
Sam McPheeters is an American musician, artist and journalist. Raised in Albany, New York and later relocated to New York City, McPheeters was a key member of the early 1990s hardcore punk scene, writing a number of zines and singing in the hardcore band Born Against...
, Matthew Thurber, and the members of the group themselves. No Age's next undertaking with the company came when they went on a tour with members the company and The Goat, a musical group featuring Andrew Reynolds, fellow skateboarder Kevin "Spanky" Long, skate photographer Atiba Jefferson and skateboarding filmer Beagle.
The group released the EP Losing Feeling
Losing Feeling
Losing Feeling is an EP by Southern Californian noise rock outfit No Age released by Sub Pop. It was made available for full streaming on August 5, 2009 and became available physically on October 6. The EP saw the band experimenting more with sample-based arrangements and electronic instrumentation...
on October 6, 2009.
On June 24, 2010, No Age announced their new album, Everything In Between
Everything In Between (No Age album)
Everything In Between is the second studio album from LA-based duo No Age that was released through Sub Pop on September 28, 2010. The first single was "Glitter." The album's artwork was designed by Brian Roettinger, who also designed the artwork for Nouns...
, along with the tracklisting. On July 28, No Age premiered the first single from the album, Glitter
Glitter (song)
"Glitter" is the lead single from No Age's second album, Everything In Between. The track made its debut during a BBC 6 Music interview with Steve Lamacq. Sub Pop made the track available for download on August 10, 2010. It is available in two physical formats; a 7" b/w "Inflorescence" and a 12"...
on a BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
interview with Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq
Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...
. On August 10, the album's cover was released, and plans to release two Glitter singles were announced, along with their respective covers. The singles were released on August 24. Everything In Between was released on September 28, 2010, to generally favorable reviews. The band have been chosen by Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...
to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
festival that they co-curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.
Studio albums
- Weirdo RippersWeirdo RippersWeirdo Rippers is a compilation by LA-based duo No Age. It was released by Fat Cat in 2007 and compiled early singles put out by the band...
CD/12" (FatCat, 2007) - NounsNouns (album)Nouns is the first LP by American experimental music duo No Age. It was recorded at Southern Studios in London. The album was leaked onto the internet on April 16, 2008 and subsequently released by Sub Pop on May 6, 2008...
CD/12" (Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
, 2008) - Everything in BetweenEverything In Between (No Age album)Everything In Between is the second studio album from LA-based duo No Age that was released through Sub Pop on September 28, 2010. The first single was "Glitter." The album's artwork was designed by Brian Roettinger, who also designed the artwork for Nouns...
CD/12" (Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
, 2010)
EPs
- Get HurtGet HurtGet Hurt is a 12" vinyl EP released by L.A.-based band No Age on Upset the Rhythm on March 26, 2007. It was recorded at the Gaucho Los Angeles studio by Mr. Bermudez. It has six songs and is on sky blue, green, or white vinyl. It is one of five vinyl-only singles and EPs all of which were released...
12" (Upset The Rhythm, 2007) - Dead PlaneDead PlaneDead Plane is an EP released by Los Angeles-based band No Age on Los Angeles's Teenage Teardrops label. It was limited to 500 copies, and of those 500 copies pressed, 400 are blue vinyl and 100 on grey/beige swirl vinyl. The EP was mastered by Peter Lyman, who did the same for the other EPs and...
12" (Teenage Teardrops, 2007) - Sick People Are Safe 12" (Deleted Art, 2007)
- Flannel Graduate CD-r (with Zach HillZach HillZach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. Primarily known for his drumming, he performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including his primary group, Hella, as well as Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse range of others including El Grupo Nuevo de Omar...
) (Self-Released, 2008) - Altamont Apparel 10" (2009)
- Losing FeelingLosing FeelingLosing Feeling is an EP by Southern Californian noise rock outfit No Age released by Sub Pop. It was made available for full streaming on August 5, 2009 and became available physically on October 6. The EP saw the band experimenting more with sample-based arrangements and electronic instrumentation...
12" (Sub Pop, 2009)
Singles
- "Neck Escaper 7" (Youth Attack, 2007)
- PPM 7" (Post Present Medium, 2007)
- Liars + No Age 7" (Post Present Medium/Hand Held Heart, 2008)
- "Eraser" (Sub Pop, 2008)
- Goat Hurt 10" (Self-Released, 2008)
- Shred Yr. Face 7" (Coalition, 2008)
- "Teen Creeps" (Sub Pop, 2008)
- "GlitterGlitter (song)"Glitter" is the lead single from No Age's second album, Everything In Between. The track made its debut during a BBC 6 Music interview with Steve Lamacq. Sub Pop made the track available for download on August 10, 2010. It is available in two physical formats; a 7" b/w "Inflorescence" and a 12"...
" (Sub Pop, 2010) - Bored Fortress split 7" with Infinite Body (Not Not Fun, 2010)
Cassettes
- "Secret City"/"Brett Schultz Himself" split cassette with Abe VigodaAbe VigodaAbe Vigoda is an American movie and television actor. Vigoda is well known for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in The Godfather, and for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the sitcom television series Barney Miller from 1975–1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February 1977 to...
(Death Bomb Arc, 2007) - Slow Gag live in Glasgow 9 October 2010 cassette (Rude Fans, 2011)
Remixes
- Holy FuckHoly FuckHoly Fuck is an electronica band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of Dependent Music, a music label and artist collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 2004 until its closing...
- "Lovely Allen (No Age Remix)" (from Holy Fuck's Lovely Allen 12") - Bloc PartyBloc PartyBloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
- "Betten Than Heaven (No Age Remix)Intimacy RemixedIntimacy Remixed is the remix album to Intimacy, the third album by indie rock band Bloc Party. It was released on 11 May 2009 in the United Kingdom through Wichita Recordings, the band's primary label, in limited edition CD and triple LP formats to coincide with Bloc Party's worldwide touring...
" (from Bloc PartyBloc PartyBloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
's remix albumRemix albumA remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
, Intimacy RemixedIntimacy RemixedIntimacy Remixed is the remix album to Intimacy, the third album by indie rock band Bloc Party. It was released on 11 May 2009 in the United Kingdom through Wichita Recordings, the band's primary label, in limited edition CD and triple LP formats to coincide with Bloc Party's worldwide touring...
) - Fucked UpFucked UpFucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...
- "No Epiphany (No Age Remix)" (from Fucked Up's No Epiphany 7") - Crystal CastlesCrystal Castles (band)Crystal Castles are an experimental electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and lyricist and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and their lo-fi home productions. The duo released many limited EPs between 2006 and...
- "Baptism (No Age Remix)" (mp3)