Monday Nov 10, 2008 (8pm)
After censors forced him to remove his Obama shirt at a taping for the Late Show with Craig Ferguson, No Age guitarist Randy Randall decided to write "FREE HEALTH CARE" instead (a far cry from fellow SoCal rockers Rage Against the Machine getting tossed from SNL back in '96, but a statement all the same). The latest band to emerge from LA club the Smell, No Age craft deceptively simple experimental rock layered under lots of fuzz. The duo's latest record, Nouns, clocks in with a surprisingly satisfying 31 minutes of cacophonous psych-punk sound.
– Joe Blankholm