I heard some people saying No Age suffered from bad sound yesterday at the Exhibition Hall, but I have to agree with Dave's review. I think No Age sounded fine—not the best I've ever heard them, and maybe a little tinny—but still good, the big bunker of a room doing little more than adding extra reverb to the band's already echoing distortions. I think, like Vivian Girls, No Age have their own sound dialed in to a point of dangerously borderline scuzziness, but for whatever reason it was working for the LA drums and guitar duo yesterday. Highlights included "Teen Creep," with Randy Randall's bright, little guitar doodle heralding the crush of the chorus, "Eraser," with its tense, staccato chord progression breaking into its driving verses, the searing guitar lead of "Cappo," and the careening momentum and vocal reach of "Sleeper Hold." The band also played a few new ones, which sounded pretty much in accordance with the No Age template—drum tumult and visceral punk pop hooks obfuscated by sheets of noise, whale song murmurs, and the odd tubular, tone-bent guitar line. One song had a chorus of "keep on dreaming" or maybe "keep on screaming"? Between a couple songs, Randall looped an open-ringing guitar chord and drummer Dean Spunt beat boxed some hissing hi-hats and a little "woop" into the loop. At one point, they told the crowd, "Thanks for putting up with the police force, for putting up with...fuck, I dunno, life. We need more trust. I trust you guys."