Spirit of ‘68 books punk noise bands at Rhino’s

Spirit of ‘68 Promotions has booked noise punk band No Age and low-fi pop band Wavves for back-to-back nights at Rhino’s Youth Center.

California natives Christmas Island and local band Apache Dropout will open for Wavves at 8 p.m. Sept. 14.

No Age will also be joined by local bands The Broderick and Osteoferocious for their 8 p.m. Sept. 15 performance.

Fans can buy tickets to both shows, originally intended to be one show, for $18 at Landlocked Music as part of a special deal.

“Two days before the show was announced dates got switched around, and there was a lot of confusion,” said Spirit of ‘68 Promotions President Dan Coleman. “It’s hard to get people to go to shows on two separate nights, so we decided to offer a discount package.”

Separately, tickets to Wavves are $10 and tickets to No Age are $12. They can be purchased at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater box office, Rhino’s, Landlocked Music and online at www.spiritof68promotions.com, but the package deal can only be purchased at Landlocked.

Despite confusion, No Age still has high hopes for their tour and the release of their new album, “Everything in Between,” which drops Sept. 28.

“We made a great record that we like to listen to, and our good friends like it,” said No Age drummer and vocalist Dean Spunt. “If other people like it, then that’s awesome, but most of the time we try to not do what other people want.”

No Age will return to Bloomington for a second time after performing at Rhino’s last summer to a sold-out crowd.

“We’re excited to go to Bloomington,” Spunt said. “It has a good music scene due to the independent labels, and we like that Rhino’s is all ages.”

Sophomore Aaron Bragg, vocalist and guitarist of local band Osteoferocious, said he is looking forward to performing with such a prominent punk band.

“When I’m older I’ll have a good story to tell people,” Bragg said. “I feel like No Age will become an important punk band like Black Flag.”

Bragg said Bloomington’s punk scene is expanding by booking more punk shows, and he is excited to see No Age in an intimate setting like Rhino’s.

“No Age seems like the kind of guys that would be interested in us and that would be cool,” Bragg said. “They don’t seem like an indie band that will ignore us.”

Coleman reports that the packaged tickets have been selling well.

“It’s hard to say which show is doing better, but people seem excited,” he said. “There is a lot of curiosity about Wavves.”

Originally a skeptic, sophomore Stephen Overcash said Wavves’ newest album, “King of the Beach,” is surprisingly awesome, and he plans to attend the show.

“It actually has a really accessible feel,” Overcash said. “I like the sort of bratty quality of the lyrics and of the songs themselves.”

Coleman encourages fans to buy passes and come see the shows.

“No Age is known for making noise-rock fans go crazy,” he said. “It’ll be awesome.”