A Good Deal

X-MAS theme show TONITE

Hi we're are playing an X-Mas theme show TONITE @ Clarity records @ 6:30pm, come on down to see us, Shakes, dogs are better than cats and one more that I am unsure of how to spell at present.

Then! These ones:

DEC 23 @ Format, Peel Street Adelaide
w/ THE AXEMEN (from New Zealand)
School girl report (from Bateman's Bay)
Men's health

JAN 7 @ Seaby house, Camberwell (just around the corner from Geoffrey's pad)
w/ RAEIN (from Italy)
LOMA PRIETA (from USA)
Palisades
Kolkkous
and Nebraska (from just around the corner)

See you there?

Here are some photos from when we recorded on the weekend

Document

Pat Lockwood recorded the show the other night at the Metro, and you can download recordings of all three bands here: http://www.box.net/shared/1kr7foi4kh7tnxmj2ky0

First Adelaide show in a good while Sunday Oct 30 w/ PER PURPOSE

Hi so we haven't played a show at home in a little while, but we will be making our "triumphant return" to the Metro this Sunday October 30 with twitchy Brisbane noise-popniks PER PURPOSE and FRIENDS (Adelaide). Despite having moved in similar circles for the last couple of years, this will be the first time PER PURPOSE and NO ACTION have shared the stage and we're all lookin forward to seeing them and if this snappy Youtube video is anything to go by then their new EP is going to be a a good listen assuming you are into bands like Hüsker Dü Yü Remember?

OCT 30
THE METRO 8PM
PER PURPOSE
FRIENDS
NO ACTION

ATTENTION: blog-going children of the digital age and phonophobic members of the middle class

As of last night our new fan club recording is "IN THE CAN" as they say in the biz. If you're not a member, now would be the time to consider joining.

September spawned a monster

We've got one Adelaide show coming up before we take a trip to the smart state:

If it looks like a duck and talks like a duck

RARE 1/1 OOP NO ACTION JIGSAW PUZZLE

  

Adelaide band receives glowing review from limey, compared to Hated

"This two song 7" from Australia is one of those weird, rare records that feels like it was almost tailor made for me. Now, that may seem a bit egotistical I know, but when you haphazardly record a couple of songs in the fashion of some mid 90s ne'er-do-well so that the songs, which positively drive along, are muddy and lost, and the vocals are sinking ... sinking chest deep into that mud ... and the guitars are flying, then twinkling, over the warm bass sounds, and those previously mentioned vocals are out of tune, and ... it sounds like the Hated mixed with Evergreen's Trudy Pushpin 7", then you have to start wondering. Maybe this was tailor made for me? I mean the finish of "Stone Walled Garden" with a killer little bit of bass tangling with the chiming guitar is EXACTLY like the Hated. No band does that shit these days. Both of these songs nail it, it's a great sound, a blend of emo and punk in a fashion that has rarely been attempted since the Pine departed this world. Good works, Aussies!"

Collective Zine

Rare free exclusive NO ACTION bootleg

Our friend Anthony (of YES I'M LEAVING and VIDEO NASTY fame) recorded our performance live in concert at Sydney's BLACK WIRE records a few weeks back, supported by UNITY FLOORS, THE BED WETTIN' BAD BOYS, SPEW YOUR GUTS UP, and THE MOONSHINE JUG AND STRING BAND (not really). A night plagued by technical difficulties and general anxieties that nontheless turned out surprisingly well in mp3 format. Some old songs, some new songs, some dropped picks and sticks:

http://sydneylivebandrecordings.blogspot.com/2011/08/blackwire-1672011-no-action-spew-your.html?spref=fb

...and who could forget this one

EGG MEN

Bizarro versions of friends/acquaintances/celebrities spotted in NSW/ACT last weekend

Paul Giamatti
Ryan from Edison
Jesse Coulter
Bernard Fanning
Hugh Laurie
Newcastle awkward crew
Nigel Koop
Thurston Moore

Interstate Shows Flyers!

So over July and August we're playing in Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Melbourne and Tasmania. We are looking forward to this very much! This post will be updated as we source more copies of flyers.

Launch shows in SA NSW ACT

Hi just a reminder, we are launching our new 7 inch this Friday at Animal House with our new friends God Malls and Dogs Are Better Than Cats. The following weekend, we will be taking our first sojourn to the Emerald City.

Here are the dates for those shows:

Thursday July 14: Jura Books, Sydney, with Intentions, Yes I'm Leaving
Friday July 15: Vox Cyclops, Newcastle, with Spew Your Guts Up, Lenin Lennon
Saturday July 16: Blackwire, Sydney, with Bed Wetting Bad Boys, Spew Your Guts Up, Unity Floors
Sunday July 17: Phoenix Bar, Canberra, with Intentions, TV Colours, Bad Lifers

Fliers for these shows will be up soon. We will also be heading back to Melbourne and taking our maiden voyage across Bass Strait in August, followed by a trip to the sunshine state in September. More dates and details soon.

And don't forget, the latest fan club tape is OUT NOW! This is what it looks like:

Enjoy Your Beverage

No Action are going on tour!

Hooray!

I'm walking on eggshells

Meet the brother of Hans Gruber

No Action - Left Of The Year by theresnoaction

June 25th w. Lenin McCarthy

So we're playing with Lenin McCarthy at the Exeter on June 25th and it's going to be swell. I'm excited to be playing with these guys, they plough a similar furrough to us, albeit in another pasture. So come along and drink some drinks and have a soulful bop!

Prison?

I don't think the No Action fan club would thrive in that environment.

'It's a journey of the eye.'

FAN CLUB

To avoid disappointment, join the No Action fanclub today! T-t-t today, junior!

Friday the 13th show!

No Action, The Shakes and Archie are playing tomorrow night at The Metro! It's free! First band starts at about nineish I think.

Sheer terror!

Singstar Challenge

RIP

The Voice

The Bassist

The Guitarist

The Drummer

The Men Who Scold the World

Edward Nigma

Come on down for a night of shark-based comradery. There's apparently some alleyway show with Raccoon City Police Department immediately before this, so perhaps you can get a twofer that night.

if you can pretend the writing that says "The Shakes" says "No Action"

April 9

We're playing a house show this Saturday night with hardcore heavyweights Search and Destroy, and post-hardcore featherweights er... Weightless. Details elsewhere on the internet, or email us if you'd like to know more.

Show this Friday

An Animal House fundraiser with us, Nebraska, Ethics + Molars and The Pink Flamingos. The usual suspects. I think we're going to play a 'weird set' which means maybe a new song or three.

Hi we've done a video

Mixing of the new record is nearly done

Show this Saturday March 12

Nebraska vs. Pink Eyes collab dropping soon