Evidence of Rocking!

We've played a couple of shows in the last few weeks and since then some live video has been posted online. First of all, Mr. Halpenny's footage of No No Zero playing "Amputate" at Ghost Hole III appeared on Vimeo; I was later able to put the entire four song block he'd shot up on Youtube. The photo above is from the same show and was also supplied by Mr. Halpenny. Here's another one he took the same night of The (sexy and splendifferous) Soupcans --


Big thanks to Xenia for having us out to play this very fun show - on what was almost certainly the coolest stage I've ever played on. You can't tell from the video exactly, but there was a massive metal dragon head sculpture above us and it actually breathed smoke while the bands were playing (during our set, I was able to control the smoke with a foot pedal). So cool! I enclose pictures of the awesome artwork at Ghost Hole III, taken from X Blog and The White House Studio Project --







Oddly enough, the same night we played Ghost Hole III, GaragePunkToronto posted video of us playing "Closet Case" at our Silver Dollar show last May. Thank you, GaragePunkToronto!


Our most recent show was last weekend at the Press Club. The night was a blast - but of course it was dark so I have no real photos of the evening unfortunately (other than the sign out front and one of Jordan behind the drums). Thanks to Planet Creature and Bruised Knees for super sets!


Next up, we are *finally* going to make up for our missed show in Montreal some years ago, December 10th at Casa del Popolo! Details on that to follow soon.

Playing Outdoors This Sunday for Halloween!

Last minute announcement that No No Zero are closing the three-day Ghost Hole III Festival, this Sunday behind El Gordo Fine Foods in Kensington Market; it's an evening set, we are the last band and should be on around 8:30pm.


The festival runs Sunday from noon to 9pm. There will be a Haunted House to explore, and live music starting at 7pm including: le fantastique Henri Fabergé, and the spectacular Soupcans!

OCT 30 2011
BEHIND EL GORDO'S
PWYC
WEAR A COSTUME

I think this'll be our first outdoor show ever!? I'm really looking forward to it.

Press Club November 5th!

A new Ryan Halpenny poster masterpiece here can mean only one thing - a new No No Zero show to announce! Facebook event link!

Coming up soon: November 5th at The Press Club in Toronto, with two of the city's finest - Bruised Knees and Planet Creature.

Bruised Knees have been described by none other than Lonely Vagabond himself as, "avant-garde trance-rock splashed with an electronic sheen, primal drumming, and haunting vocals. Hypnotic and raw."

Does this convey that they're good & noisy? I think that's important.

As always, the proof is in the pudding -



Planet Creature are a quintet with some beautiful harmonies (and flute!). Optical Sounds, who released last year's Pigeon EP, call them, "bubble-gum babes with pop-garage sensibilities."

Their own twitter feed (!) describes them thus: "5 girls. 1 part bubble gum 2 parts punk 3 parts pop 4 parts rock. shake, serve and repeat."

If you're still not sold, check out their very sweet video (shot in Kensington Market) for "Das Pirates" -



9PM $5

Remember, remember, the fifth of November!

la belle et le couteau - pas de deux

A bit more of the same.

Nuit George with Blood Ceremony!

This Saturday (October 1st) we'll be opening for Blood Ceremony (about to start a European tour) at Double Double Land, deep in the heart of Kensington Market. The night is Nuit George, a benefit for George Dim's medical treatment.


From the event's Facebook page -


This event is a fundraiser for our good friend George Dim. We are raising money to assist him with the costs of receiving CCSVI treatment.

http://liberationtreatmentccsvi.com/

You may know George from buying records from him at his old record store LOST AND FOUND RECORDS. He is known by his friends as a kind, loving man who makes everyone around him laugh.

George has been diagnosed with MS and has hopes of receiving the CCSVI treatment. We have put this show together to raise funds for him to assist in the procedure and travelling costs.

ALL PROCEEDS (DOOR and ALCOHOL) WILL GO TOWARDS THE CAUSE!
PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT A GOOD CAUSE!

THANKS!

$10 at the door

Bands will be on early for all you Nuit Blanchers out there.


In the meantime, here's a taste of the great Blood Ceremony doing what they do best, earlier this year --



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Review of the show!

No No Zero Has A Bandcamp Page!

Earlier this year on Exclaim TV's Garageland, I spoke about how dumb I thought MySpace was. That view hasn't changed. Fortunately, as you may already know, another site for disseminating original music has emerged and proved its worth in quite a short time - and that site is Bandcamp.

I like all the freedom you're given as to your bands' presentation there, the relative control, clarity, and the total absence of advertising or other bands' logos or tour dates. Last night, I created a page for No No Zero and uploaded our Rough Stuff album (available on LP or CD through Signed By Force) so folks can stream and give it a listen if they haven't heard it before.

Our new record will presumably be there too once it's 100% finished. Stay tuned!