Tomorrow's post will likely lean heavily on a rare weekend concert preview and attached video, so let's do something we haven't done in months: Two posts in one day! Keeping with our Defunct Local Band Profile this morning on a Sault Michigan band, most of today's post is devoted to bands in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, but there are some Sault Ontario updates to close things out with. Now, here's what you should know!
After an over 3 month hiatus, Sault Michigan hard rock band
Tarnished have resurrected their at-home live-streamed concert series! The guys revealed on
their Facebook page that they plan to do one hour-long show each Wednesday in September, and unlike their 15 prior live-streamed sets, these will all be electric with the full band, including the previously absent Nathan Webber on guitar and Gary Croad on drums. All of the upcoming installments will go live at 8:00 PM, but the first one aired yesterday at 7:00 PM, but what can you see here? The key word here is "see", at least for people who fought with the dreaded audio issues on Tarnished's 15 acoustic live-streams, as they are
back in full force
. Your results may vary, but on my computer and external speaker, the audio is extremely quiet, scratchy, and warps on louder and more distorted sounds, even with added electric instruments and 3 month wait to work out the kinks with the camera and setup.
If you're in the same boat, ripping the audio into Audacity and manipulating the track will be a big help, but in louder and heavier stretches, the songs are almost unrecognizable (and Gary's drumming sounds like his pads are made of
velcro.) In any event, Tarnished's set starts with renditions of Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Blue On Black", Aerosmith's "Same Old Song & Dance", and The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California", before playing their original "The Path", which ended their debut EP "Down To The Wire". Afterwards, they covered Sublime's "What I Got" and Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell", followed by their EP opener/Banned carry-over "Cocaine Riot". Tarnished had a thrash kick next via renditions of Anthrax's "Madhouse" & Metallica's "Seek & Destroy", before finishing with two more originals, "Cabin Fever" and "Shortcut" (a promised cut from frontman Alex Traynor's solo EP "Crazy World" was not performed for unannounced reasons.)
Aside from having what appears to be Facebook as their visual backdrop, I like the setting of the performance, and the lighting is put to good effect! This doesn't have the overall quality of their songs from The Four, but it works well enough. However, if you had problems with the audio before, adding more performers and electric instruments has
not helped
at all. I want to experiment with playing Tarnished's live-streams on other devices to see if the sound comes through better, but for now, give their newest at-home video a watch below, and look for more on Wednesday!
Next up, here's the newest video from St. Ignace progressive metal band
Heavy Lies The Crown's Facebook page! Their only update last month, this video is hosted and shot by bassist Danny Tucker, who lets us know that guitarist Ted Olson (a.k.a. "the bald dude in the closet") had just completed a playthrough video for YouTube, though if that has been posted online since, I couldn't find it. Danny did tease that they want to post more on YouTube, and they want to do some shows in some form, while their upcoming full length CD is just waiting to be mastered. The rest of the video gives us a snapshot into what was going on at their studio locale, including preparations for singer Brandon West's birthday cake, Ted dumpster diving(?!), and cameos from Jax the dog. We'll let you know when/if the H.L.T.C. YouTube channel surfaces, but this was an amusing video that helped keep us updated, so give it a watch below!
Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter news items from the last while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist or event name:
- The rescheduled First Jason concert at The Canadian Nightclub in Sault Ontario on September 27th has finally been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as per promoter J.D. Pearce on the Facebook event page earlier today, and ticket refunds are available at point of purchase.
Originally scheduled for April 26th as the Steel City Nostalgia Fair
after-party, the show was quickly moved to the fall, but updates did not
follow (good or bad) over the summer. Disappointing but not unexpected
news, alas, though hopefully Ari & crew play here when things
settle!
- Local punk quartet The Inner City Surfers will officially release the first of the three new singles they recorded last summer on Wednesday, September 23rd, as per their Facebook page! The song in question is entitled "Excess Express", though no
word on when they will unveil "Open Ambition" or their new version of
Stompin' Tom Connors' "Algoma Central 69". Surfers fans will want to
circle the 23rd on their calendars, for sure!
- The musical lineup for the delayed virtual installment of Rotaryfest on Saturday, September 26th has been announced, as per this press release on SooToday.
To be streamed on SooToday as a two hour event, the lineup is devoid of
hard rock acts, but it features many familiar faces, including
headliner Crystal Shawanda, Jay Case & Frank Deresti, Jackson Reed, Mustang Heart, Kelly
MacGillivray, KT Antler & Kyle McKey, Bone Yard, and Tyson Hanes. Tune in then for all of the action, it's great to see the festival back in any form!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site in the coming days! Thanks everyone!
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