Before we post this month's Defunct Local Band Profile, we have a new news post for your delectation, all focused on recent concert video uploads from a local TV channel that you can watch on Shaw Cable and/or online, so here's what you should know!
Shaw TV Sault Ste. Marie's YouTube channel has posted new videos for their OnStage series on local musicians in concert, and they include three hard rock or metal bands! Running for a combined two hours, the new rotation of OnStage footage should premiere on Saturday night at 9:00 PM, though it remains to be seen if all of the bands will be aired in one lengthy block, or if they'll be spread out or rotated. The videos on Youtube include Shaw TV's footage of acoustic folk artist Jacob Quarrell (a.k.a. J.Q. or Shit Creek Survivor) at Live705's Easter Bash at The Rockstar Bar last month, while a house party event featuring DJ Seith and rappers Kodex and Joonas "J.S.K." Kamula was also posted, albeit in two parts that you can see here and here. Both are solid segments, with Jacob performing strongly and Seith & company delivering in a unique setting, so give these a look above! No word yet though regarding OnStage features from other bands at the Easter Bash.
The rest of the OnStage videos come from Live705's March Mash-Up event at The Canadian Nightclub, with three of that night's six bands featured in this current wave of videos (The Din and A Dire Setback were previously featured from prior concerts, and the usage of sampled material presumably rules out DJ Seith's set making the series.) That said, what should you know of the other three? In descending set order, we'll start with young blues/hard rock trio Electric Church, who are featured here playing 5 songs back in March, including an instrumental jam, "Muddy Waters", "Ain't Got None", "Carey Baby", and what may be called "Take Me Away" (I'm not 100% positive.) This is a solid performance of this fast rising band, and definitely are best quality and most substantial look at Electric Church yet, so give this multi-camera footage a look below, or on Shaw TV!
Next up, local death metal trio Pillory were also filmed in March for OnStage, who were filmed playing their songs "Angst of Existence", "Sculptor of Cadavers", "Wasting", "Abhorred Apprehension", "The Passing", and two songs whose titles I'm not 100% positive on (linked here and here), so like with Electric Church, click each song name to go to a specific track. This was a ferocious set from Pillory, who continue to brutalize fans like has become standard since their reunion, and this is arguably their best concert footage yet, so give everything a look below!
Lastly for this new OnStage concert video batch, we have new local alternative hard rock quartet Bizotic's set from the March Mash-Up, and they were filmed playing their songs "Record Light", "Psychic Vampire", "Subway Delay", an instrumental, "Echoes In Your Head", and one more instrumental. (I can't 100% verify either instrumental's name, but one was called "Dirty Time Machine".) This creative band are given a nice showcase here, and Louise's trumpet comes through much better on video than it did originally, so give Bizotic's best live footage yet a watch below!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for this month's Defunct Local Band Profile later today! Thanks everyone!
Before we dive into another weekend of concert previews, here's some news and notes on this Wednesday afternoon, including a solo performance video, updates on what to see in a recent Shaw TV OnStage episode, and first, a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, so here's what you should know!
Local doom metal trio AlgomA will hit the stage for the first time this year on Thursday, March 30th when they make a rare headlining appearance at The New American Pub! The show is AlgomA's first at The New A since October, and it will serve as their kick-off event before they head across the pond for their first ever European concert dates, though the band hasn't publically acknowledged specifics yet. Very cool, hopefully the guys have a blast overseas and make lots of new fans! This is also AlgomA's first concert since the release of their split single with Hooded Menace, though the show isn't advertised as a release party, and they aren't hyping up sale of the split there (at least not yet.) The openers will be local death/thrash metal trio Pillory in what I believe is their New A debut, and they should shred some of their own brutality to kick things off, so don't be late! Obviously promoted by AlgomA's own agency Six, Two, Oh., this is a 19+ event with a $5 cover charge and a 9:00 PM start time.
Though this is a smaller show than usual for Six, Two, Oh., expect a concentrated blast of sludge & death metal at month's end, and hopefully it sets off their ambitious tour on the right foot! For reference sake, AlgomA drummer Jamie Vincent's personal Facebook page recently featured a video including the posters for two more upcoming Six, Two, Oh. concerts at The New A that have not yet been publically announced (as of press time.) When & if more comes out of a public nature, we'll let you know!
Next up, local alt-punk quartet A Dire Setback are featured in the third episode of Shaw TV Sault Ste. Marie's new live music performance series OnStage! Originally advertised to air last month via Shaw Cable's guide, it instead premiered this past Saturday, following the second episode from Jay Aymar's show at The Tech in December. The new episode is the first to be a composite from different events, and it includes well done pieces on local rap label Underground Empire Records and local radio DJ/country musician Jeff McNeice opening for Brett Kissell, but the rest comes from Live705's January Jam at The Canadian Nightclub, which Shaw TV had a heavy presence at. The OnStage episode includes segments on only three of that night's bands, excluding Stegadeth, The Din, and headliners Gnaeus. In terms of Stegadeth's exclusion, I theorize that they didn't make the cut because they only played two original songs that night (Shaw can't clear cover songs for air easily, so they are usually removed in post-production.)
As for The Din & Gnaeus, they were the sole focus of episode 1 of On Stage, via The Din's CD release show last summer, so it's probably too soon, but might their footage and Stegadeth's originals be used in some form in the future? In terms of what Shaw did include in the OnStage episode, you can check out over 20 minutes each of opening indie/folk trio The Autumn Roots (who debuted second guitarist Chase Wigmore that night) and the local debut of Ottawa electronic project SleepWellCity (featuring veteran local punk bassist Nathan Bouliane), and both are nicely recorded and edited as you'd assume, so be sure to check them out (plus U.E.R. and Jeff's segments) via the above links! Now to A Dire Setback, and before we get too far, note that the interview segment with Shaw that they filmed pre-show is not in this episode, no word on when that will make it's way online and/or to channel 10. That said, what does the 25 minute video capture from their set in January?
In order, you'll see A.D.S. playing their songs "Catastrophe", "Nightmares", "Wasting Away", their newer originals "Faded" & "Forget This Memory", and "Kicking & Screaming", so click each link to go to each song! Like with the Autumn Roots & SleepWellCity videos for OnStage, this is well filmed and edited on multiple cameras, and A Dire Setback sound vibrant and energetic as ever, though note that their OneRepublic cover and some between-song banter has been cut from Shaw's airing. Solid performance and video all around, so check out A Dire Setback's January Jam set below, and don't miss them, The Din, and four other bands THIS SATURDAY at The Canadian!
Finally for today, here's the first new posting on veteran local hard rock guitarist & Audiofumes podcast host Mike Cliffe's YouTube channel in eight months! This is of an original song named "Crimson Pogostemon", so named because it features a pre-recorded drum track by Mississippi drummer Bill Ray named "Green Patchouli". Mike is on guitar and bass here, as tiled with some trippy visualizations, before an epliogue where Mike talks to the camera about some musical effects and tones that he added to this track with his computer. I'd have put that first to set up the song proper, but it's a quality psychedelic yet hard-edged instrumental, so check it out below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews next! Thanks everyone!
With our review of Saturday's January Jam now online, let's dive back into the news with an all-video showcase from four local bands, and coincidentally, three of the four played on Saturday night! These include some new assorted Facebook clips, recent live concert footage, and first, the debut content of a recent local TV debut, so here's what you should know!
As you may know, Shaw TV Sault Ste. Marie premiered a new series called OnStage this past Saturday night at 9:00 PM, and in the first episode of the planned weekly program on channel 10, the featured concert was August's CD release concert from The Din & Gnaeus at The W.W. Baldwin Auditorium at The Tech! Fans may recall Shaw TV's Christian Lemay and crew filming the show live on multiple cameras, and with music clearances and red tape out of the way, we can finally see the finished product after a 5 month wait, so what should you know? Ironically, both bands were playing at The Canadian on Saturday during the premiere, but they, you, and I can now see the full original contents via Shaw TV's YouTube channel, and kudos to them for getting these online so fast! Starting with The Din's headlining set, the local alternative/hard rock trio can be seen below playing the band Haggith's "75" (with "Leamington, Ontario" intro), then their originals "Alleyways & Apartments", "In Search of the Perfect Moment", ...
..."Out Of My League", and "Remember", an abbreviated cover of Mike Haggith's solo song "Of Cars & Criminals", "Flux", Mike's own "Potato (Should've Known Better)", "The Rose", "A Drive Through The Peninsula", and for an encore, "Differences". Featuring their entire debut album plus two non-album tracks, this is a solid set of original alt-rock action, with great filming by the crew at Shaw to accentuate the scale, but at times, the audio can be slightly muffled, and The Din's covers of bands outside of Mike's career are not included. Still, this is an awesome extended look at The Din, so be sure to give it a look below!
Next up, here's the video of opening post-punk quartet Gnaeus, who were filmed first that night in their own Tech debut! Coming off of their own CD release show at the time (The Din opened for that one in return), Gnaeus mostly played tracks from "Meditations" on this August night. In order, the video features the guys playing their songs "Mountains", "Circles", "The Edge", "Exercise In Self Awareness", "Lovers", "Fire", "Electricity", and "The Sound", notably omitting "Calling Out" and "Where You're Gone" that night, while a performed Cold War Kids cover is not included in Shaw's public footage. Notably starting with Mike Haggith introducing Gnaeus and apologizing for delays (a fire alarm went off in the building before their set), this video is of comparable quality and stature to The Din's video, and given that they only covered one outside artist, it's is a fuller video for those that recall this set, so you aren't missing too much!
Solidly and reliably performed as usual, so check out Gnaeus' half of the OnStage episode below, and stay tuned for more on both bands' next concerts in the coming days, which are sooner than you may think!
Also today, here's a couple of new video finds from new local alt-punk quartet A Dire Setback, and while they also have some new videos from Saturday's January Jam concert to share, these are actually from last month's YouTube Party at The Canadian Nightclub. Guitarist Chris Nielsen's wife Heather filmed these and posted them to A.D.S.' Facebook page a few days afterward, and they include renditions of their original songs "Wasting Away" and, as embedded below, "Catastrophe". The stage set-up seems to be a little standard despite the teasers and hype for the YouTube party, but Heather had a great view of the band, who were their usual energetic selves for these solid performances! For reference sake, a banner in memoriam to late Canadian Nightclub DJ Jay Perron (who died in October) can still be seen on the back wall of the stage in these clips. Give these "new" A Dire Setback videos a look above and below, and apologies for the month's delay!
Finally, here's a trifecta of new Facebook videos from local death/thrash metal trio Pillory! At the moment, these are Facebook exclusive, and aren't on Bret's YouTube channel yet. One video features bassist Jordan Leach (in fake voices) jokingly interviewing frontman Robert Sartini, with occasional asides by drummer Bret Shuttleworth, while another shorter video features Bret getting similar questions, before turning the tables and interviewing Jordan briefly. Both are light and amusing, and give you a more casual look at the band! The other video is a sideways jam session instrumental clip, and the band seemed to acknowledge that, titling the video "Sideways, 'The Foundational Esoterica'" If that is the case, I guess I'm out of the loop for understanding the angle choice, but the performance is suitably brutal and heavy, and fans of Pillory's recent work will enjoy the metal action regardless of angle! Give them a look above & below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates as the week rolls along! Thanks everyone!
The rest of the OnStage videos come from Live705's March Mash-Up event at The Canadian Nightclub, with three of that night's six bands featured in this current wave of videos (The Din and A Dire Setback were previously featured from prior concerts, and the usage of sampled material presumably rules out DJ Seith's set making the series.) That said, what should you know of the other three? In descending set order, we'll start with young blues/hard rock trio Electric Church, who are featured here playing 5 songs back in March, including an instrumental jam, "Muddy Waters", "Ain't Got None", "Carey Baby", and what may be called "Take Me Away" (I'm not 100% positive.) This is a solid performance of this fast rising band, and definitely are best quality and most substantial look at Electric Church yet, so give this multi-camera footage a look below, or on Shaw TV!
