Late Brat Attack Lineup Changes, The Fuck The Facts Concert Preview, And More!!

I wasn't expecting to have a new news post tonight, but thanks to some late lineup additions for a show TONIGHT, I had to get something up! So with those, I've also added the preview for a major metal show later this week, lineup news for a huge all ages summer concert, and a new video from a local guitarist, so here's what you need to know!

There's been late notice lineup changes for TONIGHT'S Brat Attack-headlined concert at The Canadian Nightclub, and metalheads should pay attention! Due to an illness in the band, local punk trio Redundant have dropped out of the show as per the Facebook event page, but despite that, promoters have confirmed that two local metal bands have been added to create a 4 band lineup, including grimecore trio Shit Liver and extreme metal quintet Winkstinger! This will be both bands' first gigs since the Roberta Bondar Pavilion gig earlier this month, and in Shit Liver's case, it'll be their first of two concerts at The Canadian in a four day span. Neither band may seem like a perfect match for The Brat Attack's political punk style, but metal bands have opened for them locally in the past, and the members of Shit Liver opened for them at their last show here in August 2007 in the punk band O.B.C.D., so this is not uncharted ground for them! It's a bit ironic that both of the original openers (Redundant and Winnipeg punk band Up N' Atom) have dropped out, but this lineup is even heavier for metalheads, so if you can make it out tonight, go for it! Admission is still $5, doors still open at 9:00 PM, and it's still ALL AGES, so make note of the lineup changes, and don't miss The Brat Attack, The Valentine's Day Massacre, and the new local metal additions TONIGHT!

Now, we might as well post the preview for a show we alluded to above, as Ottawa grindcore standouts Fuck The Facts are returning to Sault Ontario THIS WEDNESDAY!! Exactly one year & 2 weeks after they last rocked the area, the Juno nominated local favourites will bring their unique and devastating original material to The Canadian on Wednesday, and you won't wanna miss their brutal songs from new albums like "Die Miserable" at this show! A stacked lineup of area metal openers are lined up to set the tone on Wednesday, including local metal standouts Garden of Bedlam, the aforementioned Shit Liver (returning from last year's FTF show for their second Canadian Nightclub gig in four days), local death metal quintet The Bear Hunters, and Desbarats death metal rockers For All That Is Lost, and if that isn't a quality lineup of area metal bands, then I don't know what is! Admission is $10 (which is extremely worth the money), it's ALL AGES like the rest of Dismembertainment's recent Canadian shows, and doors open at 8:30 PM with a start time after 9:00 PM. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This sounds like an awesome metal show with loads of brutal and entertaining bands, and though Garden of Bedlam may be the sound outlier, their local prominence, success, and talents will only help this show!

I guarantee I'll be there on Wednesday to have my face melted (with a review to follow), and hopefully you guys can follow suit! Be at The Canadian TONIGHT for The Brat Attack and Wednesday for Fuck The Facts, with quality area openers all around, you won't be sorry! For a preview of Wednesday's show, here's Fuck The Facts music video for their song "A Coward's Existence", so prepare for their brutal assaulting style of grindcore and death metal in the lead up to Wednesday's huge concert!



Next up, here's the latest updates on the lineup for the second Sewer Swampstravaganza all ages concert at The Oddfellows Hall on July 13th! The lineup has apparently been capped at 10 bands (down from 11 last year), and the last added band is a new indie rock project named Like Father Like Son. Details on them are scant, but they appear to be the new band from local concert promoter and singer/guitarist Jeremy Hannah, and they sound similar to older bands of his like Ocean View. He's joined by former Lorax bandmate Nathan Bouliane (and maybe others?) in this band, meaning that Nathan will play with two bands at the Friday the 13th gig, along with his blues rock band The Moves. For their genre, they're very good, but they're a far cry from some of Jeremy's heavier older bands, but still talented and worth checking out! As well, the tentative order for the bands has been revealed, with each band getting one hour slots to play and set-up instruments, so let's go through the bands in descending order! Like last year, local classical punk trio RedD Monkey will headline at 11:00 PM, and they'll be preceded by a local metal trifecta, with The Bear Hunters, hardcore quintet As It Stands, and Winkstinger returning from last year at 10:00, 9:00, and 8:00 PM respectively.

The rest of the bands are new compared to last year, with The Moves at 7:00 PM, new local punk rock quartet Ashes To Dust at 6:00 PM, Desbarats death metal quartet Inhuman Methods at 5:00 PM, The Valentine's Day Massacre at 4:00 PM, Grand Rapids folk trio Ye Olde Mold Pickers at 3:00 PM, and Like Father Like Son opening the festivities at 2:00 PM. However, note that this is subject to change, and the lineup changed drastically last year with 4 band dropouts and numerous timeslot shifts, so this likely isn't final. Still, this is a great lineup of bands, and though a band smaller, it's more diverse musically and different for performers than last year! Only the main four bands and 3/4ths of The V.D.M. are returning from last year, so this will be a great chance to see some newer and more varied bands in the second Sewer Swampstravaganza in July! Check the above links for more details, and stay tuned for updates!

And finally for tonight, here's a new video from ApolcayptiCDistroyeR frontman Jesse Middaugh! A change from his recent acoustic uploads on his YouTube channel, this new video from Saturday is a new rough original instrumental idea he had recently, so he decided to film and upload it for his fans. There is something there, but it definitely sounds rough, and he should tighten it up a bit and expand on it more in the next while. Still, it's good to hear an electric guitar again for his videos, and he has skill, but hopefully this is just the start for this composition. Check out Jesse's new video out below!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for our next YouTube Channel Profile on Tuesday, and more news as it rolls in! Thanks everyone!