LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Joni Radford Benefit) & Infathom Concert Videos!!

After our first off day of the new year, we're back with a new post divided between the Twin Saults for two distinct topics: New concert videos from a major recent show, and a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for a big benefit fundraiser next week, so here's what you should know!

The performer lineup has been announced for the Joni Radford benefit concert at The Canadian Nightclub on Saturday, January 13th (exactly one week from today!), and it's an all-punk roster for the cause, as local punk quartet Redundant and trios A Dire Setback and Stegadeth will join forces next week! The lineup was announced by Jack Spades frontman J.D. Pearce on the Facebook event page on Wednesday, and while he's not promoting this event, he has publically been helping regarding the concert aspect of it. Of course, this event is to support local resident and prior cancer survivor Joni Radford through the return of her breast cancer, with all proceeds going to her and her family while she's off work dealing with this unfortunate re-diagnosis. To that end, the benefit will also feature raffle and 50/50 draws, a silent auction, a door prize, a toonie toss, pizza, and the Northern Axperts cage will also be open for interested patrons.

In terms of the bands, this will be all three's first concert set of 2018, with Redundant notably debuting new second guitarist Yannick Casavant in their first live appearance in well over a year (not counting Justin's solo set at Rock 4 Autism in May), while this will be just the second live appearance of both A Dire Setback and Stegadeth's current lineups. Solid picks all around, and hopefully they rock at their best to help Joni out next week! Presumably a 19+ event with doors opening at 7:00 PM, the ticket will cost are $25, but remember that this is a benefit show towards Joni's cancer battle. Tickets are available from organizers listed on the Facebook event page, as well as at The Upper Deck Bar & Grill above The Canadian, and delivery is available if you can't get out there in these temperatures. And just in case, don't let the parking lot renovations at The Canadian scare you off, the venue is still open and things are coming along there!

I don't know Joni well, but everything I've heard of her has been very positive and encouraging to her character and personality, and if she can beat cancer once, I'm sure she can do it again! Kudos to everyone for helping her out at this time of need, stay tuned for more details on this event next week, and visit the above links for full current information!

We'll close this post with new videos from the Theory of a Deadman concert at The Dreammaker's Theater at the Sault Michigan Kewadin Casino last week, though these are not of the headliners. Instead, these are from Munising hard rock quartet Infathom's opening set, so what else is publically available beyond Chris Paci's videos? Well, how does their whole set sound? Filmed by their manager Michael Cole and uploaded to his YouTube channel on New Year's Eve, this marks his first upload there since last year's Alter Bridge concert, and first of Infathom since filming their outdoor Savoy Bar show in the Soo back in July 2014. In this half hour set, Infathom can be seen below playing their original (I think) "Nothing New", Guns 'N Roses' "Civil War", Buckcherry's "Lit Up", Candlebox's "Far Behind", The Beatles' "Come Together" (though it seems to take more from Godsmack's cover), and their originals "Live Tonight" and "Blissful Insanity".

Great angle of the band from the front corner of the stage, Infathom sound good, and I'd love to hear more original songs from them, but they do have a few songs that Dillion's vocal range isn't as suited for (plus, "Lit Up" was missing a lot of the first verse), and the camera's audio clarity isn't always pristine. Also, while the security crew-member is continually in camera range, I can't fault him, as he's just doing his job regardless of who may or may not be filming near him. Give this full set video of Infathom in Sault Ste. Marie a look below, and go straight to specific songs above!



Finally, here's one more Infathom video from the Soo Kewadin branch, this time courtesy of their own Facebook page very shortly after their set wrapped last week, and it's of their closer "Blissful Insanity"! Though the camera angle is very similar to Michael's full-set video, they are definitely from different filmers, as the video below wasn't on a stationary angle and does pan around and zoom a bit. Good audio and video quality, and the filmer does make more of an effort to not film the security, so this is also worth watching below, and hopefully Infathom come back east soon!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site in the coming days! Thanks everyone!