Fluid 5ive Concert Preview, More Oh!No Festival Fallout, And More News & Notes!!

As promised, we're rounding out our weekend concert previews today with the remaining hard rock event tomorrow that didn't fit in yesterday's post, with some assorted stories and lots of fallout from a big event last month to fill things out. Here's what you should know on this Friday morning!

Local classic/hard rock cover quintet Fluid 5ive are advertised to return to The Rockstar Bar for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! This will be Fluid 5ive's first show since playing at the same venue in May, and will also mark their first publically announced concert appearance since Smokehouse alum Liam Vaillancourt replaced Joseph Miller on guitar. How will the newly restored Fluid 5ive sound in their return, and what kinds of hard rock covers will accompany their growing profile, perhaps with some keyboard and saxophone input? Be at The Rockstar Bar tomorrow to find out! There is no announced cover charge for this concert, which has an advertised 8:00 PM start time (though I imagine the band proper wouldn't begin until 10:00 PM or so), and you must be 19 or older to attend. There's still no public video footage of Fluid 5ive online that I'm aware of, but this familiar veteran quintet should have a fun night of rock action in store tomorrow, so visit the official Facebook event page for more details!

Next up, it's time to finally close out our fallout from last month's Oh!No concert festival in Leeburn, as the remaining content from it has routinely fell through the cracks in recent weeks. First off, if you recall photos taken at Robbie Adamson's church by Sudbury photographer Mimi Abitbol that were shared by a couple of the touring bands, you'll be glad to know that her full photo album can be seen in full at this link! This is admittedly from her personal account, but the link is intentionally publically viewable, and where else did performers get her pictures from? Though not comprehensive of every act, Mimi got photos of Cross Dog, The Therapists, Lightmares, Beaver Slap, Forest City Aurora, Pointless, Winkstinger, and The Elements, while also capturing lots of shots of the countryside, the attendees, the organ bonfire, and all of the camaraderie therein. If you want lots of colour photos from Oh!No II, definitely give Mimi's a look, she got a ton of great shots!

You can also check out 7 more colour photos via Thunder Bay psychedelic/desert punk quintet The Franquilizers' Facebook page, and while the new photos are somewhat blurry, it's nice to get a few new angles! Finally from Oh!No 2018, let's dive into the remaining videos from Christopher Paci's YouTube channel, as we haven't even touched on his local performer clips from last month! Though Chris missed the majority of the local metal and hard rock bands, his camera was rolling for the last 5 local acts. These include a rare concert video of DJ Seith's new hip hop project Planet Rock (featuring a familiar Rob Base sample), and he and rapper St. James have solid chemistry! Though credited to just Bill Priddle, Chris also filmed his rock trio Pointless playing a song I can't immediately identify, but it doesn't have the drone/noise qualities you might expect, harbouring more of a slow indie rock bent. Surf rock quartet The Dynowaves were filmed in instrumental action on this video, which fits their locally unique genre perfectly, if needing more energy!

FYI, the woman dancing on stage is a now short-haired Louise Lamothe, who joined The Dynowaves after Bizotic broke up, but it appears not all of their songs have a trumpet part yet. Indie rock duo and Vol. successors Mik & Steve (with Pointless' David Peredun on guest drums) were filmed in this clip playing an apparent original, which sounds good for the genre, and Mikaela has some soul to her voice! Lastly, here's 1:44 of punk/metal quintet Jack Spades playing most of their song "Rise", and while not as close to the stage yet, their intense live set comes through well while it lasts, and watch for some bubbles! Give Jack Spades' video a look below, and see more above!



Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter news items from the last while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist name:

• Defunct local hard rock quartet Eclipse's Facebook page was quietly re-activated in recent months, so they have been restored to our inactive band links! The band quietly dissolved after their Halloween party set last year, preceding this page and some of their related projects' pages being taken down at around the same time. At least Eclipse's page is back, whether or not we ever see them on stage again, so give it a look above!
• I have moved local progressive metal duo Kraken Mara to our inactive band links, as they haven't issued a public update since posting on their Facebook page one year ago on Tuesday, though their Reverbnation page's deletion may have been a prior tell anyway. Kraken Mara had big studio plans and clear talent, but with Brendan moving out of country again earlier this year, that can't help matters. Best of luck to him and Jake in the future!
• The Ten Foot Pole concert on Thursday, October 25th has been moved from The Harp Bar & Grill to the aforementioned Rockstar Bar, as per updates to the Facebook event page on Tuesday. A reason for the relocation wasn't announced, but The Harp is an atypical venue for a show of this style nowadays, given how their post-Madison's concerts have tended to be acoustic. The move shouldn't hurt for the electric punk action on display, so keep the new locale in mind for in three weeks!

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