LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Shit Liver), Redundant & Faps Videos, And Much More!!

Here's a new news post for your Saturday evening, and it includes some assorted shorter stories, new videos from recent concerts here and afar, and leading off, a big LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for next month! Before we all focus on Thanksgiving, here's what you should know!

Three local metal bands we don't see very often nowadays and a favourite band from the Oh!No festival will join forces for a special New American Pub concert on Thursday, November 22nd, toplined by the local return of Shit Liver! 7 months removed from their "Hitting the Fan" release tour stop at the same venue, the local/St. Catharine's grindcore trio will return home following the end of their summer break, so prepare for another fast paced and ferocious night of original action! Sudbury "party violence" quintet The Therapists (who incidentally replaced Shit Liver at Oh!No II) will make their Sault Ste. Marie debut that night as co-headliners, and if you recall their costumed and creative blend of hardcore punk in Leeburn, look for much more of the same next month! Veteran local hardcore punk sextet Destroilet will end a nearly 2 year long hiatus from the stage when they rock this concert, in what will be their first gig since the 2016 Guy Thiffault tribute show, and since co-lead singer Brenton Ellis returned to the band last year. It appears "later, rather than sooner" is November 22nd, so prepare for Destroilet's long awaited return then!

And if that's not all, prepare for the return of local death metal favourites The Bear Hunters as the advertised openers, marking their first live concert set since October of last year. I don't know where they've been, but will we get any teasers towards their long-gestating new album? Find out next month! This 19+ concert has a 9:00 PM start time, and while an old poster cited a "pay what you can" option, a $10 admission fee is advertised. This may be on American Thanksgiving, but fans of the old Rosie metal nights should be giving thanks for the death metal and hardcore punk returns coming to The New A then, so visit the Facebook event page for more details!

Next up, here's a 25 minute long video from local punk trio Redundant's trip to Toronto in July for their one-off gig at the final Vans Warped Tour! This was uploaded to bassist James White's YouTube channel two weeks ago, in his first upload there in 6 months, and the footage here was shot on a cell phone camera from their hitting the road on Monday, July 16th through their set the following day at at the Flats at Budweiser Stage. The band (plus two spouses) are featured in this footage as they drove east through Ontario, and while there's far too much to individually break down, what are some highlights? Well, you can expect lots of road trip footage, in-car banter and music, stops at Legoland and Bass Pro Shop, and exploring their hotel room, among other moments (some sped up, and some with James narrating to the camera.) Footage at the Warped Tour proper begins at about 12:27, and you'll get to see the festival grounds, attendees, and setup in nice detail until footage of their set begins, so if you never went, enjoy the last look!

After we see them set-up, you'll get performance footage of Redundant starting at 18:22 with a clip of their cover of "Folsom Prison Blues" before we see their original "Miles Apart" in full. The video ends with James using an amusing camera effect before closing with scattered photos set to their EP's closing track "What Will You Do". Despite being filmed almost entirely in portrait orientation (the exception being when Justin doles out Jagermeister in red solo cups), this is a fun look at their big road trip this summer, and hopefully the crowd grew as their set progressed! Give the full video a look below, and don't miss Redundant at the Ten Foot Pole show later this month!



Also, we have a surprising number of videos from the Faps-headlined concert at LopLops Lounge on Wednesday night to share, courtesy of Precision Design & Apparel head Aaron Reed, who shared seven videos from the concert to it's Facebook event page the following day! All of these are just 20 seconds long, on the same portrait orientation angle, and all have medium/scratchy audio, so mind that going into these. Two of Aaron's videos are of the opening acts (Conika and her new rap/jazz group Bom Cronik), with the rest focusing on the Saskatchewan noise punk duo, and yes, they are wearing dresses on stage. These go by too fast to easily identify the songs being played, but the chaos of The Faps' live show is on full display, and it looks like attendees at LopLops had a fun time! Give one of the five Faps videos a look below, and see above for the rest, including some guest drummer appearances, including from co-promoter/AlgomA drummer Jamie Vincent in two of them!



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

• I have moved local power pop/hard rock quintet The Noochin' Lanterns to our inactive band links, as they have not issued a public update since releasing their "Drop The Gloves" single on October 3rd of last year. A side project of The Apocalypse Afterparty, this pajama-clad band only played a couple of of advertised concerts last year (pop-up gigs aside), but they had creativity and a lively stage show, and hopefully we hear more from Paul, Amanda, Tyler, Matthew, Sarah, and Amber in the future!
• Local indie punk quintet Northwest quietly noted on their Facebook page on September 3rd that the release party for their second EP "Songs From 2015-2017" will take place at LopLops Lounge on Saturday, December 22nd. Nothing else has followed regarding the event, even a month later, so I am hesitant to begin covering it normally, but that is the teased date and locale. Stay tuned for fuller updates on the EP release when they roll in, but fans may want to remember that date over the holidays!
• This is very belated, but I have added Sault Michigan videography company Third Cinema Productions to our "Other Sault Michigan Links" section. Led by Eric Cairns, long-time readers may recognize Third Cinema from their frequent relationship with Kinross classic/hard rockers Banned and their frontman Alex Traynor's solo project, with Eric filming each on multiple occasions (Eric's even played with Banned as a guest bassist in the past.) Third Cinema do great work with concert footage, music videos, weddings, and more, so give them a look above, and apologies for the delay in responding to your e-mail, Eric!

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