New Din Concert Video, A Documentary Teaser, And More Updates!!

I have been behind on a few news stories as of late, so let's help remedy that with on this Sunday morning! This includes some live concert footage, a film teaser, and much more, so hopefully this will be an assist as we get caught up on the SMS! Here's what you need to know!

Last week, in their first YouTube channel upload in over a year, defunct local alt-hard rock trio The Din uploaded the (almost) full video from their Suburban Sendoff concert at LopLops Lounge from October 2017! Notable as the release party for their "Suburban Dream" CD, the source for the "Suburban Sendoff" live album, and as Mike, Tammy, and Brandan's final concert together as an active band (last year's one-off reunion aside), this video was shot by (ex-?) Id Iota frontman Christian Lemay across multiple cameras for Shaw TV's old OnStage series, and it's great to see that Christian and/or Shaw let The Din post the whole thing! This video doesn't quite capture the entire concert, as camera batteries died before the encore performance of "A Drive Through The Peninsula" (hear it here), but every other song makes it on this 92 minute-long video. In order, the video includes 2+ minutes of setup, then performances of "Give Me A Reason", "High Park", ...

"Alleyways & Apartments", "Out Of My League", "Weekend Delivery", "Missing", "Flux", "We Met As Surrogates/At The Circus", "In Search Of The Perfect Moment", "35s The Limit", "Up In The Air", "Remember", the brief intermission, "In The Moonlight", "The Price That You Pay", "Potato (Should've Known Better)", "75", their timely cover of The Tragically Hip's "Blow At High Dough", and "Suburban Dream", so click each song name to directly check them out. The music on offer here is nothing new from what fans already heard on Bandcamp, but the video is the star here, and you get to see The Din in their element, leaving it all on the stage one more time before Mike's move west, with two stationary cameras and one live camera capturing every good and bad moment! Aside from "A Drive Through The Peninsula", the un-played "The Rose", and a few of Mike's solo covers from "The Din Does Laundry", this video covers all of The Din's recorded studio material, so what better way to remember them then by checking this out!



Next up, here's the latest from local punk/indie musician, artist, and filmmaker Christopher Shoust, who is bringing back his solo project Telephone & Address at the Oh!No festival this fall, but that's not what we're here to talk about today. Back in July 2016, we added his defunct local punk band F.F.B. to our band links, and at the time, there had apparently been discussions between Chris and ex-bandmates Damjan "Spider Fingerz" Binda and Kyle Grawbarger about making a documentary film about their run. Well, public details were exceedingly minimal for a few years, but this teaser video for the documentary was quietly posted to Chris' YouTube channel last month. It features some video clips of live performances from their 1999-2000 run (which lasted either 4 months or 16 months, depending on which source you read), though it's hard to tell what form the final product will take. Sonically, we can at least get a sense for how F.F.B. sounded at last, so how are they in these clips?

Not bad, they had an abrasive noise punk quality, a fitting look, and good attitude that would have helped them stand out in the punk scene of the era, but as I was 10 years old during their run, I can't speak first-hand as to what F.F.B. accomplished at the time. We do know what the band's name stands for at least, though if you're not as tuned for vulgarity, be warned. No word on when and how the finished product will be released, but give F.F.B.'s documentary teaser a look below!



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:

• In a rare Rotaryfest lineup change, country/folk trio The Crossroad Magdalenes have replaced indie rockers Man Feelings on the Stage 2 lineup on Saturday, July 20th, also now at 2:30 PM after most of the bands that day were pushed a half hour earlier. Our source is this new Facebook event page. A reason for Man Feelings' withdrawal wasn't announced, but hopefully nothing bad happened, they're a talented group! Of course, so are The Crossroad Magdalenes, who have impressed audiences since 2017, and hopefully their Rotaryfest debut is a hit in two weeks!
• Local punk trio Redundant resurfaced last week to play a private Canada Day party, location undisclosed, as per new photos on their Facebook page. The picture quality is mixed, but it does look like former Scary Uncles bassist Andrew MacDonald at least guested on bass again, though Redundant proper have not confirmed James' replacement publically as of yet. Hopefully the set went well!
• Classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck's shows at Reggie's West this weekend were alongside guest bassist Cory Valentine due to another Paul Belair absence, as per members Glen Thomas and Terry Eaton's personal Facebook pages. Cory had filled in with Soundcheck last month for another Reggievelt weekend, and hopefully things went even smoother with the guys this time around!

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