Today's post is devoted to recent concert videos shot for Christopher Paci's awesome YouTube channel, as he was in attendance for two big hard rock shows in April, but surprisingly only uploaded the videos earlier this month! No word on why they were delayed so much, but better late than never, and at least he got them up at last! Chris also filmed two videos at Giovanni's Italian Festival earlier this month, but neither are of heavier artists. The first of the two April concerts that Chris filmed at was the Matthew Good concert at The Machine Shop, where he filmed seven songs from the headlining Coquitlam, B.C. musician alt-hard rock musician's set. Songs from his old Matthew Good Band that were recorded include "Apparitions", "Load Me Up", "Hello Time Bomb", and "Tripoli", while solo songs filmed include "Born Losers", "Alert Status Red", and as embedded below, "Weapon".
Matthew's voice did show some strain at points, but the performances here are generally solid with a quality backing band! The audience seems healthy and enthusiastic, especially singing along with "Hello Time Bomb", and while Chris did have to content with many audience member heads from his spot on the floor, he did have a reasonably close vantage point to capture things as clearly as possible! Check out his Matthew Good videos above & below, and I am glad to see that the demons of 2007 have finally been exorcised after over 16 long years!
Next up, Chris also filmed two songs from local classic/hard rock cover quartet Silent 9's opening set, where they were late replacements for Vilivant for the local stop. While the band did post an unembeddable "Reel" of clips from their set at the time, Chris' videos are of Jess, Ryan, Paul, and Steve covering Blink-182's "All The Small Things" and, as embedded below, most of Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" (he comes in during the first verse but it's still longer than the Blink-182 cover). Chris was standing at a different spot to film Silent 9, thankfully where that pole isn't in the way of the band, but he still had a good view of their lead-off set, so check these out above & below, and look for them back this fall!
Chris' other new rock concert videos come from Montreal stoner/hard rock band The Hazytones' local return on April 25th, this time at The Distraction on East Street! For their first local set in seven years, Chris filmed them playing "Night Is Young", "Light Of The Day", this sub-two minute clip that is either the end of a song or an instrumental jam, and as embedded below, "God Told You". The Hazytones' doom rock sound has definitely gotten heavier since fans last saw them at The New A, and while the lighting in the old barbershop is quite red, you get a good look at the unique surroundings as the guys pound out these cuts from their new album "Wild Fever", so definitely give them a look above & below!
Finally, the local openers on this night were local alternative hard rock quintet Handsome Sandwich in their Distraction debut and their first local concert with Brandon Ruch on second guitar, though he is often hidden behind that post with the mirrors and coat hooks. Chris filmed two songs of theirs, namely "No Entry", and as embedded below, a heavier song that I couldn't successfully title (it's likely one of the songs on their upcoming EP, if not newer still). Looks like Handsome Sandwich had a successful first gig at the barbershop here, and they put in lots of clear energy and enthusiasm to go along with their original rock attack, while Brandon fit in well, if often not in view! Check out their videos above & below!
That's all for now, but look for more news and notes on the site soon, including this month's CD review, and thanks again to Christopher for filming all of these videos! Thanks everyone!
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