Before we begin today's post, I wanted to apologize for a missed concert in our St. Patrick's Day weekend previews, as local classic/hard rock cover duo Dodge This played last night at the Up & Down Lounge at 24 Second Line West. Murphy's Law strikes again, as the hard rock concert with the most blatant holiday themes and frills is the one that the band only announced on their Facebook page four hours before showtime, let alone at a venue that's never crossed our radar before. Apologies again for missing this one, I'd have covered it on here with even a day's notice, but hopefully Dodge This had a solid turnout at the bar/indoor golf lounge!
Today's post otherwise covers some on-air details from one of our local rock radio stations, but leading off, here's videos from Friday night's Selias concert at Soo Blaster! Two videos of the headlining Toronto melodic death metal band's set have publically surfaced on Facebook this weekend, and while both are short, you get a nice little sample of their local encore from them. The longer of the two clips comes from 705Live Sound Co.'s Facebook page, with Mike Blair again filming the video from the soundboard. I know he likes to do the "camera zooms out from the soundboard and comes back" thing for their videos, but here, it put too much emphasis on the crowd level on the floor. I couldn't place the song upon checking out this clip (maybe it's new?), but it features a more melodic chorus with clean vocals. What we see and hear sounds good, so see some of what you may have missed from Selias' set on Friday night below!
Next up, the other local Selias video (so far?) actually comes from Selias' own Facebook page, with a band representative filming 18 seconds worth of their set on Friday. The band representative was on the floor, so the video is much closer to the stage and better highlights the audience, but the audio quality isn't quite as crisp as on 705Live's video. Still a solid little teaser, so check it out below, and we'll let you know if other videos from Friday night turn up!
Finally for today, let's discuss some recent programming notes for new Sault Ontario rock radio station 104.3 The Fox! I forgot to mention this at the time, but back on February 13th, they aired a "great albums" program to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of The Black Crowes' "Shake Your Money Maker", with Howard Manshein of the Sunday Night Vinyl Series playing it front to back. This concept is not a regular program that airs at a given time, and didn't get a lot of commercials prior, but keep it in mind if you're listening to CJQM! Also last month, regular local DJ Dan Koo was off air for a week (I never heard if it was due to illness or vacation), and with him being absent, Mitch Belanger from 101.9 The Fox in North Bay was on air for the 2:00-6:00 PM weekday timeslot. On that Saturday from 12:00-6:00 PM, Nick Liard from Q92 in Sudbury filled in for Dan instead.
Now you have an idea how The Fox will deal with talent absences! As for their theme weeks, they've continued unabated since launch, but two of them in recent weeks weren't for a specific band. February 10th-16th was Cover Songs Week, with the Sunday Night Vinyl Series episode on the 16th seeing Howard play David Bowie's covers album "Pin Ups" in full, while March 3rd-9th was Women In Rock Week, ending with Heart's "Dreamboat Annie" playing on the Sunday Night Vinyl Series. Nice to see Rogers change things up every so often for the theme weeks and what gets played on air for them, but I am still surprised that they don't do Canadian acts all that often. The Q104 switch to The Fox in January happened during Rush Week and they haven't spotlighted a domestic band since. Lastly, all Rogers-owned radio stations got new website overhauls last month, The Fox included, so they all have the same design & layout heavily inspired by the Seekr application.
Honestly, I'm not a fan of the new website, as it focuses way more on Seekr than any of Rogers' individual FM stations, and you can't see a full programming schedule or on-air playlist anymore (ironically, the Seekr application still lists that day's schedule). Good thing the old layout was still in effect when I was first covering The Fox, as I had links and more sources to go off of! Hopefully they improve and add to the websites in due cpurse, but if you want to hear exclusive Seekr content, you'll know more about it now! That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site as the week continues! Thanks everyone!
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