How many local concerts do I have to share? SIXTEEN. And the first eight I'll mention will be featuring Sault Michigan's own Shift! These hard rockers will be hitting The Satisfied Frog on the weekends of June 5-6th, June 26-27th, August 7-8th, and October 30-31st! All of these shows will take place at 10:00 PM on their respective dates! As well, they've booked two additional shows at Foggy's Bar in Christmas, MI for the August 14-15th weekend!! Nice to see lots of dates for Shift on the horizon, hopefully you guys will go check them out at least once over the next few months! For more information, visit their official MySpace page!
Meanwhile, Pickford modern rockers Absolute will return to The Bird in Sault Michigan for eight shows over the next five months! So, you can go check them out on the weekends of June 26-27th, July 3-4th, July 10-11th, and October 30-31st! Like Shift's shows, all of these dates will take place at 10:00 PM! I think these are Absolute's first Sault shows since March, but I could be wrong! Hopefully these shows go well, they're definitely a good band! Check out some of their songs on their official MySpace page!
Also, just to add, Sault Ontario natives Detroit have scheduled a concert for June 9th at The Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, with Mississauga screamo band No Alarms! That, as well as the new Shift shows in Christmas, are now in the Out Of Town Concert Listings at the left of the page! And of course, you can find all the new local shows featuring Shift and Absolute to your right in the Local Metal Concert Listings!
Next up, here's some news on this year's Northern Ontario Hempfest (which does usually feature a metal band or two in the lineup!) This year's fest is scheduled for August 27th-30th, at it's usual spot on Poplardale Road in Ophir, which is less than an hour outside of town. Sadly, it's been announced that this year's event will be it's last, due to increasing costs and stricter R.I.D.E. program enforcement. That sucks, especially to those that truly believe in decriminalizing marijuana, but I'm sure that Hempfest will go out with a bang! Details are to be announced, but once I hear about lineup announcements (especailly where it pertains to metal bands), you'll hear it here!
What else....oh yeah, an upcoming local metal concert has had a change in ticket prices! The concert on June 11th headlined by Today I Caught The Plague will now be just $5 at the door, which is half of the old admission price! How about that, even more excuse to go and support these bands! This show will also feature Thunder Bay death metal bands Faceless Hulk and Norris, Windsor's own Constructed Apocalypse, and locals Loyalty Is Dead! Click their names to check out their songs! Doors open at 6:00 PM on June 11th! For more details on this show, visit the official Facebook event page!
And finally, I've recently been in contact with Everett Mason, the frontman for Toronto metal band APE. They've been looking for a possible booking in Sault Ontario this summer, so I sent him some contact info! In return, I got a copy of APE's new CD, "Survival of the Fittest" in the mail! Never thought I'd see the day when I'd get free CDs, especially from an out of town band! Well, I plan on reviewing it on the SMS! They may not be local, but they might play here soon, so why not? Expect that in the coming days, I'm not reviewing it today cause it'd get lost in the shuffle of today's news. And, if you can help APE get a booking in Sault Ontario, send them a message at their official MySpace page!That's all for today, remember to go check out Fitswitch, Jager, Kilacel, or Necropolis tonight! Lots of metal shows, might as well see at least one of them! Myself, I'll be seeing Fitswitch, and I promise a review and photos upon my return, so I'll be back with that (and the APE CD review) soon! Stay tuned!
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