LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Scarkazm & Tym Morrison), Weekend Concert Previews, And More!!

As promised, here are this weekend's un-tarnished hard rock concert previews, including some attached LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS from two of the acts in question! This is a relatively quiet weekend, so to round things out, I have some updates from a prominent local punk band at post's end. With all of that said, here's what you should know!

Local acoustic hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison has another typically busy weekend of concerts ahead, including his regular weekly matinee gigs at Gliss Restaurant TOMORROW & SATURDAY bookending his return to The Roadhouse Bar & Grill on Trunk Road TOMORROW NIGHT! Fans of Tym's skilled and experienced blend of hard and classic rock covers should find a lot to like this weekend, whether you're a supper-time regular at Gliss or enjoy his more traditional nighttime gigs at The Roadhouse, so keep all three in mind! While we're on the subject, let's add Tym's December concert slate to our concert calendar today, which will include Gliss matinees on December 6th-7th, 13th-14th, 20th-21st, and 27th-28th, plus a return to The Roadhouse Bar & Grill next Friday, December 6th, and we'll start approaching his 2020 dates at the end of next month.

Note that shows Tym has advertised on his personal Facebook page at churches and retirement homes are not advertised publically, and as such, are not covered as public concerts on the SMS. This weekend's and next month's Gliss shows are 6:00 PM matinees with no age limits, tomorrow's and next week's Roadhouse concert is at 10:00 PM with a 19+ age limit, and none of these gigs have an announced cover charge. Visit the official Facebook event pages linked here & here for more details, and here's Tym live!



Next up, Traverse City, Michigan metal trio Scarkazm will return to The Rapids Lounge at the Sault Ste. Marie Kewadin Casino TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, but they have more in store for 2020! This weekend's previously announced concerts will be Scarkazm's final ones in the Soo for this year (though they will be in St. Ignace in three weeks), and if you can't come out for their hard hitting covers and possible originals, the band has confirmed their dates through February on this calendar image shared on Facebook earlier today, which will include Rapids Lounge gigs on January 3rd-4th and February 21st-22nd. Nice to see Adam, Dave, and Jeff back so soon with more high energy concerts in the U.P., so don't bypass those dates along with this weekend's! Their sister band Peril also have regional dates announced there, which we'll cover on the site separately, and as usual, their acoustic side group Project 6 are not scheduled to play up here during this timeframe.

For what it's worth, Kewadin's entertainment page does not list any 2020 lounge concerts yet, we will let you know when they do. Tomorrow, Saturday, and next year's Rapids Lounge shows have 9:00 PM start times, 21+ age limits, and no cover charges. Visit this weekend's Facebook event pages linked here & here for more details, and here's Scarkazm live!



We'll close out this weekend's announced hard rock concert previews back in Sault Ontario, where local classic/hard rock cover quintet Fluid 5ive will rock The New American Pub for a matinee concert THIS SATURDAY! A one-day-only engagement due to or because of The Algo Rhythms' early show there tomorrow, the early timeslot is due to The New A's regular weekly karaoke nights on Saturdays, so don't expect to hear of too many bands playing Saturday nights there, regardless of genre. Fluid 5ive debuted here with a Friday nighter last month, and hopefully they entertain the early fans well with their classic and hard rock favourites on Saturday! Of course, just a disclaimer that Fluid 5ive's Facebook page has not been updated since early September, in case anything changes without a statement. This 4:00 PM concert has no announced cover charge and I would assume a 19+ age limit still applies. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Fluid 1ive!



Finally, here's some updates from local indie/punk quintet Northwest, who will play an increasingly rare live date at LopLops next month, but what else is new from their camp? As per their Facebook page last week, the guys recently received a music recording grant from the Ontario Arts Council, which means that they will have new music in the works for 2020. Great news, but does this mean a third album will follow suit? In the meantime, you can now order band t-shirts and merchandise packs (with can koozies, stickers, and pins) through their Bandcamp page, though you can also order them through private messaging of band members on Facebook, or at their merchandise table at live concerts. All online orders will come with a free digital copy of last year's "Songs From 2015-2017" EP, so keep that bonus in mind! Lastly, Northwest shared this video onto their YouTube channel last week for their 2018 original "Hangover Habits", so what should you know here?

Primarily, this features live footage shot behind them from their set at the Rock on the River festival in Timmins in July, as intercut with local clips from The Rockstar Bar and some video of the guys on the road to the festival and their experiences in Timmins & at the festival proper before their set. The audio is the studio copy, aside from scratchy crowd cheering at the start. While this is well made and edited, it makes me wish that Northwest would post fuller copies of the Timmins videos for a vlog looking back on the festival and their set. Maybe in time, but give this a look below for now!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site tomorrow, with a CD review to come also! Thanks everyone!