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

Before we begin today's post, I wanted to note that the planned Tarnished concert on Saturday at the Hulbert House Bed & Breakfast in Hulbert Township, Michigan was quietly cancelled for unannounced reasons at some point in the past month, as per the Facebook event page. Tarnished still list it on their calendar, but both the venue & planned touring headliners Gunnar & The Grizzly Boys have not promoted it in recent weeks. Very disappointing given the scale, but Tarnished will be back in Hulbert alone next weekend! Now, here's what you should know for active weekend concert previews (including SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS), plus a new video!

Sault Ontario hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will play his third straight Friday night concert at The Mike Case Memorial Stage at The Trading Post TOMORROW NIGHT, before returning to Reggie's Place on Queen Street East for a matinee show THIS SUNDAY! Apologies for the short notice on both gigs, they were only announced on Tuesday via their respective Facebook event pages (linked here & here), though in the case of TOMORROW'S Trading Post gig, you may have inferred that it would take place given that Tym played there the previous two weeks (and three of the past four). Of course, Tym is no stranger to weekly engagements at the same venue, as last seen via his brief run at the Motley Market last summer (not to mention his lengthy Gliss arrangement pre-pandemic), so if he's back at The Mike Case Memorial Stage on Friday the 20th, we will begin calling his dates as being on a weekly schedule until otherwise stated, listing new ones month by month.

As for SUNDAY'S downtown Reggie's matinee, this will be Tym's first show there in three weeks, and fans of his acoustic hard and classic rock covers should be right at home at either venue in the days ahead! TOMORROW'S show is at 7:00 PM for 2 hours with no age limit, SUNDAY'S is 19+ at 3:00 PM for 4 hours, neither has an announced cover charge, and please respect and honour any social distancing recommendations at either show, especially the likely indoor gig at Reggie's. See above for more details, and here's Tym live!

Next up, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will return to Reggie's West on Korah Road for traditional concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, following tonight's third installment of their new open mic night series there! Again, apologies for the short notice, they too only announced these concerts via their Facebook event page on Tuesday. Not counting their new open mic night series, TOMORROW & SATURDAY'S shows will be their first run-of-the-mill shows there since April, so if you want an unfettered blast of classic and hard rock covers from this talented foursome, you know where to be! And yes, they'll likely hit the stage tonight as well when they host The Reggievelt's open mic night for a third straight week (remember, Mojo took their talents downtown to the original Reggie's), so if you want to see Soundcheck with/alongside unknown local performers, keep this in mind!!

Remember, we do not cover open mic nights as traditional concerts on the SMS due to high amount of unknown variables (who's performing, genres, how often the host band even plays, etc). In any event, Friday & Saturday's concerts have 9:00 PM start times, 19+ age limits, and no announced cover charges (the open mic tonight starts earlier at 8:00 PM), but again, please respect and follow any social distancing and mask guidelines at Reggie's West to ensure everyone's health and safety, especially with case counts rising. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Soundcheck live!

Moving to previously announced concerts, let's head downtown to The Rockstar Bar, which is now a two weeks into their return to live shows after an almost year-long wait, as local southern hard rock cover quintet Fort Creek will play there for the first time THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen at Reggie's West two weeks ago, this will be an exciting chance for Fort Creek to play a sadly all-too-rare concert outside of a Reggie's-branded nightclub, and it's great to see The Rockstar Bar hosting live bands again now that they have gotten to this point in the pandemic! As recently usual for Fort Creek, they will be doing a merchandise giveaway at some point during this concert, so keep that in mind. It looks like The Rockstar Bar are planning to host bands in the normal 10:00 PM start time running until 2:00 AM, which is good to see, and this is a 19+ event with no cover, but again, please respect the venue's social distancing and capacity guidelines. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Fort Creek live!

Finally, while Tarnished aren't playing on Saturday anymore(?), we still have a Sault Michigan-area story to wrap things up with, as St. Ignace progressive metal quintet Heavy Lies The Crown released their second proper music video to their YouTube channel on Monday! Unlike for "Knuckle Butter", this video is for a brand new song named "Voices", which will theoretically be on their forthcoming studio album, but the video description does say "Comment below if you guys want more! Make us work harder for more". Just looking for engagement, or is the album still a work in progress for songwriting? Filmed in a room full of rock walls (which remind me of Zim's) and dark red lighting with the band often in silhouette, the video has a striking look to be sure, but I'll hold comment on the song proper for now, pending our review of H.L.T.C.'s new album. Give it a watch below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!