Wednesday Night Concert Previews, Plus New Videos!!

A busy week for local hard rock concerts is getting an early start tomorrow, so today's post is half devoted to previews of two Wednesday night shows, plus new videos to wrap things up with. Here's what you should know!

The current weekly concert arrangement for local classic/hard rock musician Tym Morrison at The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post will continue for its fifth straight week TOMORROW, but we'll also add Tym's presumed Wednesday nighters in July there to our concert calendar as well! Unless otherwise stated for weather or other conflicting issues, Tym should be back at The Trading Post at 1332 Great Northern Road on July 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th, so if you're up for some Wednesday evening hard and classic rock covers at this busy spot, you know when in July! Remember, The Mike Case Memorial Stage hosts live music seasonally through September. Before all that, Tym will be rocking out acoustically tomorrow night at 7:00 PM with no age limit or cover charge (the same applies next month), and 9&10 News is calling for cloudy weather at around 18° tomorrow. Visit the Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live!

Next up, here's another mid-week concert preview, as Toronto pop punk quartet Wasting Time will play Sault Ontario for the first time with a headlining date at Soo Blaster TOMORROW NIGHT! A relatively newer punk band touring in support of their new album "Once More Without Feeling", Wasting Time's brand of skate & pop punk will definitely find a willing audience in this city, so if you can swing coming out on a work/school night, don't miss Wasting Time's energetic style of punk rock tomorrow! Rising young hard/psychedelic rock quartet The Uncanny Valley will also perform tomorrow in their first public concert set of 2022, after dropping out of the Clusterfolk Music Festival on short notice. While not a punk band, The Uncanny Valley have a lot of talent and promise so far, and definitely don't bypass them! Be advised that the Facebook event page lists The Uncanny Valley above Wasting Time, despite being the local band.

Whether this is accurate (perhaps reflecting Wasting Time's scheduling crunch given their Thunder Bay gig on Thursday night) or just a result of The Uncanny Valley's own maintenance of the online marketing is not clear. Either way, don't be late! $15 advance tickets are still on sale at this link or presumably at the door, but the door charge will jump to $20. This is a 19+ event, and doors open at 8:00 PM. The mid-week scheduling is very unfortunate, but them's the breaks for many touring acts in many markets, and hopefully a sizeable crowd of punk and hard rock fans come out for this double bill tomorrow! See above, and here's Wasting Time live!

We'll close today with new videos, starting with videos of local punk band Vanity First's... first public concert set (Korah events aside) at Queen Elizabeth Park for the Go Skateboarding Day festivities last week! Uploaded to their YouTube channel the following day, three videos were uploaded from their set, including a cover of Rage Against The Machine's "Killing In The Name" from a closer vertical camera angle, and two videos from a more distant hill-top, namely their own "Playboy Magazine" and as embedded below, a cover of Catch 22's "Giving Up, Giving In" (solid choice!). It should be noted that these videos and Vanity's photos from their Relay For Life gig at Korah earlier this month show them playing as a trio with singer Andrew Beggs doubling up on bass. This would seem to confirm that bassist Nick McClelland has left the band, having last been pictured with the group in March.

A reason for Nick's apparent departure hasn't been announced, but guitarist Mikhal Muto had posted about a bassist search on the Musicians Wanted Facebook group, so it looks like this is why. Hopefully nothing bad happened with Nick, he wasn't a bad bassist from what I've heard! As for the videos, they are solid for sound quality, and while the video quality is variable (either for distance or orientation), you do get a nice view of the stage in proximity with the ramp and the skating action! Give these a watch above & below, and stay tuned for more from Vanity First!

Finally for today, let's head to Sault Michigan for a new video from local classical metal band Theatre of Night's YouTube channel last week! The black & white video features guitarist Steve Giles playing guitar alongside a MIDI guitar string ensemble track. The performance may not seem like much is going on, but Steve's deliberate strumming is changing the notes of the strings. Very slow and drawn out, but it fills the minute-long runtime, and it'll be interesting to see how things progress for Theatre of Night's non-Christmas material! Check it out below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's CD review on the site next! Thanks everyone!