Before we begin this post, just a brief apology and clarification, as Tym Morrison did indeed play a solo acoustic show at Misty's Fifties on Saturday, not country musician Allan Mooney. While the promotion for that matinee timeslot was more active on Allan's end, he cited "a mixup in bookings" as to why he wasn't playing (source here), and Tym did quietly share the Facebook event page for his Misty's shows afterwards. I wish Tym would have said more about this gig, but I do apologize for the mix-up on my end, and hopefully this Misty's matinee went well! If you missed it or want more, he will definitely be back there this Saturday, preview forthcoming!
Today's post otherwise dives into a new video, and leading off, two LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS for later this month, and we'll start on Saturday, September 20th, when local alternative/punk cover band BookcluB will surprisingly open for Toronto-based Bob Seger tribute band Forever Seger: The Silver Bullet Experience at The Roberta Bondar Pavilion! Much like the Hotel California show this summer with locals Headrush opening, the big tent downtown will play host to a major touring tribute band, and while Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band aren't hard rock or metal, they have a talented and faithful stage show in store for fans of his! BookcluB will provide the SMS tie here with their varied setlist and supergroup lineup, though this will be their first announced show following guitarist Brandon Ruch's move to Barrie, and the band has yet to announce a replacement for him. We'll let you know if we hear anything in that regard!
Tickets cost a flat $44 at this link or at the in-person box office at GFL Memorial Gardens. The show is all ages and it has a 7:00 PM start time. I've never been a massive Seger fan, but Forever Seger definitely do him justice with their faithfully sounding stage show, and Bookclub should set the tone well with their cover mix! Visit the above links for more on this big tribute show later this month!
Next up, Baltimore, Maryland psychedelic hard rock duo Darsombra and Cumberland, British Columbia skate/hardcore punk quartet Mean Bikini will both return to the Soo on Friday, October 10th for a joint concert at the Downtown Plaza! This concert is part of local promoters Piecing It Together Shows' newly announced fall concert calendar, and the only one to have heavier or punk bands on the bill. The same promoters brought both bands here in the past under their old name Dryer Fire, with Darsombra playing three different venues here between 2017-2023 (most recently the so-called March Street Stage), while Mean Bikini headlined at The Speak Easy in September 2023. Good to see both bands back next month, and hopefully the weather holds up for their unique and distinctive original sounds given the outdoor locale! Local comedy/alternative band The Floor Between Us will open the proceedings.
Muel Goods (who you may recognize from vending at last year's It's The Pits Festival in Leeburn) will host an independent sellers market that night too, and visit the Facebook event page for information on how you can be a vendor at said market. This concert is FREE & ALL AGES with a 7:00 PM start time, and it should be a fine way to kick off the Thansgiving long weekend, weather permitting! Visit the above links for more details on this intriguing multi-genre show, as well as P.I.T.S.' other fall concerts!
Finally, remember how local/Barrie crossover thrash band Spades GT had teased an impending video interview with guitarist Matthew "Fang" Voros by Dave Standridge of Hershey, Pennsylvania's This Is Pop Punk Promotions, not unlike what J.D. and Daniel had taken part in last year? Well, that interview has not yet been posted online (if it was even recorded already), but in looking up This Is Pop Punk Promotions' YouTube channel to see if it was posted there yet, I found another very locally relevant interview, and coincidentally, it's with a former bandmate of Daniel's, namely fellow local/Barrie musician Mike Haggith! If Mike plugged this interview on social media after it went live in April, then it completely passed me by. The 28+ minutes-long interview starts right away with Dave asking Mike about the inspiration behind starting his own indie label MorningStar Records, with The Din and the Soo coming up here in context.
This evolves into Mike's exploration into print-on-demand CD/vinyl manufacturing and the DIY indie musician community on YouTube, and of course, the artist-friendly affiliation model rather than musicians signing everything away. Dave next asks Mike about his biggest influences (for musicians and labels) and favourite Barrie-area musicians, and the major act that Mike would most want to work with, before asking some non-musical questions. Among those: Mike's favourite movie, his best vacation, the charity that he'd donate $1 million to, what historical person he'd talk to, what there is to do in Barrie, and his favourite baseball team, which leads into lots of baseball/MLB talk at the end of the interview. This is all definitely more about MorningStar Records and Mike as a person than his solo music career, but it's a good and light interview that fans of his will take to easily!
I do still think that Dave should have more natural segues between questions and points of discussion, as there are a bunch of abrupt topic changes, but he and Mike got along well here, and the baseball discussion came off very natural, even to me, someone who doesn't watch it. Check out Dave & Mike's full interview below, and we'll let you know when/if Fang's interview goes live!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for this month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post next! Thanks everyone!
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