LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Riot! By Night) And Weekend Concert Previews!

Hey everyone, I figured I'd be back quickly with some new stuff to share, and I was right! For one thing, there's a few metal concerts this weekend to preview (I'm previewing them earlier than normal do because one show is Thursday), but also, I have LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS! So let's start with that!

Sault Michigan's own Riot! By Night have confirmed four more concert dates for across the river! Two are admittedly short notice, the band might only have posted them as late as Monday, but I can't verify that. Either way, my apologies!!! The two short notice shows are THIS WEEKEND at The Satisfied Frog, which they'll be playing at at 10:00 PM Friday and Saturday night! Then, Riot! By Night will hit Dondee Lanes on February 12th and 13th, which will be (I think) the band's first local concerts outside of The Frog! Those concerts will both begin at around 8:00 PM. Great to see Riot! By Night back playing more shows, I bet they rock very hard! Consider this a preview of this weekend's concerts too, I again apologize for the short notice of it, hopefully some of you guys will make it out to see Riot! By Night this weekend! I still have no audio or video to share, but click here to visit their MySpace page!

That's not all for local hard rock concerts this weekend, there's three more to get to! Take these two with a grain of salt though. According to Kewadin Casino's events calendar, Monkey's Uncle, the local band formerly known as Jager, will be playing at The Rapids Lounge on Friday and Saturday night! However, Monkey's Uncle don't list concerts of any type on their MySpace page, which hasn't listed a schedule since before they went on hiatus and changed their name & lineup. But, seeing as Kewadin are listing shows featuring them that weren't previously on their cancelled dates, and with the new name, they must have some truth to them. So with caution, I'll talk about them. There is NO COVER for both shows, and they'll start at 9:00 PM both nights! As you may know, Monkey's Uncle is the hard rock trio fronted by Henry Switzer from The Mama's Boys, alongside Jim Belleau on bass and Ron Suchey on drums. They used to be a frequent sight at The Rapids Lounge and elsewhere, hopefully they're back playing shows on a regular basis again! Great band, check out some originals at their MySpace page! For a preview, here's a clip from the Jager days of the band playing the Nazareth classic "Hair of the Dog"!



And finally, we'll head back to Sault Ontario for the metal concert happening TOMORROW! Local hard rockers Stillbroke will return to the local concert scene when they rock The Speakeasy at Algoma University tomorrow night! This will be Stillbroke's first local appearance since their performance at the Kiss Battle of the Bands last month, and their first full concert in Sault Ontario since APRIL! So if you've been missing Stillbroke, tomorrow's as good a time as ever to check them out! This will also be their first concert since the release of their first EP, "Never Enough", so expect to hear all the songs from it too (no word on if the EP will be on sale though.) Stillbroke will be supported by fellow locals The Fury (not "Band of Fury" as some online pages say), who will deliver their own unique brand of bass and drums rock music once again! You may recognize bassist Josh McNally from Out Of The Mouth Of Babes and drummer Joe Bumbacco from DOTH, so they have metal cred, but expect something completely different!

Doors open at 9:00 PM tomorrow night with a 10:00 PM start time! There is a $3 cover at the door, it's 19+ EXCEPT for Algoma students with their student IDs, so if you're 18 or younger and want to attend, you're out of luck unless you go to Algoma University. This should be a great concert, I guarantee I'll be there for it, and hopefully some of you guys will be there too! Stillbroke are a great young band, their EP is a solid first effort, and it will be great to see them play more than two songs live after such a long wait! Click on the links above to check out both bands, confirm your attendance at the official Facebook event page, and for a video preview, here's a clip of Stillbroke from the Kiss Battle last month!



That's all I have for today, but stay tuned for lots more, especially on Monday for my review of "Brace For Impact" by Detroit! Thanks everyone!