Conveniently, today's new concerts are courtesy of the two metal bands playing in Sault Michigan this weekend! And firstly, let's discuss local metal band Nixxon Dixxon, who will be playing a special concert on July 9th in the Sault Michigan area at a place you may not expect! That night, they'll be entertaining fans at The Bunker Bar & Grill in Kinross (just outside of town), which doesn't sound that odd on the surface. When you add into account that this bar is located at The Oaks at Kincheloe Golf Course, you'll see what I mean by this being not what you expect! Nixxon Dixxon are the live entertainment that evening for a National Guard golf scramble tournament, which is pretty cool! Show starts at 9:00 PM, I imagine it's a 21+ show because they're playing at a bar. Check the above links for my sources on this concert! Should be a good show (they're only playing once that weekend to my knowledge), and if you're a golfer, you'll get treated to some awesome metal and hard rock from one of the area's most talented bands! Stay tuned for more Nixxon Dixxon news soon!
Meanwhile, local progressive hard rockers Blind Baby are also hitting the stage as well next weekend, as they have booked a weekend set at The Bird! According to their Reverbnation page, they'll be playing there next Friday and Saturday at 10:00 PM both nights, there's no announced cover charge, and I wouldn't expect the shows are all ages like the page says, cause The Bird is a bar. No other word on what else might be going on, sounds like a standard concert weekend for Blind Baby, not that that's bad! If you want some great hard rock from one of the area's more promising new metal bands, head to The Bird next weekend! Check out more from Blind Baby at this location, and I'll keep you posted with more on them as I hear it!
Now onto some more news stories to clear out, and firstly, we have a new video from a recent major local concert! A few days ago, I shown you guys the videos that Duane Roy took at last week's Tesla concert at Kewadin Casino, and when I did, I noted that there was no videos of the opening band, Detroit hard rockers Fifth Way. Never fear though, we have one now! This was uploaded four days ago onto the band's official YouTube channel, and it features the band performing their song "Rock N' Roll" (No, not the Led Zeppelin song, this is an original.) Sounds good, a bit muffled at parts, but it's well recorded! Nice heavy song, it has a nice groove and they seem really into it! I love the angle too, it feels like you're above the concert in a balcony or something! Nice to finally see some Fifth Way video from the concert, especially at such quality, and the full song to boot! Check it out below!
Finally, here's the latest lineup news for the stages at this year's Rotaryfest! Firstly, two more bands have been announced for the Tenaris Second Stage, and though they're not metal, they're playing the same stage at the same festival as Garden of Bedlam, so I should at least mention them. Yesterday, the first mystery slot was revealed to be Amanda Rheaume, a solo indie artist from Ottawa. She'll be performing at 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 17th. The other newly announced Second Stage band is The Wooden Sky, a roots rock band from Toronto. They're headlining the Second Stage on Friday, July 16th at 9:00 PM, despite the Facebook event page's initial claim that the headlining slot for that night wouldn't be announced until tomorrow. Two more Second Stage band announcements to go, on Saturday and Monday, stay tuned for those, especially if there's a metal band lurking!
Also, the lineup for the First Stage (or simply, "The Stage") at Clergue Park has been completely announced, and sadly, there is no metal to speak of. It's not unheard of to see metal on the first stage though (Stillbroke played there in 2008), so it was worth exploring! The full lineup for The Stage can be checked out at this location, and here's some highlights! Thursday, July 15th will be "Jazz in the Park", with just local jazz bands from 6:00-10:30 PM, headlined by Jazzy Goodtimes. The Stage will host bands on Friday the 16th from 6:00-11:30 PM, with the headliners being local classic rock cover band That's Chester, who are fronted by Greg Simpson from Sin Stereo and Stiffler's Mom! They'll be worth seeing, and they're probably the closest thing to a metal band on The Stage! Also of note: former Garage Inc. bassist Josh Donofrio will play that night with local country band Thin Ice! Saturday presents bands from 2:00-11:30 PM, headlined by Gsis Murphy and a Bruce Springsteen tribute band named Glory Days! You may notice a few local metal musicians in that lineup too, including Foothill Road's Mark Oliverio in Boogie Fever, and Greg Simpson again, fronting Bone Yard! Remember, for full First Stage lineup details, click here!That's all for tonight, I promise to have a new post tomorrow, likely two. Also, will you guys see me at Foggy Notions for Phatstick, or will I be there Saturday? We will soon find out! Stay tuned as well for the second of six GarageBand profiles in our special mini-series on Saturday! I'll be back real soon with more local metal news and updates!
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