Local classic metal quartet Late & Loud are back! After a longer than expected hiatus that started in late April, the talented local band will hit the stage for the first time in 4½ months as headliners at a pub night at The Speak Easy at Algoma University on September 15th! Apparently, the pub night itself has a "Heroes vs. Villains" theme, so I assume costumes of heroes and villains in popular media will be a frequent sight, so if you go, take note of the theme! As for Late & Loud, they'll be on at 9:00 PM for this Thursday nighter, there's no announced cover charge, and you must be 19 to attend. I don't know if there's a restriction for Algoma students, but I can't see it. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! I have to say, it's great to see Late & Loud back after missing the whole summer, but hopefully they're re-energized and ready to go for the fall! They're talented guys, and hopefully they have lots of big plans and shows in store for the rest of the year, so stay tuned for more on Late & Loud as news comes in, and go see them at The Speak Easy in three weeks!
Next up, here's the latest on next month's Searchmont Music Festival, which is quickly seeing a more stacked lineup! The September 10th fundraiser event has confirmed the structure for the bands, with the indoor portion lasting from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM and consisting of a 1960s themed dance, and the outdoor part taking place from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM with acoustic performers and bands that don't fit the 1960s theme. The indoor portion will feature the previously announced Moondance, Al Davis Band, Trippy Hippies, and Dirty River Band for a night of 1960s, blues, and R&B hits, but what about the outdoors portion? We'll get our death metal with The Bear Hunters, but a bit more metal will take place, as Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison will play an acoustic set on Saturday! Good to see, he should do great at the festival! Also newly confirmed for the Searchmont Festival: Local punk trio Redundant, folk pop quartet Emma + Robot, acoustic folk duo Tea With Lincoln, and solo artists Frank Bock, Tea With Lincoln's Deven Creagh, Mark Dunn, Guy Smith, Joseph Kargianakkis, Britta Wolfert, and Rick Charbonneau, with more to be announced! Of course, these acts join the previously announced Green Cafe, Douglas Cousineau, and Rusty McCarthy at the outdoor stage.
Also for this festival, tickets are now on sale for $10 each at The Duke of Windsor Sport Shop on Queen Street East, Velorution on Old Garden River Road, and The Rad Zone at The Wellington Square Mall! Sounds like a lot of fun with great music, and a bar, prizes, overnight camping, and a barbeque to add to it all! Stay tuned to this location and the SMS for more updates!
Also in the news, Sault Michigan-area metal quintet NoXcape have officially announced the addition of Monkey's Uncle/ex-Absolute singer Donny Newell to the band, replacing original frontman Nick Landreville. The band quietly added Donny to their lineup on their Facebook page recently, and though they didn't officially comment on the singer change, Donny told me in an e-mail that Nick left for personal reasons. I held off on immediately announcing a lineup change as there was a chance that this would be temporary only, but it looks like Donny's rejoining his old Absolute bandmates (all of them, in fact) with this latest band! Of course, it's not an Absolute reunion, as it's a completely different band with an additional member (guitarist Joey Beairl), but if you enjoyed Absolute in their heyday, you've gotta like this news! Best of luck to Nick though, and if you wanna hear some old singing material of his, click here for some old MK-Ultra demos! The other news I have on the NoXcape front is that they've posted a bunch of photos of their Satisfied Frog shows from this past weekend at this location, so give them a look, but no songs or videos are up yet. Stay tuned for more from NoXcape as I hear it!
Fourthly, here's the latest news from local solo artist Mike Haggith! The prolific singer & guitarist has officially announced that his next album (his 45th solo album overall) will be entitled "410 To Scotland", as renamed from the previous title "Space 82". The plan is for this to be a "very good rock album with a heavy piano influence", which should be interesting to hear! The full track listing and information on the album are now posted on it's Facebook discography page, so check it out! Along with the previously announced song "(Who Owns) Space 82", the album will feature a mixture of new studio songs, a couple older and re-recorded tracks, and covers of two songs by Kincheloe alternative project The Black Hole Suns, which should all add up to an interesting release when it comes out on December 1st through Rotten Records! This should be good, so stay tuned for album updates, and yes, we'll cover "410 To Scotland" in next month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post! Also, Mike's uploaded a bunch of his solo and S.C.A.R. albums to his Reverbnation store, so if you're behind on his newer releases, head there! All of his solo albums from 2009 and onwards are available except "For My Fallen Angel", along with his "Live At The Outback" release, two S.C.A.R. albums, and a compilation CD named "Rotten Gems" that's not on his Facebook discography, so definitely consider picking some up today!
And finally, though they have yet to take the stage, Sault Michigan/Grand Rapids epic metal quintet End of Existence have entered an online contest to open a big (yet out of character) concert that will be streamed live on Facebook! The band have entered the "Center Stage" contest through Charter Communications to have a chance to open for (believe it or not) Las Vegas pop punk band Panic! At The Disco! Odd, but you know what? If End of Existence won, they'd deliver a heavy dose of metal like they'd never experienced, so it could be beneficial to their audience! End of Existence can move on in this contest if they are the most voted band in Michigan, and you can vote for them by visiting this link, registering for a free and painless account, and clicking "Vote Now". You can vote once a day, and if they're picked as a finalist, they'll move to a final voting period in late September, with the winner opening for Panic! At The Disco in Madison, Wisconsin on October 15th, along with a $25,000 prize package. The thought of an epic death metal band opening at this kind of show is amusing, but they're talented enough to do it, so let's see some support for the guys to move to the next round and win this thing! Even pop punk fans need a good face melting sometimes!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews in our next post, including a huge Roosevelt Hotel metal night and Whitesnake's headlining concert at Kewadin Casino! Thanks everyone!
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