Tym Morrison's solo acoustic show is back at Bossy's Pub N' Grub THIS AFTERNOON! I apologize for the short notice, he only just announced this concert yesterday. This will be the Caveman Morrison frontman's sixth straight Saturday matinee concert at the Pim Street restaurant, and as always, he should have a solid afternoon's worth of metal and hard rock covers to go around for fans and regulars! Tym's hoping for a good turnout today to keep this latest weekly arrangement happening, so if you're up for some hard rocking and good tunes, a swing by Bossy's would likely be a good bet! Admission will be free, there's no age limit, and Tym will be on as usual at 2:00 PM. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This should be another solid solo concert from Tym, and hopefully some of you guys can make it out to see him rock Bossy's! For a preview, here's Tym covering Eric Clapton's "Tears From Heaven" at the former Foggy Notions in 2009!
Next up, a new local metal album is apparently nearing release, and no, we're not talking about "Woods V" at the moment. That sees it's first official release next week, but right now, I mean End of Existence's debut album! Over a year after plans to release an EP named "Sun Is Gone" drifted into just some free song postings, the Sault Michigan/Grand Rapids epic metal quintet are apparently planning to release a 13 song debut album on February 29th (two weeks from Wednesday), and it's definitely been well plugged on the band's Facebook page recently! A promo track of this likely self-titled CD can now be streamed at End of Existence's Reverbnation page, and it features 30-40 second clips of 8 tracks from the album, and after doing some quick math, I think there will be at least a few featured songs that we haven't heard before. Of course, recordings of original songs are no secret, as we've seen and heard new media from End of Existence a lot over the last year, but it's nice to see plans out there to formally compile these tracks on an album of some kind! If this happens according to plan, I think we're in for a very heavy treat at the end of the month, and you know I'll keep you guys posted as updates come in for it!
That said, will it come out in time for it to be this month's CD review at The Sault Metal Scene? Probably not, and only because I'm at school all day on the 29th, so I probably can't make time to review it so soon. Honestly, with the late February release and "Woods V" tentatively reserved for March, we might not get to an End of Existence CD review until early April, but it'll be worth the wait if it comes to that! No matter what though, stay tuned for updates on this and other new CDs as the weeks roll along!
Thirdly, here's some new videos from Brimley metal quartet Half A Man! Drummer Mikey Bishop uploaded four new jam videos onto his YouTube channel on Thursday, and though none have a real "title", they all show some promising jams towards what I assume are new original songs! The videos are all short (only one breaks 1:50 in length) and singer Dillion Semasky isn't featured, but these videos do show some solid metal instrumentals that I can't wait to see expanded on, so click the above link to see all four of the new videos, and here's the longest new video to check out here!
Finally for today, here's some random shorter stories from the last little while, and conveniently, all relate to the popular music site Soundclick and local bands with pages on it. As usual, these stories are in alphabetical order by band name:
- If you've missed the sample of the Gates of Winter song "The Stars Call My True Name" since it's deletion from YouTube, then good news, as the band's Soundclick page (which is new to me) features a 2 minute clip of that song! Or, is it called "Dimensions"? Either way, it was posted there in September 2010, along with an album cover-ish image named "Veil of the Abyss". Stream this very heavy & very promising clip at the above links or at this location if you wanna!
- We haven't heard much from experimental hard rock trio SBD since they dropped out of the Sewer Swampstravaganja last spring, but they're still alive, as they posted a new original song onto their Soundclick page in December! Colourfly titled "Shut Up, You Stupid B****", it's an odd mix of energetic punk music with low melodic clean singing. It's not bad though, and it's catchy enough, so check it out above or by clicking here!
That's all for now, but we've got more news to come over the next few days, so keep an eye out for it! Thanks everyone!
is tym writing any materials or working on anything new or even promoting whats he's already done? as a reader, i just don't find the coverage deserving or needed. while i agree with giving a nod to local talent, seems to me he's just covering classic rock songs and providing background noise while people eat. i'd be far more interested to hear new songs and that he's putting his talents to work. *pokes tym* he was doing far more interesting things 5 years ago.
ReplyDeletewould have MUCH rather seen end of existence featured first and more prominently. listened to the audio on their website and i like what i hear. going to be picking this up!
@ half a man, i'm glad they picked up that new singer. some of the covers they posted were pretty cool.
@ rob, ever consider doing interviews for your blog? i think they could be interesting to read depending on the questions. some behind the scenes info maybe.
Thanks for the comment!
ReplyDeleteYes, Tym is writing and recording new material, or he has been. There's samples of material towards an unreleased second CD online, and he's posted some newer acoustic songs on YouTube, but his live shows are definitely at least 95% covers. It may be sort of redundant at times to cover his weekly acoustic arrangements, but his shows are full of talented material, and if I didn't cover them, some fans might complain.
I agree on End of Existence, they fly under the radar at times (especially with their lack of concerts yet), but with some I.S.O.M. alumni and some real dedication, the tools are there to go far! And Half A Man are poised for another breakout year too, Dillion should give them a good shot in the arm come their return to the stage!
And yeah, I have thought about doing interviews, but I've had fears about it before (mainly from worries that local musicians might not be interested or not want to answer every question.) It's definitely an idea though, and I thank you so much for the comment and the interest! I appreciate you taking the time to give your thoughts!