Alright, this is almost certainly our last news post of 2014, as we have a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT to touch on for TONIGHT in the Eastern Upper Peninsula! However, we'll fill things out with another new concert for the 2015 schedule in February, and the latest from a prolific local solo musician, so here's what you need to know!
Sault Michigan hard rock cover trio
Power Slug will return to Dan's Place in nearby Rudyard TONIGHT for their New Year's Eve party! Apologies for the short notice, the band just announced the show on
their Facebook page last night, and it's also the first concert they've plugged in advance there since
July. Fresh off of their most recent announced gigs two weeks ago at The Rapids Lounge, look for more entertaining heavier covers and classics from Chris, Chris, and Bob as they take the stage for one last time in 2014! For reference, this is the first full hard rock show that we've heard about at Dan's Place since Exiled's show last month, and it's nice to see this venue staying active! TONIGHT'S New Year's Eve show has a likely 9:00 PM start time, a 21+ age limit, and no announced cover charge. For more details, visit the above links, and for a preview, here's Power Slug covering The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band live last summer!
Next up, we have another new concert coming up on Saturday, February 21st, and it's a house party show from
Blood Shed Productions to celebrate the release of their anticipated 11-way split demo! Yes, the ambitious disc (featuring 7 local acts and 4 from out of town) will apparently see it's initial release on that night next month, but who all's playing? Headlining slots at 10:30 & 9:00 PM are to be announced, but three bands who are featured on the compilation will be playing that night, including local rap/metal duo
The Apocalypse Afterparty (in their first local concert set in around 6 months) at 9:30 PM, and promoter Tyler Gibson's two main live goregrind projects,
Crucify The Whore &
Rotopsy, at 8:30 & 7:45 PM respectively. Tyler's other live band, the reunited death metal duo
Brutally Fatal, will take the stage at 7:00 PM, while the show will begin with four Blood Shed rappers, including Mikey Thomas at 6:30 PM,
Phat Boii at 6:00 PM,
Legitly Logic at 5:30 PM, and
Miracle Man at 5:00 PM.
We'll let you know when there's official word regarding the two open band slots, but for reference, the other 4 local bands on the split are grunge/hardcore duo
Bad Back (who some attendees on
the Facebook event page are strongly hinting should play), experimental grind duo
This Is Your Band On Drugs (who haven't played live since the spring), the yet-to-debut
Das Skalpell Kampf, and the studio-only
Malignant Neoplasm. Might one or two of them be in mind, or perhaps one of the out of town bands? Stay tuned for updates! To be held at 130 Poplar Avenue (a central location that hosted a private Apocalypse Afterparty event in the summer), this will be an ALL AGES event, and if there's a cover charge or a known price for the split demo yet, neither have been posted. For more details, visit the above links! This sounds like an entertaining event whether you're into young rap talent or grindcore and metal, so keep it in mind for February in what may be all of the above acts' first shows of 2015! Stay tuned for more!
Finally for today,
Haggith drummer and local solo artist
Mike Haggith has been staying busy with
a sudden new compilation album
release that came out on Christmas Eve! A self-titled digital album
(despite coming after "The Best of Mike Haggith: Volume II"), the
compilation features 13 songs from Mike's five most recent studio
albums, including two songs from "A Place Of Our Own", three songs from
"Neighbourhood Watch II: Where It Ends", "The Issue (Resurfaced)" from
"The Present Din", two songs from the original "Neighbourhood Watch",
and four from "Suspended Animation", plus the live version of "Miss 76"
from his "Live At Swampstravaganza IV" digital EP. The album also
includes "The Snake", a new song from his next upcoming full length CD
"The Warinside", which features backing vocals from Mike's Haggith
bandmate Curtis McKenzie. "Mike Haggith" is currently available on a
"name your price" model, so you can either have it free or you can pay
any amount you choose for it, so do whatever feels right at
this link!
In
terms of being a review candidate for our monthly CD reviews, this
compilation is far down the list, as we always give preference to new
studio albums over compilations, and Mike has dozens of back albums and
"The Warinside" ahead of it in line, but it's a well put together
collection of recent solo highlights, so give it a look above! As for
"The Snake" (which has been uploaded in full and as
an abridged single to
his YouTube channel in the past week), I'll hold full thoughts until our likely review of "The
Warinside" next year, but give it a listen, as fans of Mike's music should be in good hands!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for our 2014 retrospective post later today, and a preview on 2015 at large tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
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