All three shows have no announced age limits or cover charges (though remember, both are sit-down restaurants), and while the Gliss shows are 6:00 PM matinees as usual, SATURDAY'S show at Mark's Breakfast Plus is at 12:00 noon, so don't be late! Congratulations to everyone at Mark's for their first year in business, and hopefully this weekend's bash, and Tym's Gliss gigs, are all big hits with fans and patrons alike! For more details, click here and visit the above links, and here's Tym live! (Note: we will separately cover Tym's Mark's Breakfast Plus concerts this coming Monday-Wednesday in our next news post, as it's too soon yet to tackle them.)
Next up, here's this weekend's only other advertised hard rock/punk concert, an unusually big one scheduled for Room 21 TOMORROW NIGHT! So big, in fact, that promoter J.D. Pearce had to move it downstairs into their sister barbecue restaurant Low & Slow, so keep the shift in floor in mind! This concert will see local punk/metal quintet Jack Spades and alternative/punk trio Handsome Sandwich make their venue debuts as support for British Columbia alternative folk musician Jesse Stewart, who fans may recognize from his rapidly growing online profile with energetic, passionate, and punk-inspired performances on YouTube. These helped him win a contest to appear in the Trailer Park Boys season 9 finale, and if you haven't seen Jesse before, definitely do so, I've never seen anyone this lively and intense while playing a mandolin! Regarding the openers, this will be Jack Spades' first concert since March, while it'll be Handsome Sandwich's first of the year.It's great to see each group back at it, and hopefully Johnny delivers the goods as he pulls double duty with both bands tomorrow! While this 19+ concert had sold out it's limited 50 tickets at the end of April, the move downstairs to Low & Slow opened up as many new seats, so head to Low & Slow/Room 21 on Albert Street West A.S.A.P. just in case it re-sells out! Tickets are $15, and a 10:00 PM start time is advertised. This should be a fun concert of punk, alternative, and folk intensity, so visit the official Facebook event page for complete details, and here's Jack Spades live!
Also today, here's some new videos from Sault Michigan classical metal group Theatre of Night's Facebook page, as shared via keyboardist Craig Harrison's personal Facebook page on Saturday! Craig posted three clips, which feature him and guitarist Steve Giles jamming at a table, with Craig also manning an effects board on his tablet. One video is entirely focused on Steve performing a very classical-sounding number, but the other two have the guys recording what sounds like the same song, which has more of a 1970s classic rock vibe from what I can detect (one is embedded below, the other you can watch here.) Casual, but well performed, so give them a look too!
Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter news items from the last while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist or event name:
- This past Sunday's Dumpster Mummy concert at The New American Pub in Sault Ontario was quietly cancelled that same night, as per the headliners' Facebook page. The band cited "venue complications out of our control" for the cancellation, and while the Facebook event page was taken down at 10:00 PM on Sunday, there was never a public acknowledgement of the show's status from local promoters or openers. Hopefully nothing too serious happened, it'd have been cool to see Dumpster Mummy back in the Soo!
- We have replaced local progressive death metal band Gates of Winter's link on the SMS with their Reverbnation page, as their Facebook page was quietly taken down in recent months. Now, this is usually a reliable sign that a band has broken up, but given Gates of Winter's acknowledged slow pace to public updates, and a personal Facebook video of Bryan and Steve jamming that was posted online in April, I am inclined to believe that the page was automatically deactivated due to disuse, as what happened to Destroilet last year. Hopefully they are still together, I know fans are still eagerly awaiting the "Perihelion" release!
- The Gore Street Cafe's closing party will take place on Wednesday, June 27th at 5:00 PM, and they're going out with a bang, with a massive lineup including Edmonton experimental duo Wares and a stacked local opener lineup with such SMS-familiar artists as M.D. Dunn, Jacob Quarrell, Conika, DJ Seith, Vol. side-project Mik & Steve, and much more. Tickets are $25 for this all ages bash, and food will be included with admission. There's no major hard rock or punk component to their final event (yet?), but everything sounds like the perfect way to send things out for regulars! Click here for complete and current details!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site this weekend! Thanks everyone!
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