For our last post in a quiet month, we have two topics to get to, both relating to prominent local hard rock performers who got some prominent airtime locally on Friday, but in one case, we're dialing back a few months to make up for lost time. Here's what you should know!
As I alluded to in Friday's post, I completely forgot to cover local/Thompson, Manitoba hard rock musician
Mike Haggith's post-show from
#LockdownLive XIII on the site after it's original airdate on June 29th, so let's
finally give it a good look, albeit two months late! Apologies to Mike for the delay, this completely slipped through the cracks. As posted on
his Facebook page, this served to recap the final weekly installment of Mike's live-streamed concert series, which was themed around looking back at the prior 12 episodes and playing a song each from all of them, and you can
click here to watch that episode in full. Mike starts by addressing the format & events of the previous episode, checking in with live viewers, reminding everyone of the new monthly schedule for the series, and acknowledging his then-recent efforts to get published reviews of "If Ever Comes The Day", specifically asking viewers to like
Rock-N-Review on Facebook to encourage them to review it.
If that page has reviewed even a single from the album, Mike hasn't promoted it since, but he did get an 8.5/10 rating on
Casey's Album Reviews & Music Discussions, and while this definitely is
not Mike's debut record, Casey did strongly recommend it, noting that it "is an album that shares love, thought, memories, moments, and building relationships", and that it "is a gentle reminder to embrace life and be yourself." This is a long review, but well thought out and very complimentary of the included messages, so give it a look at
this link! Getting back to the #LockdownLive XIII post-show, Mike called the winner of that Saturday's share contest to determine the fan-chosen cover song that you just heard in
#LockdownLive XIV on Friday, and if you missed our post, the winner was Brandi Martel for a second time in three weeks, and once again, she went with a sincere song that Mike already liked unironically, namely Joshua Kadison's ballad "Beautiful In My Eyes".
To hear Mike cover that song in Friday's live-stream,
click here. Afterwards, Mike asks Brandi to pick an original song for him to play, and she chose The Din's "In The Moonlight", before he checked in with viewers, teased plans to put Din albums on more digital platforms, and unveiled a brand new original song that was not titled at that point, but #LockdownLive XIV viewers will recognize it as "Carousel", with a title suggested by ex-Din drummer Brandan Glew. The rest of the video sees Mike wrapping up the proceedings, teasing the next #LockdownLive episode, and asking fans for input on future episodes. This was an entertaining and informative half hour, though it definitely felt odd in some respects, given the double finality (ending the weekly schedule and this being the last post-show) and the fact that I saw this one late & out of order. Fans get their money's worth though, so give it a watch below, and stay tuned for #LockdownLive XV next month!
We'll close today with the other local hard rock act who had some big airtime on Friday, as Sault Michigan hard rock quartet
Tarnished were featured again on
9&10 News' weekday newsmagazine series
The Four in their "Friday Sessions" segment featuring a music performance from a Northern Michigan or E.U.P. artist. Three weeks after viewers saw Alex, Nathan, Josh, and Gary play
"Cocaine Riot" on channel 10(.1), they played
"Shortcut" from their new album "Down To The Wire", and this does appear to have been filmed in the same session as in their last segment. Still, this live rendition is strongly done, and the multiple camera angles add some zest!
Click here or above to see their CBS-aired version of "Shortcut", and remember that I can't embed videos from 9&10 here. When plugging their first appearance on The Four, Tarnished did tease that "other songs" will be playing in the future, implying that there is at least one more song of theirs ahead.
Lastly from their camp, Tarnished have teased on
their Facebook page in recent days that they are planning to finally bring back their live-streamed at-home concerts after a 3+ month hiatus, only now with Nathan and Gary involved, and with electric instruments. Yesterday, they revealed that their full-band live-streams will begin "next week and hopefully weeks to come", but have the dreaded audio issues that took over their acoustic duo shows been worked out? Stay tuned for updates, and stay tuned for more news and notes on the site this week! Thanks everyone!
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