LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Soundcheck), The Inner City Surfers' New Song, And More!!

A new post today wasn't in my original plans, but with SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS hitting the news desk, I threw one together otherwise focusing on new videos from local talent on both sides of the border, including a long awaited new song. Here's what you should know!

Local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will return to Reggie's West for concerts TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, these shows were only announced via their Facebook event page late yesterday. TONIGHT & TOMORROW'S concerts will mark Terry, Cameron, Paul, and Glen's second public concert weekend since the pandemic began, following a booking at the Reggievelt early last month. Soundcheck's fan favourite blend of classic and hard rock covers should provide an entertaining soundtrack to assembled west end fans this weekend, so despite the late notice, don't miss out! Both TONIGHT and TOMORROW'S shows have early 8:00 PM start times, 19+ age limits, and no cover charges, but be mindful of social distancing restrictions in the nightclub, wear your face masks where mandatory, and use common sense. See above for more details, and here's Soundcheck live!

Next up, local punk quartet The Inner City Surfers released their first new single in 13 years on Wednesday! Entitled "Excess Express", it is the first of three songs recorded by the reunited band last summer to see a public release, and SooToday contributor Chris Belsito spotlighted The Surfers and the single for this article posted last week. While the article still describes last summer's reunion show at LopLops as "the first time (they) were on stage together in a decade" (their actual last prior gig was in 2012), this is still a very informative article outlining what Dustin, Dave, Brad, and Mikey have been up to as of late, their thoughts behind their reunion gig and their new songs, and how natural things feel both with this song and as a group even at this stage. Definitely worth a read above! Of course, with the pandemic and Brad living out of town, who knows when the guys will hit the stage again, but at least they'll have some new songs to play the next time around!

As for the song, you can find "Excess Express" on digital streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, but we have it embedded below via their label Tidal Records' YouTube channel. As set to a lyric video featuring footage of a couple kinds of rolling, this song has that bluegrass-tinged punk sound that only The Surfers could pull off this seamlessly, albeit with raspier overall singing than long-time fans may be accustomed to. Check out "Excess Express" below, and stay tuned for the other two new songs of theirs!



Also today, here's some new videos from Sault Michigan classical metal band Theatre of Night's Facebook page! While their annual Christmas tour is on increasingly shaky ground due to the pandemic, the guys are staying busy in studio, as seen in two new clips of guitarist Steve Giles performing alongside backing tracks, and click here to watch the shorter one. Curiously, the videos are not the same aspect ratio despite a very similar setting and identical blue monochrome filter. Steve's on his game here, so fans of his strong playing will want to give these clips a watch above & below!



Finally, here's a new video from Jack Spades/Stegadeth/et al. guitarist Tiffany Stocco's YouTube channel earlier this month! Alongside re-postings of her recent acoustic covers with Buzz, her newest solo performance sees her tackle Volbeat's "Another Day, Another Way", which is totally natural given her Sault Ontario band background. She admitted that her cover isn't perfect, but honestly, I'm more distracted by the original song in the background, which is a little distorted through her camera. Tiff handles this cover well overall, so give it a look below!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's YouTube Channel Profile on the site next! Thanks everyone!