LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Obsession), Wednesday Night Concert Previews, And A New Video!!

Keeping our busy slate of posts going at the SMS, today brings us a pair of mid-week concert previews for tomorrow, and a new live video, but let's lead off with a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!

Local classic/hard rock cover quintet Obsession will return to live concert action during the first Downtown Street Party of the season on Thursday, July 14th! This will be Obsession's first public concert set in over two months, following two show cancellations for "health reasons" & "unforeseen circumstances", so hopefully everyone is healthy and ready to go for not just the Street Party, but also Rotaryfest Stage 1 the next evening! Presented by the Downtown Association, the Downtown Street Parties are back after a two year hiatus (we all know why), with Queen Street East closed from Pim to Spring Street next Thursday with local vendors & merchants, kids activities, live music, and more, much like we saw in the late 2010s! The Downtown Association have not specified who all is playing and where yet, but Obsession's own Facebook event page indicates they'll be playing at the intersection of Queen and East Street.

In other words, they'll be at the corner of Coch's Corner, the Museum, East Street Pizza, and the former Muio's all at once! Also, Obsession will feature guest performer Jessica Amadio for at least part of their set, as they will also do at Rotaryfest the next day, instrument/role still unclear. The Downtown Street Party next Thursday is FREE & ALL AGES, and while it starts at 4:00 PM, Obsession are scheduled from 5:00-8:00 PM. Visit the above links for more details, and stay tuned for more!

Next up, let's dive into another pair of Wednesday concert previews (the joys of a once-again busy summer season), starting with prolific local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison's return to The Mike Case Memorial Stage outside of The Trading Post TOMORROW EVENING! This is the first show of July in Tym's current weekly arrangement at The Trading Post's outdoor stage, and presumably things are still on for tomorrow after Tym reportedly cancelled his Wednesday nighter last week due to it being "too cold". Tomorrow's forecast calls for mostly sunny weather with 21° temperatures, so it will be warmer than last week's 18°, if not dramatically so. In any event, Tym's talented musicianship and strong vocals should provide a solid musical soundtrack at The Trading Post tomorrow! Like usual in this series, Tym's on at 7:00 PM with no cover charge or age limit. Visit the Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live!

Also TOMORROW is an intriguing double bill of touring progressive rock action, as Toronto-based Rush tribute band Crush: The Ultimate Rush Experience and their sister original progressive metal band Pyramid Theorem will both make their local concert debut at Reggie's Place! Yes, the downtown Reggie's is hosting not just touring bands, but non-country touring bands, so it will be very interesting to see how this show does both for its mid-week placement and for its traditionally atypical venue! Usually, when tribute bands play at nightclubs in the Soo, they either have a local opener or no opener, but this can easily be explained, as the members of Pyramid Theorem started Crush as a second project, and they're treating the Rush tribute as the headline act for this tour. Under either guise, this band has the chops musically, as Crush can handle Rush classics with ease from what I've seen, while their more technical heavier originals are very solid in their own right!

Even though this concert may be somewhat under the radar for locale, night, and band familiarity, I highly recommend checking out both bands to see what you think, especially if you like progressive hard rock, and hopefully Rush fans who show up come early to appreciate Pyramid Theorem's originals! Tomorrow's concert is a 19+ affair with a 9:00 PM start time, and believe it or not, there is NO COVER, so Rush and prog fans, take note! See above, and for a preview, here's Crush live!

Finally for today, here's our first public look at local southern hard rock quintet Fort Creek's first publically unveiled original song! Shot by attendee Mackenzie Hahn at their Soo Blaster headlining gig in May but only uploaded to their Facebook page on Sunday, the song is entitled "Hammer Down", and the video captures all but the first 30 seconds of it. Unfortunately, the video is shot vertically and not all that close to the stage, but it's clear all around. I'll hold comment on the song proper until the release of their debut EP later this year, which will feature this song, but fans will definitely want to check it out below, and hopefully Fort Creek will play it opening for Sandman at Soo Blaster on Saturday!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!