LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Soundcheck, Tym Morrison, And Nostalgia), And Weekend Concert Previews!!

A new month is upon us, so let's kick things off with some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS and weekend concert previews, so here's what you should know on this warm June evening!

Nostalgia frontman Tym Morrison will bring his unplugged classic/hard rock show back to Tazzi's Cafe & Restaurant on Queen Street east for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, Tym only announced this show via his Facebook event page this past Friday. After a month+ break from solo gigs, Tym will revert to his recent standby of solo covers with lots of multi-tracked effects and pedals to get a bigger sound out of everything, and after things went well at his spring gigs at Tazzi's, hopefully fans get more of the same hard rocking entertainment from him there TOMORROW! As usual for his gigs at Tazzi's (just seconds from Reggie's), expect an 8:00 PM start time, no cover charge, and a 19+ age limit. Visit the official Facebook event page for more on TOMORROW'S concert, and here's Tym live!

Next up, Tym's aforementioned new hard rock cover trio Nostalgia will play their second and third concerts when they return to Reggie's Place on Friday, June 9th & Saturday, June 10th! After a successful debut gig there last Friday, this new band (featuring Tym, Browbeat/Caveman Morrison alum Dutch Vanderploeg on bass, and ex-Nikkfitt drummer Chet Dziergas) should provide fans with another fun night or two of classic-leaning hard rock and metal hits next weekend! Note that Nostalgia have yet to visibly make an online page separate from Tym's solo Facebook group, and they have not posted media from their first show yet either. Expect 9:30 PM start times, no cover charges, and 19+ age limits at Reggie's next weekend. Visit the Facebook event page for more details!

Also, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will return to Shooters Downstairs Lounge for an apparent one-nighter on Friday, June 16th! The band has yet to confirm this gig publically, but it was announced by the venue with this Facebook event page, one of many that they put up this week for concerts this month (Bone Yard already confirmed their shows the following week there). This will be Soundcheck's first show at the Dennis Street nightclub since early last month, and it should be a solid chance to fans to check out their hard and classic rock covers with the summer season in full swing! Again, this appears to be a one-night-only gig, as Shooters' wave of June event pages have been for each individual night without doubling up two shows in one event page, and there is none for Saturday the 17th, not even for a different band. We'll let you know if that omission was in error and/or if another band is confirmed!

As usual for their Shooters stops, you can see Terry, Cameron, Jim, and Glen on Friday the 16th at 9:00 PM with no cover charge and a 19+ age limit. Visit the above links for more details, and if you're going to miss them at jam night at Jay's tonight, they will have fitting replacements!

Finally, this weekend's only announced hard rock concerts that I'm aware of (Tym Morrison aside) come at Jay's Piston Broke Pub, where local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard will hit the stage for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! Well, "one night only" in the sense of a traditional concert, but they will be at Jay's tonight subbing in for Soundcheck for the the first of three times this summer during Jay's Thursday jam nights! If Bone Yard are scheduled this summer at the former Reggie's West, then they're leading the jam night charge in those weeks, so keep that in mind if you're into such events! Again, we don't cover jam nights as "concerts" for our purposes due to their unpredictability by design. Bone Yard have been busy in the studio since their last gigs at Shooters three weeks ago, so look for some solid hard rocking tunes from Greg, Alex, and Warren tomorrow night as they kick off their summer slate!

A one nighter due to a private booking elsewhere on Saturday night (new local pop rock cover band Bourbon Blue will be playing at Jay's on Saturday instead), tomorrow's standard concert from Bone Yard will have a 19+ age limit, 9:00 PM start time, and no cover charge. Visit the above links for more on Bone Yard's next concert (and jam night duties), and here they are live!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for either this month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post, or news on new album releases! Thanks everyone!