LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (Generations), The Project 906 Concert Preview, And More!!

Let's wrap up this weekend's hard rock concert previews in today's second post, including a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT, with some big recent updates from a prominent local band to round things out. Here's what you should know!

Local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will play at Jay's Piston Broke Pub for one night only TONIGHT! Apologies for the short notice, this show was only announced on their Facebook group on Monday. A one-nighter due to their focusing on their Rotaryfest Stage 1 debut tomorrow night, TONIGHT's show should be a solid way to check out Valerie, Brandon, Pierre, and Tony's classic and hard rock covers, whether you'd prefer being in the west end, don't want to risk any rain that may come tomorrow, or just don't want the hustle and bustle of a summer festival. Hopefully things go swimmingly TONIGHT for Generations at the former Reggie's West, but if you are planning on seeing them tomorrow regardless, their Clergue Park set begins at 6:15 PM. TONIGHT'S show at Jay's has a 9:30 PM start time, no cover, and a 19+ age limit. See above for more details, and here's Generations live earlier this year!

Next up, let's finish off this weekend's known hard rock concert previews by heading to Cedarville, Michigan, where Sault Ste. Marie blues/hard rock quartet Project 906 will take the stage at Snow's Bar & Grill for one night only TOMORROW NIGHT! A month+ removed from their last stop at the same venue, this will be their first Snow's booking with new drummer Jason VanLuven, who was double booked with Fake Chow last month, leading to Brian Duford filling in for that gig. 906's modern hard rock covers should find another solid audience 40 minutes due south of the Soo, so don't miss out on all of the action tomorrow night! A one-nighter due to or resulting in TONIGHT'S late notice Tarnished show, Project 906 are on tomorrow at 8:00 PM with no cover charge and a 21+ age limit. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and for a preview, here's Project 906 live!

Now let's head back north to Sault Ontario for topics that have nothing directly to do with local concerts this weekend, specifically the latest from local/Barrie crossover thrash quintet Spades GT! First, yet another "Reel" was uploaded to their Facebook page on Sunday featuring a clip of them playing their newer original "Red" in Oshawa last month, and as is always the case for "Reels" of theirs, I really wish that they'd upload the full video as a normal video, not a vertical, abbreviated, and unembeddable thing. It looks and sounds good while it lasts! Second guitarist Jay Sarrazin is not visible in either the Oshawa "Reel" or the band's official pictures from their belated album release party in Barrie on Sunday, but again, don't read anything too drastic into that, as he's a busy guy with at least three concurrent active bands on the go right now (two of which he's bringing to The Northern Vibe Festival in Ophir next month!)

Attendee Steve Tait filmed Spades GT playing "Succubus" on Sunday for a minute-long and square-dimensioned video posted in the comments of their pictures from that gig, but I can't find a way to embed it here. Not a bad video overall! Their newest announced show will see them open for Random Killing in another far flung hardcore homecoming, this time in Toronto at The Bovine Sex Club (yes, that is still its actual name) on Saturday, September 23rd, so keep that in mind if you'll happen to be in the area in two months! Long-time readers may recall seeing local bands like Lion Ride and Detroit playing at The Bovine over a decade ago. Of course, all of this is burying the lead a bit, as the former Jack Spades finally released their music video for "Final Girl", the lead single of "Sewer City Radio" on Monday (a day later than planned), so what should you know about the final product?

Posted to their YouTube channel, this was directed by the Soo's own Josh Penno (pictured with the band above) via his company Spacebag Productions, and true to the teasers, the plot of the video sees a titular "final girl" (played by actress Jessica Latour) being stalked by an axe wielding maniac played by bassist James Roy Daley in a mask, intermixed with footage of the full band playing inside a run-down (but well lit) barn. I'll hold comment on the song pending our full album review in September, but the video is excellently shot and edited, if a little too bright and sunny for such a horror-inspired plotline (at least for me), so give the full "Final Girl" video a watch for yourself below!

That's all for today, but I promise, the Rotaryfest Stage 1 set that went viral last night will be discussed on the SMS next! Thanks everyone!