LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Riverside Stasis & Tym Morrison), The Nate's Chow Concert Preview, And New Videos!!

Let's conclude this surprisingly busy weekend concert preview slate in tonight's post, including LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (one on SHORT NOTICE), but also here are videos from two recent concerts, so with all of that outlined, here's what you should know on this Friday night!

Fresh off of the end of his seasonal Mike Case Memorial Stage run for 2026, local classic/hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison isn't resting on his laurels, as he will kick off a new series of Sunday matinee concerts at Reggie's Place THIS SUNDAY! Apologies for the short notice, Tym only announced this show in this batch Facebook event page on Monday, and Reggie's haven't been actively promoting musicians playing there recently on social media. This isn't a regular weekly or bi-weekly run, but Tym will kick things off with consecutive shows THIS SUNDAY and next Sunday the 20th, before playing there on October 11th (on the Thanksgiving long weekend) and October 25th (no word yet on if that show will have any Halloween themes). Tym is only blocked once each in the last two months of the year, namely on November 15th and December 13th, so keep all of these shows in mind if you're a fan!

Tym's unplugged hard rock cover action will take place THIS SUNDAY and the five Sundays to come in Reggie's 2:00-6:00 PM matinee block. All dates are 19+ with no announced cover charge. Matinees or not, Tym doesn't commonly play at band-frequented nightclubs as a solo act, so note the downtown action ahead in the last third of 2026, see above for more details, and for a preview of SUNDAY's show, here he is live!

Next up, here's a new show for next month from promoters Underground Events SSM, and if you want some newer original music to kick off the Thanksgiving long weekend, then you may want to come to Beck's Bar on Friday, October 9th. On this night four weeks from today, three bands will join forces, including alt-hard rock quartet Riverside Stasis, ska punk quartet ASDP (fronted by promoter Mikhal Muto), and newer local "diamond rock" band (and Doo & The Boyos side project) Stones At The Alter! The former two bands have been reasonably visible recently, ASDP's continued lack of social media beyond Instagram and Bandcamp acknowledged, but Stones At The Alter's presence is encouraging given how quiet they have been over the past four months, so hopefully things are going well behind the scenes for them! Remember, S@TA guitarist William Wardlaw is ASDP's bassist, so assuming nothing changed this summer, he'll have a busy night next month. 

This 19+ concert will have FREE admission (not even a "pay what you can" option) and a 9:00 PM start time. Sounds like an intriguing array of live music with originals and covers expected all night, and you can't beat that admission price, so keep the Thanksgiving weekend action at Beck's in mind, and visit the official Facebook event page for more details! 

We'll next head to the EUP to wrap up this weekend's hard rock concert previews, specifically local cover hard rock trio Nate's Chow at the annual Stalwart Agricultural Fair in Goetzville TOMORROW NIGHT! Two years removed from headlining "the biggest little fair in Michigan" under their old name Unfortunate Sun, the now Skip-less group will head back to Goetzville to cap off a weekend full of family entertainment and farm games/activities (Sault Ontario readers will see many parallels with last month's Laird Fair). Tomorrow is the closing day of the Stalwart Fair, so be sure to visit the official Facebook page for the full itinerary of what's going down in Goetzville prior to the show. Nate's Chow are hitting the outdoor stage at 8:00 PM (after the last draft horse pull) at the fairgrounds at 8081 East M-48. Admission to the fair is a flat $5 for the whole weekend, and this is definitely all ages.

9&10 News is calling for clear skies for most of the evening tomorrow in Goetzville with temperatures ranging from 58-65° (14-18° Celsius). Fall is definitely here! Visit the above links for more details, and here's a brand new live video from their Facebook page from their "end of summer bash" at The Islander Bar in Hessel this past Saturday! The clip sees the guys covering Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" with drummer Jason VanLuven on lead vocals. Interesting pick, and Jason's vocals may be gruffer than the song really needs, but it's an energetic and up tempo cover that I do wish was filmed for longer than 41 seconds. Give it a watch for yourselves below!

Finally, let's look at videos from Wednesday's Bone Yard 225 concert at the aforementioned Beck's Bar in Sault Ontario with Stones & Crows frontman Spencer Pine on guest guitar! After frontman Greg Simpson posted vertical videos on their Facebook page to promote that they're now booking 2027 concert dates and have some new band merchandise and t-shirts to sell, they headed to Beck's for the concert, where three official videos were shot, though sadly, two are A. vertical, and B. live-streams, so they will vanish from Facebook around October 9th given their current guidelines. As such, I won't embed either here, but give them a watch while you can! One is the last three minutes of a fast blues rock song with guitarist Alex D'Ettore on lead vocals that I cannot immediately identify (Alex's singing through this cell phone camera isn't super clear), while the other is a full take of "the dirty three" + Spencer covering Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' "Running Down A Dream". Embedded below is the only proper video of the three.

The horizontal(!) video was uploaded on Thursday, and captures an 8+ minute extended jam version of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Little Wing" with Spencer on lead vocals. Good to see the guys letting Spencer sing a bit here, and the collaboration between him and Alex on guitar was a good idea, and they are clearly having fun shredding together! Spencer does seem overdressed compared to Bone Yard, but Becky's idea to bring him together with your local 225 worked out, and I just hope that there was a decent turnout given that this was literally "midweek mayhem". Give these videos a watch above and below, and there's more coming!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for this month's Defunct Local Band Profile next! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Exit 808 & Handsome Sandwich) Plus More Weekend Concert Previews!!

As promised, we're wrapping up this weekend's known hard rock concert previews in today's post, but to lead off, we have some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS on both sides of the border on the exact same day later this month, so here's what you should know on this Friday night!

Local alt-hard rock quintet Handsome Sandwich will open for Montreal power pop veterans Dany Laj & The Looks on Saturday, September 28th at... the Fraternal Order of Eagles? Yes, this show will be taking place at the Eagles Club at 246 Wellington Street West, a locale that has sporadically hosted concerts in the past, but this is the first time that Aerie 3991 has crossed the SMS' radar. It will be very interesting to hear how this Steelton locale does hosting this concert, and if it gains similar repeat usage after this month! Last seen at the Northern Vibe Festival, this will be Handsome Sandwich's first show in Sault Ste. Marie city limits since the Poutine Feast, and yes, I will be covering their Northern Vibe video (and more from Ophir) in an upcoming post! In their original run as a cover trio, Handsome Sandwich opened for Dany Laj & The Looks at The Rockstar Bar in November 2017, so it is neat to see them back at it seven years later!

While not a hard rock band, Dany & crew will be familiar to local concert-goers from their five local dates here in the 2010s (last seen at the former New American Pub in November 2019), though they did withdraw from 2021's Northern Vibe Festival in the interim. The Looks have a fun & upbeat sound with lots of genre flourishes, and it will be good to see them back in town! Promoted by Piecing It Together Shows (the former Dryer Fire), this ALL AGES show has an advertised start time of 7:00 PM. Tickets cost $15 (up from $12 in 2019), and you can buy them at this link, while the door price will jump to $20. Visit the above links for all of the details on what's going down at the Eagles Club in three weeks!

Next up, we'll head to Sault Michigan, where local hard rock sextet Exit 808 will play their first show of the fall on September 28th as well, but in their case, it's a special charity event! The double vocalist-led group will headline A Night Of Music at Three One Three on Ashmun (the former Back Door), which is an annual fundraiser event for the Hospice of the EUP (basically Sault Michigan's equivalent to ARCH), as sponsored by Team Century 21. Exit 808 will be joined here by three acoustic singer/guitarists, namely Gabe Menard (who I am not familiar with), veteran country musician Paul Perry, and Project 906 frontman Billy Bernier, who has been playing more solo gigs this year. Supporting your local hospice (ARCH or the EUP's) is always a wonderful cause, and I do hope that there's a great turnout at Three One Three in three weeks for this stacked lineup of local talent!

A Night Of Music has a 7:00 PM start time and a $10 cover charge (proceeds all go to the hospice), and while an age limit wasn't stated, note that Three One Three has three distinct spaces for hosting events, and I'm not sure which will have the concert. Visit the above links for more details on Exit 808's hospice fundraiser later this month!

Now let's move to the rest of this weekend's known public hard rock concert previews, and we'll stay in the E.U.P. for new local hard rock quartet Unfortunate Sun's headlining date TOMORROW NIGHT at the annual Stalwart Agricultural Fair in Goetzville! This event doesn't seem like the most SMS-amenable event going, but their predecessors Fake Chow (whose lineup is identical aside from the bassist) played at the farming/agricultural expo outside of Pickford last year, so calling up their new project does make sense in that way, though Unfortunate Sun have been publically promoting their rock bonafides moreso than Fake Chow did on social media. The guys will be the featured musicians for tomorrow's final day of the Stalwart Fair, and if you want full details on the livestock and farm equipment activites and competitions this weekend, click here! Their set will be under the on-site pavilion.

The Stalwart Fair goes down at the corner of Sand Ridge Road and 28 Mile in Goetzville, with an 8:00 PM start time for Unfortunate Sun's concert proper. This is absolutely an all ages festival, and admission is $5 a person. In case the pavilion is exposed to the elements, we're looking at cloudy weather in the mid-low 50s Fahrenheit (around 11° Celsius), but it is not expected to rain. Visit the above links for more details on the Stalwart Fair and Unfortunate Sun's concert tomorrow, and here they are live!

Finally for this weekend, we'll head back north to Sault Ontario, where local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard 225 will go "uncorked" for another acoustic show at Gateway Casino TOMORROW NIGHT! While fans have seen Greg, Alex, and Warren multiple times since in both electric and non-electric settings, tomorrow's one-nighter will be their first at the downtown casino in three months. If you want to enjoy your local 225's unplugg.... "uncorked" stylings at a familiar downtown space, then definitely keep this show in mind! Bone Yard are not playing anywhere public tonight, and this is their only acoustic show of the month (your next chance to see them live is next Saturday at Shooters). Tomorrow's show has a 9:00 PM start time, no cover charge, and a 19+ age limit. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's Bone Yard 225 live!

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

LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Unfortunate Sun & The Nameless) And More From Sault Michigan!!

Today's SMS post is devoted to Sault Michigan bands and E.U.P. concerts, including a bunch of LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS for this fall, so here's what you should know across the river!

Local hard rock quintet The Nameless will reportedly return to Huck's Pub & Grill in nearby Rudyard for one night only on Saturday, September 14th! The band has not publically confirmed this date yet, but it was announced via the venue's concert calendar on their Facebook page (always nice to see venues plug shows like this!), and I believe it will be their debut at the former Joe's Bar & Grill. That said, there is a more pressing matter in their camp, as a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help frontman Joshua LaCoursiere and his family. Earlier this month, Josh was stung by a bee and had a severe allergic reaction that caused major swelling and blood clots in his shoulder & hand, and he has needed at least two surgeries in Petoskey to address what happened. As such, he missed The Nameless' set at the Serious Business-promoted multi-band concert in Brimley this past weekend (if they dropped out, I hadn't heard 100%).

As Josh can't work right now, the aim is to raise $15,000 for him and his family at this time of need, and if you can help the LaCoursieres, definitely consider doing so at this link! Of course, our best thoughts are with Joshua, his kids, and his family and friends as he recovers, and hopefully we see him back on stage when fully able! I have no idea if this will affect the Huck's gig next month, but we will keep you posted if it is cancelled or postponed. For now, it's at 8:00 PM on the 14th with a 21+ age limit and no announced cover charge. Stay tuned for more from The Nameless when it rolls in, and I hope Josh gets better soon!

Next up, eagle eyed readers may have noticed gigs from newer local hard rock cover bands Dirty Musky and Unfortunate Sun at Huck's later this fall, and while we already knew about the former's show on October 5th (we'll pick things back up on Dirty Musky in a bit), the Unfortunate Sun gigs are new to us! Yes, the Fake Chow successors will make their way to Huck's in Rudyard for Saturday nighters on October 26th & November 16th, and no word on if the shows will be outdoors like their debut gig was last month, but it will obviously be the fall then. Also, keep in mind that the October 26th show could be Halloween themed, but given that October 31st is a Thursday this year, some venues may opt to have their events late so they're closer to the actual day. We'll know more in a couple of months! Along with these two shows, Unfortunate Sun announced three more upcoming dates on their Facebook page, so where are they playing next?

Their second public date as Unfortunate Sun will be on Saturday, September 7th when they perform at... The Stalwart Agricultural Fair in Goetzville? This is a new one for the SMS, but the 118th annual Stalwart Fair is a farming/agricultural fair just southeast of Pickford at the corner of Sand Ridge Road and 28 Mile, and the fair's Facebook page has confirmed that Unfortunate Sun will be headlining under the on-site pavilion there (I don't know if this will be fully outdoors or not). No other bands that day, with most of the Saturday events focusing on livestock judging and horse pulls, but visit the official website for full non-musical details! An 8:00 PM start time is planned for this concert, which has no advertised age limit, and there is a $5 admission fee. The other two shows appear to be standard one-nighters at local nightclubs, with Unfortunate Sun debuting in the Soo on Saturday, September 28th at The Merchants Bar, and...

...on Wednesday, November 27th at The Islander Bar in Hessel? Other than being the day before the American Thanksgiving, I do not know the significance of scheduling a mid-week show like this, assuming that the date is accurate, but we'll keep you posted if there's clarification! Both shows should have 9:00 PM-ish start times, 21+ age limits, and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more on Unfortunate Sun's upcoming concert slate, and hopefully we hear much more from them soon!

Finally, let's look the aforementioned Dirty Musky, who don't have brand new shows to announce (yet), but we do have new live videos of theirs to check out! Uploaded to their Facebook page last week, these are their first official videos that run for longer than 20 seconds, let alone feature the band directly performing on camera. Granted, each runs for 31 and 41 seconds respectively, but beggars can't be choosers! Unfortunately, both were shot vertically, and they had a circular peephole filter put on them, but at least these are embeddable on external websites. Both videos capture parts of Dirty Musky covering Tool's "Sober" (here's part 2) at The Islander Bar in Hessel earlier this month, and it's a solid enough cover for what we hear! It's just nice to see new videos of a Dave Menard-fronted band, as Splitshot and 415E did not post much in the way of official live videos.

Fran's head is often obscured by the one speaker at this angle as well, but this is still the best look that we've had at Dirty Musky on video, so give these chunks of their "Sober" cover a watch above and below, and don't miss them at Huck's in Rudyard in October, and hopefully elsewhere prior!

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