It’s a good week for metal as there are two excellent metal shows.
 Unleash the Archers play the Stone May 30 with local metal bands Enceladus and Caste of Shadows.

 The other good metal show is Vancouver metal/ screamo band Versus the Nothing who play the Slice, May 29.

If you want to rock and roll rockabilly style, be at the Tongue N Groove May 28 for Bent 8 and Buzz Elroy and the Hayseed Rockets who will rock your socks off. There is a $10 cover for the show, which begins at 9 p.m.

 if you want to dance, Hippodrome plays the Tongue n Groove, May 27.

For people who like the blues with a touch of Drive By Truckers, the Tom Savage Trio returns to Lethbridge for another Monday show at the Slice, May 30.
Tom Savage, of the Kingston based alt-country trio the Tom Savage Trio is looking forward to returning to Lethbridge, even if it is on another Monday.

On the other hand, rap fans have something really special to look forward to — a one off reunion of Moka Only with his former crew, the Swollen Members, May 27 at the Stone.

The show is May 27 at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $30. It also includes special guests King Dylan and the City Prophets.

 For something completely different, Ben Sures returns to the Lethbridge Folk Club Wolf’s Den, May 28.

 Ben Sures is known for his wit and his tight songwriting talent. He is a winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Competition and is a regular performer on CBC radio.

He has released four CDs so far and is about to release his fifth CD “Gone To Bolivia.”

Mad Child, of Canadian rap superstars the Swollen Members is loving life clean and sober.

“I don’t like that word sober. Sober sounds like you’re old and washed up and missing life. I consider myself normal,” said Madchild, or Shane Bunting in the real world, who has been “normal” for the past 11 months, is back on the road with the Swollen Members and hot on the heels of a brand new album “Dagger Mouth.”

They will be playing the Stone, May 27 with special guest Moka Only who will be joining the Swollen Members on stage for the first time in about seven years.

Music promoter James Nishima, aka DJ Booda, thought it would be a cool idea to get a reunion together with Moka Only for Lethbridge. Both parties jumped at the opportunity.

“It will be a one off show. He’s a professional and we’re professionals, so we know the songs. We didn’t rehearse. We don’t choreograph anything because you never know where we will end up — on a speaker, or in the crowd. There’s a few little things like crouching down on “Bring it  Home,’ and getting the crowd to jump up and  yelling “opa’ after ‘Watch This.’ This is the real thing. There’s no fakeness,” Madchild continued.

“There is going to be a little of everything. We’ll be doing songs from Dagger Mouth and some of the old singles. Moka will do the parts of his songs. And we’ll probably throw several of his songs in,” he said.
 It will be a mix of old and new music.

Vancouver rock/ metal band Versus the Nothing is looking forward to returning to Lethbridge on May 29.
“I’m from Calgary before I moved to Vancouver. I used to go to the college and hang out with my friends there,” said guitarist/ vocalist Ande Otte.

“Last time we played Lethbridge was 2009. We were supposed to play in December, but we were living in an unheated bus for two months and it was -29 and two of us caught pneumonia,” he continued.

“You’ll be hearing a high energy rock show. We put on a performance rather than just standing there and play the songs,” he said.

Tom Savage, of the Kingston based alt-country trio the Tom Savage Trio is looking forward to returning to Lethbridge, even if it is on another Monday.

He plays the Slice, May 30.

“We’re looking forward to being back at the Slice. It’s on a Monday, but we‘ve got to fill every day. That’s just the way it goes,” said Savage from Wawa, where the band is beginning their latest cross-Canadian tour.

 The band, which often draws comparisons to other alt-country troubadours like the Drive By Truckers and the Bottle Rockets, has been moving towards more of a jam band/ bluesy sound.

“It’s going to be a good rock show, high energy, with new songs and songs from the ‘County Line.’