Review by Mike Bax Photos by Aneil Singh metallica.com twitter.com/Metallica http://www.facebook.com/Metallica When touring Ride The Lightning, Metallica played their first Toronto show at The Concert Hall (The Masonic Temple) on January 19, 1985 – a 1200 capacity auditorium. This evening’s Opera House show, with a posted capacity of 950 (680 Main Floor and 270 Balcony),…
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Carcass w Deafheaven & Inter Arma – Dallas Night Club, Kitchener November 24th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax Praise the music gods for routing this tour through Kitchener! I was thinking exactly this thought as I watched two security guards prop themselves against the edge of the Dallas Night Club stage in a reverse push-up position, their legs butted up against the support rails of the security…
Circle Of Dust – Machines of Our Disgrace review
FIXT Review by Mike Bax Excerpted from AllMusic – Industrial Music: The most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music. Initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments (tape music, musique concrète, white noise, synthesizers, sequencers, etc.) and punk provocation. Industrial is a term that was used to describe a great many bands in…
Video Interview with The Damn Truth – Toronto, November 17th, 2016
The Damn Truth Lee-La Baum, Tom Shemer, Dave Traina, PierreYves Letellier The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto – November 17th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.thedamntruth.com twitter.com/thedamntruth1 http://www.facebook.com/thedamntruth
Interview with Nick Valensi of CRX – November 10th, 2016
By Mike Bax Nick Valensi (The Strokes) is one of the last members of that band to branch off into a solo capacity and put material out on his own. CRX, an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2013, includes Nick Valensi (lead vocals, guitar), Ralph Alexander (drums), Richie Follin (guitar, keyboard, backing…
CRX – The Great Hall, Toronto – November 14th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax CRX is the less obvious (but in my opinion, far superior) side project that has spun out of New York five-piece garage rockers The Strokes. Formed by guitarist Nick Valensi, the band features Ralph Alexander of The Dose, Richie Follin of Guards, along with Darian Zahedi and Jon Safley…
Video interview with Epica – Toronto – November 6th, 2016
Epica Simone Simons The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – November 6th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.epica.nl twitter.com/Epica http://www.facebook.com/epica
Epica – The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – November 6th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax Epica returned to Toronto last night to perform a majority of material from their fantastic new album The Holographic Principle, performing 15 songs over the course of an hour and fourty minutes at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. This tour brought Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Agonist and Atmora along for the…
Video interview with The Standstills – Kitchener – October 31st, 2016
Jonny Fox Renée Couture Centre In The Square, Kitchener – October 31st, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.thestandstills.com twitter.com/TheStandstills http://www.facebook.com/TheStandstills
Video interview with Dan Payne – Toronto – October 31st, 2016
Dan Payne SOHO Metropolitan Hotel, Toronto – October 31st, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax dan-payne.com/ https://twitter.com/actorDanPayne https://www.facebook.com/actordanpayne/
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