Review and Photos by Mike Bax Bring the noise! Last night, twenty bucks got you four bands bringing an assortment of musical stylings and decibel levels spanning four hours of music at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. Relapse Records label mates (and road mates, this being their second run of dates together) Nothing and Wrong are…
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Lamb of God w Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity – TD Echo Beach, Toronto May 19th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax This was the official first concert at TD Echo Beach / Molson Canadian Amphitheatre of 2016, and in my books, you couldn’t ask for a better trifecta of heaviness than Lamb of God, Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity. Interesting tidbit… If this was 20 years ago, the playing order…
Interview with Big Black Delta – May 17th, 2016
By Mike Bax Lead photo by Jeff Brown and Caspar Newbolt I first saw Jonathan Bates in January of 2003, opening for Johnny Marr at Lee’s Palace in Toronto under the moniker of mellowdrone. At the time, mellowdrone only had a handful of singles and EPs available. I can still remember how impressed I was with…
Baroness – Opera House, Toronto – May 3rd, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax There’s nothing in the world quite like seeing a great band with a great opener. Tonight at the Opera House was definitely one of those nights, as Savannah, Georgia’s Baroness along with New York’s Mutoid Man blew the roof off of the venue at an incredible decibel level. At…
Melvins, Napalm Death & Melt Banana – The Opera House, Toronto – April 19th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax The Savage Imperial Death March Tour!! Delivered at a volume loud enough that I might have been able to stay at home in Kitchener, an hour away, and STILL heard this trifecta of heavy. My ears are still recovering from the aural pummeling they took last night. It’s not…
Avantasia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto – April 13th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Described by curator / mastermind Tobias Sammet as the mean, dirty little black sheep brother of Trans Siberian Orchestra, Avantasia’s only Canadian live show touched down last night in Toronto, filling the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage to the brim with a literal who’s who of heavy music. Boasting one…
Smashing Pumpkins w Liz Phair – Massey Hall, Toronto – April 12th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Smashing Pumpkins is a band that, for me, are two things: 1) an amazing studio band and 2) a disappointing live band. Until last night, that is. The sound and representation of the material presented at Massey Hall this evening sounded superb. Touring In Plainsong as an acoustic-electro evening, Billy…
August Burns Red, Between & The Buried and Me – Guelph Concert Theatre, April 10th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax I hadn’t planned on attending this show until the day before when it was made known to me that the evening was a co-headliner show with Between & The Buried and Me (BTBAM) and August Burns Red (ABR). I’d assumed it was an ABR show with a 45-minute set…
Attica Riots – The Drake Hotel, Toronto – April 6th, 2016
Photos by Mike Bax These photos were taken at an industry showcase where Attica Riots performed eight songs from their upcoming June debut (on Five Seven Music). A close look at the band members will reveal that Inward Eye’s guitarist and drummer, Kyle Erickson and Anders Erickson respectively, are included in the line-up along with vocalist Bobby…
Autolux – Lee’s Palace, April 7th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax And now, the task at hand; attempting to describe a concert that was indescribably good. Autolux is a Los Angeles three-piece alternative rock band comprised of Eugene Goreshter (lead vocals/bass), Greg Edwards (guitar/vocals) and Carla Azar (drums/vocals). The band is often lumped into the category of ‘shoegazer’ music because…
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