Review and Photos by Mike Bax Everybody has a favourite band – that one group that meant something very special to you as a teenager. That one group that could do no wrong. That one group that opened your eyes to what a live concert could (and should) be. While I can cite numerous bands…
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David Gilmour – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – March 31st, 2016
Review by Mike Bax Photo by Darren Eagles “Are you having a good time here tonight? Please say you are!” An utterly moot question from Mr. David Gilmour during the second lengthy set of songs at the packed Air Canada Center on this evening. EVERYBODY was having a good time! This first night of two…
Pete Yorn – Opera House, Toronto – March 22nd, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “You know you’re the best thing ever” I can still remember the first time I heard Musicforthemorningafter (Pete Yorn’s 2001 debut), played in snippets over a friend’s car stereo as we drove to a concert together. The songs on that album sounding so incredibly RIGHT in every sense of…
RNDM – The Mod Club, Toronto – March 13th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax RNDM THGHTS ABT RNDM L1VE I love seeing shows like this. A talented three-piece, featuring Joseph Arthur (The Lonely Astronauts, Fistful of Mercy), Richard Stuverud (War Babies, Three Fish and Tres Mts.) and Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) jamming some wonderful original material in an intimate, live setting. Parker Gispert…
Tinashe – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – March 4th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax http://www.tinashenow.com twitter.com/Tinashe http://www.facebook.com/OfficialTinashe Full disclosure – I know nothing about Tinashe. Scratch that. I KNEW nothing about Tinashe. I’ve seen her live now, and can safely say two things: One: Her show was too big for the Toronto Phoenix stage. We were lucky to see this starlet in such an…
Muse – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – January 16th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax There can be no denying that Muse is, bar none, the best bang-for-the-buck when it comes to a live concert. This is across all genres of music – even Taylor Swift (who can boast an utterly jaw-dropping live spectacle) yet can’t touch what I witnessed from Muse at the…
Venom Inc – The Hard Luck, Toronto – January 10th, 2016
Review by Mike Bax Photos by Andrew Hartl Originally booked for Danforth Music Hall, this show was moved to The Hard Luck a week before the show. I think the sound might have been better at the Danforth, but the experience of seeing so many great Venom songs in a room like The Hard Luck…
Between the Buried and Me – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – Dec 10th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax A few days before this show, openers Native Construct had their vehicle broken into and their passports stolen. Toronto’s Earth’s Yellow Sun took the stage at 6:45pm in their place, filling the Danforth Music Hall with their heavy take on saxophone doom to the early arrivers in the room….
Corrosion Of Conformity – The Opera House, Toronto – December 1st, 2015
Review and photos by Mike Bax Twenty five dollars not only bought an evening with the recently reformed Pepper Keenan fronted Corrosion of Conformity, it also brought with it performances by Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band, Saviours and Mothership. Audience members were buzzing about both Saviours and Mothership as Brant Bjork and…
Sandveiss – Bovine Sex Club, Toronto – November 27th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax (Note: I serviced this show using a Sony RX100 III. For club shows, I find the difference between this pocket camera and a high end DSLR is totally negligible.) Quebec City based four-piece, heavy rock band Sandveiss made their live Toronto debut this past Friday at the Bovine, to…
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