Interview with Laura Pleasants of Kylesa – September 17th, 2015

By Mike Bax Savannah riff-masters Kylesa are days away from releasing their most ambitious album of original material to date. All of the ten songs on Exhausting Fire crackle with that signature energy that is present on all of your favourite Kylesa songs from their past albums. I consider Static Tensions and Spiral Shadow the…

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ZZ Ward, The Opera House, Toronto – September 22nd, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax ZZ Ward (ZZ being short for Zsuzsanna) performed this past Tuesday in Toronto, as the only Canadian date on her current fall tour to hype her upcoming album, This Means War (early 2016).   As part of the show she delivered tracks from the advance released EP, Love And War…

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Kylesa – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto – September 3rd, 2015

Review and photos by Mike Bax No disrespect to Cult of Luna, Inaeona & Kosmograd, but this evening was all about Kylesa for me. I’m usually pretty open to new music, but due to utterly crappy traffic, I walked into the venue long after Inaeona & Kosmograd had performed. Kylesa was on stage tuning their…

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The Knick: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review

HBO Home Entertainment By Mike Bax “God’s not watching. He’s too busy not saving sick children and letting people starve.” John Thackery Cinemax (HBO parent company) series The Knick may not be for everyone, but fans of character rich period dramas should really give it a try. The series centers on John Thackery (Clive Owen) and…

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Failure – Lee’s Palace, Toronto – August 18th, 2015

Photos and review by Mike Bax The last time Failure played Toronto, it was at the Mod Club celebrating their reunion with a modest run of small venue club dates. This show in many ways was a bigger reason to celebrate, as the reunited band members in Failure were touring an album that nobody (the…

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