Wolfgang Van Halen and his Mammoth WVH crew tore through Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall with special guests Nita Strauss. It was a hell of a night! This evening was unique as it represented Mammoth’s first Toronto headlining show, a point Van Halen brought up early into his performance, given his past two dates in the…
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Steve Vai Brings an Electrical Evening of Guitaring to Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall [Photos]
Currently touring the album ‘Inviolate,’ Steve Vai delivered a set of primarily instrumental material for two and a half hours to a mesmerized audience this past Tuesday night at Danforth Music Hall. Before playing “Bad Horsie,” Vai projected the beginning of his clip from the Crossroads movie, where his memorable appearance as Jack Butler duelling…
Venom Inc video interview – The Hard Luck, Toronto – January 10th, 2016
Venom Inc interview with Jeffrey “Mantas” Dunn The Hard Luck, Toronto (Canada) – January 10th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.facebook.com/VenomIncOfficial http://www.venom-inc.com twitter.com/venom_inc
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….
Leon Bridges – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – October 23rd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Proving to a modern generation of music fans that soul and gospel music is both timeless and relevant, Leon Bridges is currently celebrating his successful debut album, Coming Home, on a run of multiple sold out shows all across North America. His stop in Toronto at the Danforth Music…
Melvins – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – June 22nd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax The Hold It In 2015 Tour There’s really NOTHING like a Melvins’ live experience. Nothing! Regular members’ guitarist/vocalist Buzz Osborne and drummer/vocalist Dale Crover tend to tour with a rotating bassist, and Butthole Surfers’ Jeff Pinkus fills that position on the duration of this tour. Pinkus and Butthole Surfers…
Ride – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – June 2nd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax While some might say the definitive shoegaze-era band is My Bloody Valentine, I’d lean a little more towards RIDE myself. Mark Gardener, Andy Bell, Steve Queralt and Laurence Colbert, the Oxford quartet that produced an assortment of EPs and four commercial full length releases of such utterly sterling material,…
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