Ash – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto October 1st, 2016

Review and Photos by Mike Bax If there was a running theme for this weekend’s Ash performance, ‘Old Is New’ would definitely suffice. For this early Saturday night Toronto performance from Ash we got their 20+ year-old debut album 1977 performed in its entirety. From Kestrels, we got a slathering of post-modern material harkening back…

The Balconies – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto – July 5th, 2016

Review and photos by Mike Bax One of my favourite things about living close to Toronto is the easy exposure to a plethora of brilliant musicianship that seems to bleed out of the city’s every nook and cranny. Take The Balconies for instance – a totally energetic and lightning-charged local band that deliver the goods…

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…

The Both – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto – August 15th, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax Aimee Mann could show up in Toronto playing a dedicated set of music that I outright don’t like, and I would probably STILL attend. I’m that guy. Aimee is one of my very favourite singer / songwriters, and I’d support pretty much anything she attempts. This evening’s performance of…

Lieutenant w Yukon Blonde – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto April 1st, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax On this April 1st, it was no joke people filled the Mod Club Theatre early to see Canadian five-piece Yukon Blonde opening for Nate Mendel’s solo project Lieutenant. I swear I bumped into more musicians in the crowd walking towards the stage (Sheepdogs and Tokyo Police Club, I’m talking…