(Toronto, ON) Numerous fans were walking back to their cars, carrying multiple tour tee shirts, as I approached the Great Canadian Casino Resort for the Lorna Shore, The Black Dahlia Murder & Shadow of Intent show, part of the “I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me” tour package, which was stopping in our area. Unable…
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Wolf Alice discuss new album The Clearing, out August 22nd on Columbia Records
“In Toronto particularly I feel like the crowd really got behind us. Our shows here have gone so well for us, and we’re very grateful. We love coming back because of that.”
Fidlar Brings a Blistering Performance to History in Toronto [Photos]
Los Angeles garage rockers Fidlar touched down at History in Toronto, along with Oliver Tree and Jasiah, and they absolutely stole the show. Someone in the crowd kept yelling out, “Wake Bake Skate,” in between the first few songs. Carper looked at the patron and laughed. He said that “yelling out song names to a…
Mammoth WVH is Red-Hot at Danforth Music Hall with Special Guest Nita Strauss [Photos]
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…
Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ministry and Filter Get Freaky at Budweiser Stage [Photos]
Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ministry, and Filter brought the Freaks on Parade tour to Budweiser Stage and it was legendary! As a massive black tarp dropped, Rob Zombie, Piggy D., Ginger Fish, and Mike Riggs stormed the Budweiser Stage at 9:45 – Zombie and Fish elevated 20 feet above the stage on risers surrounded by…
The Mega-Monsters Tour (Mastodon, Gojira, Lorna Shore) Tramples Toronto’s Budweiser Stage [Photos]
Billed as a coheadlining tour between Mastodon and Gojira, add on opening act Lorna Shore and you’ve got a recipe for an evening of musical mayhem at Budweiser Stage. While opinions on Mastodon and Gojira can vary amongst fans, there are similarities between the two bands. Aside from their behind-the-scenes friendship (they have toured together…
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Reimagine Numerous Classics at Budweiser Stage [Photos]
The show was peppered with material from The Everly Brothers, Some Zeppelin material (and Zeppelin covers most people associate with simply being Zeppelin tracks), Some solo Plant material, and other classic roots rock. Plant & Krauss handled the Plant classic “In the Mood” majestically, and it was my stand-out favourite of the night. Full coverage…
Yungblud Delivers the Goods to a Packed House at Toronto’s History [Photos]
The energy from the crowd felt thick; it was so present in the room for this show that it was worth being there for that alone. When Dominic (Yungblud = Dominic Richard Harrison) took the stage, I was struck by how much he looked like a young Gary Numan. His energy on stage was incredible…
Gojira – Rebel, Toronto – October 20th, 2016
Review and photos by Mike Bax Earlier this year, Gojira unleashed their heaviest, and best album to date – a beast of a disc entitled Magma. This evening’s performance at Rebel (formerly Sound Academy) was Gojira’s first stop in Toronto showcasing this new material live, the band playing 50% of the album this evening. There’s an…
An interview with Anthony Raneri of Bayside – Toronto – August 25th, 2016
Bayside Interview Anthony Raneri The Opera House, Toronto – August 25th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.baysidebayside.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Bayside https://twitter.com/baysideband
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