Review and Photos by Mike Bax After a tight but under-appreciated opening performance by LA-based band Le Butcherettes (by way of Mexico), The Toronto Sony Centre stage was cleared and then adorned with numerous rectangular planters filled with fresh flowers. Then Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton and Jon Hudson took the stage…
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Electric Wizard – Lee’s Palace, Toronto – April 5th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax (All iPhone 5S photos) While everyone in Toronto lost their minds over the über-hard-to-access Mumford And Sons concert at Lee’s Palace on Friday night, the REAL music heads were celebrating their Easter Sunday wedged into the very same venue for ANOTHER über-hard-to-get-into concert by UK doomsmith’s Electric Wizard. This…
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…
Jesse Malin & the St. Marks Social – Legendary Horseshoe Tavern – September 15th, 2010
http://www.jessemalin.com | http://www.myspace.com/jessemalin During ‘Wendy’, Malin asked that the song be broken down, and the band stripped out an extended bass/guitar/drum solo allowing Malin to address the audience and let them know they were in for a long night of music. During his stellar live rendition of “Bastards Of Young” (by the Replacements) he asked…
The Airborne Toxic Event – Trinity St. Paul’s Church – September 13th, 2010
An Acoustic Evening with The Airborne Toxic Event & the Calder Quartet – Trinity St. Paul’s Church – September 13th, 2010. For their second set of music, the band played ‘Happiness is Overrated’ and ‘Gasoline’ without the quartet, bringing them back out for the third of their set onwards. The third song of set two…
The Glitch Mob – Mod Club, Toronto – September 10th, 2010
Utilizing a mixture of live drumming, integrated samples, programmed loops and three Lemur Input Devices, The Glitch Mob delivered one of the coolest live electronic performances I have seen in a while. Their Lemurs were aimed towards the audience so we could all watch the band serve up their material as the Lemur’s lit up…
The Melvins live at the Opera House – September 1st, 2010
Since the Melvins have not come to Canada for a decade, their performance was a celebration of their disfigured creations over the last twenty-five years. The band opened with the opening tracks from their latest album “The Bride Screamed Murder” before jumping into fan favourites from albums like 1993’s “Houdini” and 2006’s “(A) Senile Animal”,…
Apocalyptica w Dir En Grey – Sound Academy, Toronto – Aug 23rd, 2010
I keep a running list of about a dozen bands that really SHOULD be seen live, and Apocalyptica are definitely on this list. Watching three Finnish fellows shred on cello’s for 80 minutes is something every music fan should experience at least once. The addition of Mikko Sirén on drums a fews back (Sirén is…
Green Day – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto – August 18th, 2010
http://www.greenday.com | http://www.myspace.com/greenday Most Green Day fans are well aware of the band’s superb stadium presence and command of their live performance. But it’s possible that even the most schooled fan was unprepared for Green Day’s frenetic 3-hour long Toronto appearance last night, packed full of favourite tracks from the band’s catalogue of music and…
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