By Mike Bax Photo by David Rubene Richard Patrick is many things. An inaugural ex-member of Nine Inch Nails. Brother of the T1000 (Terminator 2’s Robert Patrick). An editorial writer, outspoken on the harder topics like warm, religion and politics. He’s also an outspoken ex-addict. He’s a husband and a father of two children. He…
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David Gilmour – Air Canada Centre, Toronto – March 31st, 2016
Review by Mike Bax Photo by Darren Eagles “Are you having a good time here tonight? Please say you are!” An utterly moot question from Mr. David Gilmour during the second lengthy set of songs at the packed Air Canada Center on this evening. EVERYBODY was having a good time! This first night of two…
Banshee: The Complete Third Season – Blu-ray review
By Mike Bax HBO Home Entertainment “Everything you touch turns to blood.” Deputy Brock Lotus (Matt Servitto) While I hasten to compare Banshee (a dark, b-movie caliber neo-noir series) to Game of Thrones, both shows deal with a myriad of cast members, dark and highly sexual plotlines with some occasional comic relief. As the third…
Stella Vander – Magma Interview – March 25th, 2016
Interview by Mike Bax Stella Vander begins our interview by apologizing for delaying it. Hoping to score some Wuhan Cymbals while in Chicago, Christian Vander (Stella’s husband) wound up in a Chicago music store a bit later than he wanted to on Good Friday, and had to juggle a bit of press interviews around. Stella…
Pete Yorn – Opera House, Toronto – March 22nd, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “You know you’re the best thing ever” I can still remember the first time I heard Musicforthemorningafter (Pete Yorn’s 2001 debut), played in snippets over a friend’s car stereo as we drove to a concert together. The songs on that album sounding so incredibly RIGHT in every sense of…
RNDM – The Mod Club, Toronto – March 13th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax RNDM THGHTS ABT RNDM L1VE I love seeing shows like this. A talented three-piece, featuring Joseph Arthur (The Lonely Astronauts, Fistful of Mercy), Richard Stuverud (War Babies, Three Fish and Tres Mts.) and Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) jamming some wonderful original material in an intimate, live setting. Parker Gispert…
Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season – Blu-ray Review
By Mike Bax HBO Home Entertainment “Eloquent men are right every bit as often as imbeciles.” Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) There is a cartoon that lives online that depicts Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin smiling menacingly as he squashes the characters of his wonderful series, one by one like insects. Five seasons into…
Interview with Joseph Arthur of RNDM – March 10th, 2016
By Mike Bax RNDM, the joint project of Joseph Arthur, Richard Stuverud and Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) released their wonderful sophomore album Ghost Riding upon the masses just last week, courtesy of Dine Alone Records. A sublime mix of guitars, drums, Mellotron and Moog, the eleven songs on Ghost Riding feel less like a side…
Interview with Al Jourgensen – Surgical Meth Machine – March 4th, 2016
By Mike Bax In about a month from now, Ministry main-man Al Jourgensen is set to release a pile-driver of an album unto the masses using the moniker Surgical Meth Machine (SMM). Recorded on his own with long-time producer Sammy D’Ambruoso and to be released by Nuclear Blast Records, SMM will raise eyebrows once it…
Interview with Tobias Sammet of Avantasia, March 6th, 2016
By Mike Bax Coming for ONE CANADIAN DATE ONLY (one of only THREE North American live shows in April), Tobias Sammet’s collective tour de force, Avantasia, promises a three-hour long spectacle of metal unlike anything you’ve seen before. Tobias Sammet (Edguy), along with eleven other musicians, featuring members of Jorn, Masterplan, Mr. Big, Pretty Maids,…
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