Review and Photos by Mike Bax If you grew up along the Toronto locale of Highway 401, and were weaned on the musical Kool Aid served by CFNY (The Edge) 102.1, you couldn’t go through the late 1980s and 1990s and not have some sort of exposure to The Tragically Hip. Love them, tolerate them…
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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…
Ministry – Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – June 17th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “They know how many times you take a shit. They know how many times you wipe. They know how many porn sites you’ve visited. Watch Yourself.” Al Jourgensen Deemed the From Beer To EternaTour, this eight-week long Ministry outing was technically a bonus round of live dates from Al…
Interview with Joe Satriani, Toronto, Canada – June 3rd, 2015
By Mike Bax There isn’t really too much preamble one can put down for Joe Satriani that hasn’t already been said. He is a world renowned living guitar legend, arguably the best technical guitarist on the planet. As a teacher, some of the guitarists Satriani has taught include Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk…
A resurrected Interview with Henry Rollins – 2011
#TBT Henry Rollins Interview from February 22nd, 2011 By Mike Bax Photo by Maura Lanahan In this, the fiftieth year in the life of Henry Rollins, the former Häagen-Daz employee, punk rock icon, public speaker and avid traveler decided there was no other way to turn fifty than to tour it. Being the self-professed road…
Elle King Interview – Toronto, Canada – June 2nd, 2015
By Mike Bax Elle King (the daughter of London King and comedian Rob Schneider) has recently released her debut album Love Stuff on RCA/Sony Music. Last week, she ended up in Toronto for a few days doing some press and a wonderful club show at the Drake Underground in Toronto. Love Stuff sounds like an…
How To Be A Man (and other illusions) by Duff McKagan book review
By Mike Bax Da Capo Press While technically a follow-up to McKagan’s last book It’s So Easy (and other lies), How To Be A Man is more like an accoutrement to his first book. How To Be A Man (and other illusions) is a lighter, easier read. It’s more observational in places (McKagan looking at…
Anti-Flag – Bovine Sex Club, Toronto – June 4th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax When this show was announced I immediately got excited by the prospect of seeing a band of Anti-Flag’s stature in a room the size of the Bovine. Everyone, the band included, knew the evening was going to be a sweaty mess, and THAT was what made it even more…
Elle King – The Drake Hotel, Toronto – June 3rd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax An intimate evening of comedic sarcasm and dialogue from both Ria Mae and Elle King made for a spectacle that was very special for the attendants of her debut live performance in Toronto. This was (surprisingly) my first time at the Drake Hotel Underground. I knew it was small,…
The Wire: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review
By Mike Bax “We’re building something here… and all the pieces matter.” Detective Lester Freamon The Wire, a show revered by genre fanatics the world over, has numerous wonderful quotes, but this one sums up the show itself from both a creative standpoint as much as a summary of the show itself. What creator David…
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