#TBT – Conducted Circa 2009 By Mike Bax Photo by Maya Hardinge It’s utterly surreal to me that Jim G Thirlwell is the kind of musician who is still a relative unknown in the grand scheme of things. The Australian born Thirlwell has been in music for almost thirty years now, and is quite respected amongst…
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Ride – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – June 2nd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax While some might say the definitive shoegaze-era band is My Bloody Valentine, I’d lean a little more towards RIDE myself. Mark Gardener, Andy Bell, Steve Queralt and Laurence Colbert, the Oxford quartet that produced an assortment of EPs and four commercial full length releases of such utterly sterling material,…
Interview with Dustin Hill of Black Pussy – May 28th, 2015
Interview and photos by Mike Bax If you were to simply Google Black Pussy, you *might* not like the results that your search would reveal. Googling “Black Pussy band” however, would get you to the bandcamp page of the five individuals making original music sounding like the lovechild of early 1970’s psychedelia bands mixed with…
Mastodon, Clutch & Graveyard – London Music Hall, London – May 21st, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “Of all the shows on this six week tour, this one sold out first.” Neil Fallon, Clutch Yet another epic triple Mastodon bill, this one featuring a co-headlining set from Clutch, and my first look at Gothenburg’s Graveyard. Mastodon just may go down in history as a band hell-bent…
Interview with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster – London Music Hall – May 21st, 2015
Interview by Mike Bax http://www.pro-rock.com http://www.facebook.com/Clutchband twitter.com/clutchofficial Jean-Paul Gaster of Clutch London – May 21st, 2015 Missing Link tour w Mastodon & Graveyard 2015
Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto – May 19th, 2015
(The 11pm Show) Review by Mike Bax Photos by Cindy Ord / NPG Records “I have to warn you Toronto, I’ve been known to break a few curfews!” Think of the best concert you’ve ever seen, be it for the musical prowess of a bandmember(s), sheer musical chemistry and overall live stage presence. Put that…
Interview with Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran) Twin Peaks – July 23rd, 2014
#TBT Interview by Mike Bax CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution https://www.facebook.com/TwinPeaksTV https://www.facebook.com/cbshomeentertainment http://andthemissingpieces.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/welcometotwinpeaks Next week, Twin Peaks will see its first release on Blu-ray. CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution have prepared a ten-disc Blu-ray set dedicated to delivering the best possible Twin Peaks experience to fans of the…
Faith No More – Canadian Music Week – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto – May 9th, 2015
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…
Faith No More – Sol Invictus review
Reclamation Recordings/Ipecac Recordings Review by Mike Bax Don’t call it a come-back. In the eighteen years between Faith No More’s last commercial release (Album of the Year) and Sol Invictus, it’s become painfully clear that the music of Faith No More continues to be important among fans young and old. Material from the two releases…
Monolord – Vænir review
Riding Easy Records Review by Mike Bax Soooo fucking good!! Hm. Maybe a little more than that, yes? When guitar player and vocalist Thomas Jäger (Marulk), drummer Esben Willems (Marulk) and bassist Mika Häkki (Rotten Sound) got together in 2013 and unleashed Empress Rising upon unsuspecting masses, the album was universally lauded among doom-metal enthusiasts…
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