Review and Photos by Mike Bax “Same three guys. Same three chords.” With over 40 years of recordings and touring behind them, Billy Gibbons (guitar) Dusty Hill (bass guitar) and Frank Beard (drums), the three long-time members of ZZ Top can easily pack a room with screaming fans. The three-piece band, with 15 albums of…
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Mew +- album review
Play It Again Sam Review by Mike Bax Mew has been crafting quality recordings of some of the finest musical atmospherics for twenty years now. What? Never heard of them? You likely aren’t alone in this regard. Even with numerous tours across our sizeable continent, Mew has managed to remain rather unknown in North America….
Royal Thunder – Crooked Doors album review
Relapse Records (Release: 7 April 2015) Review by Mike Bax Lately, I’ve been thinking a fair bit about what defines a classic album. With the re-issues of the Zeppelin catalog currently upon us, Physical Graffiti being the most recent release, I’m replaying these albums and wondering what it must have been like to be taking…
Interview with Rex Brown – Kill Devil Hill (ex Pantera & ex Down)
#TBT May 6th, 2014 Rex Brown, seminal bassist for Pantera and Down, has been focused on a new musical outlet for the past few years in a band called Kill Devil Hill. Originally a pet project of Vinny Appice (Heaven and Hell & Dio) and Mark Zavon, Brown was brought into the fold during the early…
Interview with Jaime Preciado of Pierce the Veil
September 17th, 2014 Interview by Mike Bax For the past few months, Pierce the Veil’s Jaime Preciado, Vic Fuentes, Mike Fuentes and Tony Perry have been sequestered away in New York, working on the follow-up to their very successful 2012 release, Collide with the Sky. Collide took the band to new levels of popularity. It…
An Interview with Barry Burns of Mogwai
#TBT March 5th, 2014 By Mike Bax For nearly two decades the Scottish bravado musicians of Mogwai have been wowing music fans with dense explorations into a tapestry of dirging guitars and synthesizers. Operating as an instrumental outfit and churning out new material on average of every three years, Mogwai never really veer too far from…
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti Reissue
Warner Music Canada By Mike Bax Perfection, Reissued. Almost 40 years to the date of its original release. As a teen, many drunken nights were spent debating the long standing question: “What’s the finest double album on the planet”. There are numerous weighty candidates from many different bands. Amongst my friends, the two albums that…
An Interview with actor Christian Lloyd – September 17th, 2014
By Mike Bax I don’t often veer away from music when I interview. For the most part, I have more context talking music with musicians, even though I can’t play a blessed note of anything musical to save my life. When it comes to film, I tend to gravitate to more of the avant garde…
Torche Restarter Review
Relapse Records Review by Mike Bax I’m sure there will be some Restarter reviews that describe the band as ‘new’ and ‘from out of nowhere’. In reality, frontman Steve Brooks has been delivering his signature style of sludge for well over two decades – having spent well over ten years as one of the driving…
Grzegorz Domaradzki Inception
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