Mike Bax

Wilco (w/ Bahamas) Showcases ‘Cruel Country’ at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage [Photos]

(Toronto, ON) Aug 18th, 2022 – Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt (bass), Glenn Kotche (drums), Mikael Jorgensen (Keyboards), Nels Cline (guitar), and Pat Sansone (guitar) performed 23 songs to a dedicated cluster of fans, many of whom traveled a distance to see this concert. This evening’s show was originally a one-off Toronto show solicitation, with Bahamas…

Sleigh Bells (w/ N3ptune, Black Dresses) Simply Slay at Toronto’s Velvet Underground [Photos]

Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller took the stage with a keyboardist/vocalist and live drummer for this performance, launching into “Justine Go Genesis” to spearhead their set. The audience went nuts. Krauss had to stop their performance after a few songs to check on some girls in the front row who got visibly bounced around during…

Classless Act Discuss Touring with Their Heroes and Longevity in Music [w/ Audio]

“We’d definitely do some auditions, right? But I think that you can tell right away if you gel with someone. Especially when it is music, you know? If you show up and don’t really know the songs, or you are just fooling around, that’s just not going to work. We work really hard in this…

The Flatliners’ Chris Cresswell Discusses ‘New Ruin,’ Dark Themes, and 20 Years of Longevity [w/ Audio]

“We were getting close to finishing the record, and we were going through the liner notes and everything as a band. Then the guys started reading the lyrics, and Scott turned to me at one point and said, “are you ok?” after reading the lyrics. I said, “I’m fine, I have an outlet, I’m good.”…

Spoon Wows Fans at London Music Hall with Opener Bodega [Photos]

Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Alex Fischel, Gerardo Larios, and Ben Trokan commiserated at the side of the London Music Hall stage for a few minutes before the house lights were dimmed and they took the darkened stage and launched into “Held,” the intro song to Lucifer On the Sofa. Pulsing lights slowly brightened as the…

John 5 (w/ Sticks N’ Stones) Shreds for Toronto Sinners at the Phoenix Concert Theatre [Photos]

I think of John 5 more and more amongst the list of living greats; he can play almost any song in any style. He has a killer sweeping style to his playing that seems to get better and better every year that goes by. He did an incredible cover of Queen’s Crazy Little Thing Called…

Voïvod’s Michel “Away” Langevin on ‘Synchro Anarchy,’ Longevity, and Pivotal Moments in Their History [w/ Audio]

“Back then, I tried not to over-think it, but back then, I was trying to incorporate what I had learned from heavy metal, punk, and progressive rock and trying to combine the three of them. Eventually, there was one trick that I always kept. Whenever In the 70s I heard a Van der Graaf Generator…

Primus (w/ Black Mountain) Bring Rush Back to Canada at Massey Hall in Toronto! [Photos]

“Are they here? Are they in the venue?”These words were on the lips of everyone in front of Massey Hall before this performance – fans hoping for a glimpse of Alex Lifeson and/or Geddy Lee on this first night of two special performances of Rush’s seminal A Farewell to Kings album. It was hard to…

The Beaches (w/ The Blue Stones) Get Groovy at Guelph Concert Theatre [Photos]

It struck me that this evening was the first time I’d seen the band truly headline a venue. I have seen them at festivals, as an opener for other bands, and at industry events, but I’d never seen them roll out a 22-song performance that touched on so much of their material in one shot…

Opeth, Mastodon and Khemmis Lay Waste to Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre [Photos]

Opeth is still cresting high on the wave of their most excellent 2019 album, In Cauda Venenum. They only performed Heart In Hand (Hjärtat vet vad handen gör) from the new album. This saddened me as the new album is so good that I would have been satisfied if they played the entire thing. Instead,…

Mike Bax

Harold Perrineau discusses aspects of his character, Boyd Stevens, on the chilling hit show FROM, finally streaming in Canada on Paramount+

Dianne Wiest discusses aspects of her character Miriam McLusky on the hit show Mayor of Kingstown, now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Steve Vai interview: Insights into the man who creates some of the tastiest guitar licks on the planet, plus his latest album ‘Inviolate.’

David Duchovny on ‘Gestureland,’ Upping His Audiobook Game, and Playing Transgender Denise Bryson on ‘Twin Peaks’ [w/ Audio]

SIXX:A.M. video interview – Park Hyatt Toronto – March 3rd, 2016

Interview with Steven Wilson – February 19th, 2016