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…

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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…

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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,…

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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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An Interview with J. G. Thirlwell (FOETUS WISEBLOOD STEROID MAXIMUS)

#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,…

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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…

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