Torche w Nothing & Wrong – Lee’s Palace, Toronto – March 21st, 2015

Review and Photos by Mike Bax An evening where wrong was so right, nothing was really something, and Torche blew the roof of the venue. For only twenty bucks. Saturday night was already promising to be something special with Relapse Records’ bands Torche and Nothing performing together. Even with their own signature sounds, there can…

ZZ Top – Casino Rama, Orillia – March 19th, 2015

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…

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 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…