Mike Bax

The Bobby Lees – ‘Bellevue’ [Album Review]

Bellevue clocks in at 13 songs, tallying just over thirty minutes. The lead (and title) track gives you everything you need to know about The Bobby Lees in under 90 seconds; Attitude galore, howling vocals, a driving rhythm section, and some bad-ass guitar licks. If “Bellevue” doesn’t put some tingle in your taint, then chances…

Producer David C. Fein Discusses the Fully Restored Director’s Edition of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’

“The point of the film – which is how technology is cold without humanity. At the time when the film came out, the greatest technology we had was touch-tone phones. Now we have cell phones. It’s part of our life. I think it’s more relevant today than ever before.” Full interview on V13 Media

Fans Doomscrolled Along with Metric (w/ Bartees Strange) at London Music Hall [Photos]

A month after the Toronto concert announcement, Metric announced their upcoming new album, Formentera, along with a string of live dates to promote the latest release. “All Comes Crashing” and a lengthy 10-minute lead track “Doomscroller” were released before the new album’s July debut. London was eventually announced the day before the Toronto gig at…

Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers & Chic Narrowly Avoid a Cancelled Show at Budweiser Stage [Photos]

“Save A Prayer” took on a relevant meaning on Monday night as heavy rainfall, lightning, and thunderclaps closed the venue gates and pushed fans back to their cars for an hour to see if Toronto’s Duran Duran performance would go on as planned. Ten minutes before Nile Rodgers was set to take the stage, an…

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…

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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