Top Ten Albums of 2015 By Mike Bax Year by year, I take in a lot of music that spans multiple genres. I tend to be unaffected by hype, despite being bombarded by emails from publicists hyping music. I rely more on the input of my friends, my personal tastes in music, crowd-funding and an…
Tag: Sol Invictus
Faith No More – Canadian Music Week – Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto – May 9th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax After a tight but under-appreciated opening performance by LA-based band Le Butcherettes (by way of Mexico), The Toronto Sony Centre stage was cleared and then adorned with numerous rectangular planters filled with fresh flowers. Then Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould, Mike Bordin, Mike Patton and Jon Hudson took the stage…
Faith No More – Sol Invictus review
Reclamation Recordings/Ipecac Recordings Review by Mike Bax Don’t call it a come-back. In the eighteen years between Faith No More’s last commercial release (Album of the Year) and Sol Invictus, it’s become painfully clear that the music of Faith No More continues to be important among fans young and old. Material from the two releases…