Review and Photos by Mike Bax For anyone that arrived late and missed Nile Rodgers and CHIC perform an hour long set of some truly amazing live music, they might not have understood Simon Le Bon’s introduction when Rodgers joined the band on stage to perform ‘Notorious’ and ‘Pressure Off’ mid-way through Duran Duran’s set….
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Attica Riots – The Drake Hotel, Toronto – April 6th, 2016
Photos by Mike Bax These photos were taken at an industry showcase where Attica Riots performed eight songs from their upcoming June debut (on Five Seven Music). A close look at the band members will reveal that Inward Eye’s guitarist and drummer, Kyle Erickson and Anders Erickson respectively, are included in the line-up along with vocalist Bobby…
Pete Yorn – Opera House, Toronto – March 22nd, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “You know you’re the best thing ever” I can still remember the first time I heard Musicforthemorningafter (Pete Yorn’s 2001 debut), played in snippets over a friend’s car stereo as we drove to a concert together. The songs on that album sounding so incredibly RIGHT in every sense of…
Interview with Joseph Arthur of RNDM – March 10th, 2016
By Mike Bax RNDM, the joint project of Joseph Arthur, Richard Stuverud and Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) released their wonderful sophomore album Ghost Riding upon the masses just last week, courtesy of Dine Alone Records. A sublime mix of guitars, drums, Mellotron and Moog, the eleven songs on Ghost Riding feel less like a side…