Live reviews
LIVE: OF MICE & MEN with Crystal Lake & Patient 67 – Perth, 5 May 2026
LIVE: OF MICE & MEN with Crystal Lake & Patient 67 – Perth, 5 May 2026 Magnet House, Perth, Western Australia Photography by Luke Baker Of Mice & Men Crystal Lake Patient 67
LIVE: MEMPHIS MAY FIRE with Bless The Fall & Sienna Skies – Perth, 29 April 2026
LIVE: MEMPHIS MAY FIRE with Bless The Fall & Sienna Skies – Perth, 29 April 2026 Magnet House, Perth, Western Australia Photography by Luke Baker Memphis May Fire Bless The Fall Sienna Skies
LIVE: SATCHVAI BAND – Clearwater, FL, USA – April 24, 2026
Venue: The BayCare Sound City: Clearwater, FL Date: April 24, 2026 Review and Photographs by: James Zambon (https://jameszambon.com) The Surfing With The Hydra Tour rolled into Clearwater’s BayCare Sound at Coachman Park on Friday, April 24, 2026, dropping two of rock guitar’s most influential minds (Joe Satriani and Steve Vai) onto the same stage with progressive metal […]
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Yudai ‘YD’ Miyamoto, CRYSTAL LAKE – May 2026
INTERVIEW: Yudai ‘YD’ Miyamoto, CRYSTAL LAKE – May 2026 It’s been six years since Crystal Lake last hit Australia. How does it feel knowing the band’s reputation has only grown more massive in your absence, and what kind of energy are you bringing back to Australian fans this time around? YD: Thank you! I really […]
INTERVIEW: JOEL TYRRELL, HANDS LIKE HOUSES – April 2026
INTERVIEW: JOEL TYRRELL, HANDS LIKE HOUSES – April 2026 By Melanie Scrafton Bass guitarist Joel Tyrrell took a little time out before the last show of Hands Like Houses’ Australian tour to answer a few questions, before delivering a great show and packing bags ready for Europe in a week. 1 – How do you […]
A Dirty Dozen with EMERALD BUTLER – April 2026
According to a recent press release: “Since her guitar-strumming grandfather suggested that she start taking fiddle lessons, Emerald Butler has been fiddling on the tops of bars, tables, and stages, engaging audiences with lively and passionate performances. Cultivated by the Chattanooga mountain music scene, Emerald began fiddling with local bands and pickers at the age […]
Music reviews
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MUSIC REVIEW: PHILIP SHOUSE – Side 1 [EP]
Label: Wild Kingdom / Sound Pollution Release Date: February 27, 2026 Rating: 94% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur While I have listened to Philip Shouse for a long time without realizing it, his roles in bands with John Corabi, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, and Accept kept him in my line of vision. With 2026, he steps […]
MUSIC REVIEW: LEAH MARTIN-BROWN – Love & Other Crimes
Label: Frontier Records s.r.l. Release Date: October 24, 2025 Rating: 94% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur It’s as if Leah Martin-Brown has been lurking in the shadows for years. Having worked through a Dirty Dozen interview with her in 2022 when she was fronting Evol Walks, I have been waiting for new music and it was delivered […]
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MUSIC REVIEW: REBA MEYERS – Clouded World [EP]
Label: RLM Records Release Date: August 8, 2025 Rating: 92% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Seems 2025 is the year of EPs… while I miss full-length releases, I get it. Reba Meyers steps out of the Code Orange world and into her own Clouded World on these six tracks that allow her to flex her rock muscles […]
News
ASH Announce ‘1977 30th Anniversary’ September 2026 Australian Tour
ASH Announce ‘1977 30th Anniversary’ September 2026 Australian Tour “Ash rule. They are geniuses. Gods maybe.”- NME Ireland’s favourite power pop trio ASH, finally return to Australia and New Zealand to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their iconic debut album, 1977, by performing the album in full. Released in 1996, the album’s title references both […]
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) Announce Australian and New Zealand Dates Of ‘This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour’
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) Announce Australian and New Zealand Dates Of ‘This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour’ “The word legend does not do justice to the legacy of Sex Pistols and Public Image founder, vocalist and agent provocateur John Lydon; and tonight’s performance with PiL is beyond a return to form. He is once […]
Wage War Australian Tour 2026 With Special Guests Orthodox (USA) + HEAVENSGATE
Wage War Australian Tour 2026 With Special Guests Orthodox (USA) + HEAVENSGATE Australia, some spectacular savagery is headed your way this July and August, with Florida metalcore juggernauts WAGE WAR bringing the ‘It Calls Me By Name’ world tour down under, joined by special guests ORTHODOX (USA) and HEAVENSGATE. Opening on Thursday 30 July in […]
Book reviews
BOOK REVIEW: NIGHT DIVIDES THE DAY – The Doors Anthology by The Doors
BOOK REVIEW: NIGHT DIVIDES THE DAY – The Doors Anthology by The Doors Genesis Publications via New South Books, May 2025 Hard cover, rrp AUD$115 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 83% The story of The Doors as told through quotes from the band members, producers, record label people and many more is a fascinating trip through […]
BOOK REVIEW: CONAN THE BARBARIAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE by Jim Zub & Jonas Scharf
BOOK REVIEW: CONAN THE BARBARIAN: BATTLE OF THE BLACK STONE by Jim Zub & Jonas Scharf Titan Comics via New South Publishers Paperback, $34.99, August 2025 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 88% Conan the Barbarian may have been Robert E Howard’s most famous and enduring character, but he was far from his only memorable hero. Howard, […]
BOOK REVIEW: A FINE LINE BETWEEN STUPID & CLEVER by Rob Reiner
BOOK REVIEW: A FINE LINE BETWEEN STUPID & CLEVER by Rob Reiner Simon & Schuster Australia, September 2025 Paperback, rrp AU$36.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 110% (Eleven-ty percent) In my recent book ROCKSPLOITATION – Celebrating 69 Hits, Flops & Cult Favourite Rock n’ Roll Movies, I devote a considerable number of pages to This Is […]
Movie & Theatre reviews
MOVIE: SCREAM 7
MOVIE: SCREAM 7 Written by Kevin Williamson, Guy Busick, James Vanderbilt Directed by Kevin Williamson Starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Isabel May, Jasmine Savoy-Brown, Joel McHale, McKenna Grace Reviewed by Tia Pinnegar “It’s all led to this” Scream is back for the 7th installment in the franchise. The opening credits started off strong with the […]
FRINGE FESTIVAL – VELVET METAL, Perth, 31 Jan 2026
FRINGE FESTIVAL – VELVET METAL, Perth, 31 Jan 2026 The Red Room, Perth, Western Australia Review & pictures by Shane Pinnegar There’s a stunning power to rock and metal songs, as we all know, but rarely is that so highlighted as when the songs are stripped of their power chords and rows of amps and […]
FRINGE FESTIVAL – 27 CLUB, Perth, 3 Feb 2026
FRINGE FESTIVAL – 27 CLUB, Perth, 3 Feb 2026 Rechabite Hall, Perth, Western Australia Review & pictures by Shane Pinnegar You won’t find a more authentic rock n’ roll experience at this year’s Perth Fringe Festival than the lauded 27 Club featuring Sarah McLeod (Superjesus), Carla Lippis (Mondo Psycho) and Dusty Lee Stephensen (The Wanderers). […]
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LIVE: LORNA SHORE – Winnipeg, MB, CAN – April 27, 2026
Venue: Burton Cummings Theatre City: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Date: April 27, 2026 Review and Photographs by: Alejandro Penner (https://www.alejandropenner.ca/) Where do I even start. On this night, I finally got to cross one of the bucket list—seeing Lorna Shore live. I haven’t been a fan for that long, and honestly, I’ll admit it: I got pulled in […]
LIVE: Hands Like Houses & Dream On Dreamer – Lotus Tour – Perth | Boorloo, 26 April 2026
LIVE: Hands Like Houses & Dream On Dreamer – Lotus Tour – Perth | Boorloo, 26 April 2026 With Kastiell + Patient 67 – Magnet House, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Melanie Scrafton & Ayla Simpson Photography by Luke Baker BEFORE THE SHOW HANDS LIKE HOUSES’ JOEL TYRRELL TOOK TIME OUT TO ANSWER A FEW […]
STRUNG OUT Announce an Australian tour for September 2026
STRUNG OUT Announce an Australian tour for September 2026 Celebrating 30 Years of “Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues” US punk-metal mainstays Strung Out return to Australia this September to celebrate 30 years of their landmark album Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues with a national run of headline shows. Originally released in 1996, Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues crammed […]
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse ‘Live At The Ellington’ To Be Released on July 2
Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse ‘Live At The Ellington’ To Be Released on July 2 ‘GINA WILLIAMS & GUY GHOUSE LIVE AT THE ELLINGTON’ DOUBLE VINYL LIVE ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON JULY 2 After 15 years of performing around the world, recording studio albums and unveiling two opera works, Gina Williams Ghouse and Guy […]
GEORDIE GREEP (BLACK MIDI) ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR THIS JULY/AUGUST
GEORDIE GREEP (BLACK MIDI) ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR THIS JULY/AUGUST PERFORMING DEBUT SOLO ALBUM THE NEW SOUND Geordie Greep, the celebrated frontman of Black Midi, is bringing his debut solo album, The New Sound, to Australian stages this July and August. The New Sound is a record that throws open the doors on what happens when […]
STEPHEN SANCHEZ BRINGS THE LOVER DOWN UNDER TOUR TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND THIS JULY!
STEPHEN SANCHEZ BRINGS THE LOVER DOWN UNDER TOUR TO AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND THIS JULY! “an enchanting live spectacle” – The Music “Stephen Sanchez personifies Elvis… transporting viewers to another era.” – Rolling Stone Multi-platinum US singer/songwriter Stephen Sanchez today announces he will bring The Lover Down Under Tour to Australia and New Zealand […]
The Drones – New Shows Added In Hobart, Newcastle, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, & Melbourne.
The Drones – New Shows Added In Hobart, Newcastle, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, & Melbourne with special guests The Mess Hall Tix on sale now from venues Back by popular demand indeed! People of Hobart and Newcastle, your online shouting has been rewarded. The Drones are heading your way! After rapid sell-outs, a fourth and final […]
Swedish Melodic Metallers EVERGREY Postpone Australian April Tour To October
Swedish Melodic Metallers EVERGREY Postpone Australian April Tour To October Due To Iran Conflict – Citing Travel Warnings and Flight Cancellations Gothenburg, Sweden’s finest export, Evergrey, have unfortunately had to postpone their Australian tour which was due to begin on April 28 in Perth due to their inbound flights being cancelled by Qatar Airlines. The […]
SOUTHERN RIVER BAND are throwing a Home Town Bloody Good Night Out
SOUTHERN RIVER BAND are throwing a Home Town Bloody Good Night Out After a couple of sold-out European tours, supporting AC/DC and the Black Crowes in AUS and a number 3 album, the Southern River band are coming home to Perth for their biggest show yet. 2025 was a massive year for the Southern River […]
ALEX JAMES’ BRITPOP CLASSICAL ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR 2026
ALEX JAMES’ BRITPOP CLASSICAL ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR FOR 2026 Off the back of sold out shows in the UK, Mellen Events is thrilled to announce Blur’s Alex James will be taking his Britpop Classical tour to Australia. The shows will bring the biggest hits of the Britpop era to life with the epic scale of […]
