Interviews
10 Quick Ones with TB of A GATHERING OF NONE – April 2018
According to a recent press release: “A Gathering of None are a quintet comprised of musicians from all over the north, southeast, and southwest United States. AGON began as a one-man project, with TB (formerly of horror punk underground icons Blitzkid) recording the 2013 EP Purging Empty Promises entirely on his own, performing all instruments as […]
10 Quick Ones with HADES of GODZ – April 2018
According to a recent press release: “GODZ have come to save the human race with their distinct brand of hard rock/symphonic metal and their various mythological influences. A few of the Greek gods have left Mount Olympus and taken human vessels to form a new powerful pantheon on Earth in order to bring humanity something that equals […]
INTERVIEW: BEN WELLS, BLACK STONE CHERRY – April 2018
INTERVIEW: BEN WELLS, BLACK STONE CHERRY – April 2018 By Shane Pinnegar Black Stone Cherry are the real deal: childhood friends who worked their arses off building their band and honing their craft over seventeen years. They’re bloody nice guys as well, always giving friendly, polite and interesting interviews. With the release today of sixth […]
Music
MUSIC: SCORPIONS – Born To Touch Your Feelings – Best of Rock Ballads
MUSIC: SCORPIONS – Born To Touch Your Feelings – Best of Rock Ballads Sony November 2017 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7/10 Not to be confused with 1995 compilation album of the same name, this Born to Touch Your Feelings is a new compilation of ballads spanning Scorpions’ career and including a few alternate and new […]
MUSIC: THUNGUR – No Going Back
MUSIC: THUNGUR – No Going Back Independent November, 2017 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7/10 Armed with this year’s best press release (“We are Thunger… and we rock”) and a modern rock sound that is both referential and individual, Finland’s Thungur made a late 2017 splash with this debut, and if you can imagine elements of […]
MUSIC: COSMIC PSYCHOS – Loudmouth Soup
MUSIC: COSMIC PSYCHOS – Loudmouth Soup Go The Hack Records April 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8/10 They’re not labelled the “blokes you can trust” for nothin’. The Cosmic Psychos brand of monstrously heavy punk riffs, bludgeoning bottom end and beer-soaked larrikinism is as reliable from record to record as the sun coming up tomorrow, […]
Live
LIVE: GHOSTLAND OBSERVATORY – April 19, 2018
Venue: The Mill & Mine City: Knoxville, TN Date: April 19, 2018 Review and Photographs by: Rachel Craig (http://www.rachelcraigphotos.net/) The Austin-based electronic rock duo Ghostland Observatory took over the Mill & Mine with their blend of pulsing beats, laser lights, and demanding vocals. Judging from the fans’ reactions, this is one of those bands that you […]
LIVE: Reverb Festival – Perth, 13 April, 2018
LIVE: Reverb Festival – Perth, 13 April, 2018 G.O. Edwards Park, Burswood, Perth – Friday, 13th April 2018 Review & photography by Pete Gardner The Jezabels The Preatures Cloud Control E^ST Maddy Jane Sloan Peterson Day one of the inaugural Reverb festival promised an excellent line up of some great bands, headlined by two Aussie […]
LIVE: Primus, Perth 14 April, 2018
LIVE: Primus, Perth 14 April, 2018 Metropolis City, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Kevin Curran Photography by Stuart McKay The one and only Primus were in town in support of their new record The Desaturating Seven bringing along with them The Deen Ween Group. Perth came out in droves to Metro City and I would […]
Books
BOOK REVIEW: ANIMAL – A Beastly Compendium by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel
BOOK REVIEW: ANIMAL – A Beastly Compendium by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel Bloomsbury November 2017 Hardcover, $54 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Art history 9/10 A fascinating collection of artistic renderings of animals real and mythical taken from the treasure trove of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France archives, it is debatable whether the true treasures […]
BOOK REVIEW – The 50 Greatest Musical Places of the World by Sarah Woods
BOOK REVIEW – The 50 Greatest Musical Places of the World by Sarah Woods Icon Books September 2017 Paperback, $25 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Music history 5/10 Sarah Woods is “the author of over a dozen travel books, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers.” […]
COOKBOOK REVIEW: The BBQ Cookbook by Tim Ayliffe
COOKBOOK REVIEW: The BBQ Cookbook ABC Books November 2017 Paperback, $35 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Cookbook 6 ½ /10 Assembled to accompany the Australian family film The BBQ, the first thing to notice about this compilation of recipes and hints is how anonymous it is. Sure, it has Shane Jacobson on the cover, in his […]
Movies
MOVIE: I FEEL PRETTY
MOVIE: I FEEL PRETTY Written & directed by Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein Starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Lauren Hutton, Emily Ratajkowski, Rory Scovel Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 3/10 There’s a really positive, empowering message about being beautiful on the inside at the heart of I Feel Pretty, but just like the patronising title, it’s been […]
MOVIE: RED SPARROW
MOVIE: RED SPARROW Directed by Francis Lawrence Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeremy Irons Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8 ½ /10 Red Sparrow, starring Jennifer Lawrence, has more than a few echoes of Nikita, and enough difference to allow it to stand on its own two feet. Dominique is the star of the […]
MOVIE: ISLE OF DOGS
MOVIE: ISLE OF DOGS Screenplay by Wes Anderson Directed by Wes Anderson Starring Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Koyu Rankin, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Harvey Keitel Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8 ½ /10 Wes Anderson’s latest stop motion film, Isle Of Dogs, is a visual and comedic delight, with the added bonus […]
News
WAM’s Song of the Year 2017-18 Nominees and Awards Party Revealed!
WAM’s Song of the Year 2017-18 Nominees and Awards Party Revealed! WA’s biggest songwriting competition continues to deliver the goods; with WAM Song of the Year again recognising and uncovering the absolute cream of WA’s rich songwriting crop, and providing even greater opportunities and rewards for successful nominees than ever before! With judging complete, it’s […]
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100% ROCK MAGAZINE is run by volunteer writers and photographers with a passion for music, books and pop culture, and it ain’t cheap! In addition to the web hosting and domain name fees, we have phone bills and transcription services to pay to deliver a steady stream of interviews, postage when we send out competition […]
THEORY (Of A Deadman) Announce Australian Tour
THEORY (Of A Deadman) Announce Australian Tour “Complacency is such a disease when you’re in a band,” says Tyler Connolly, singer and guitarist for Vancouver, Canada’s THEORY (Of A Deadman). “People are so afraid to progress, but you have to change—you can’t just write the same song over and over. So when I saw where […]
More
CD REVIEW: INNER CORE – Soultaker
CD REVIEW: INNER CORE – Soultaker Echozone April 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7 ½ /10 Inner Core’s epic Eurometal is lifted to stellar heights by Artur Schall’s neo-classical keyboards, giving the album a proggy feel from the opening salvo of the eight-minute title track. If there’s any question as to whether keyboards belong in […]
CD REVIEW: JIMI HENDRIX – Both Sides Of The Sky
CD REVIEW: JIMI HENDRIX – Both Sides Of The Sky Legacy Recordings March 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7/10 It’s easy to be cynical about every ‘new’ Jimi Hendrix album – almost fifty years after his death his estate are still releasing ‘new’ material from his scant recording career. Our first question surely must be, […]
CD REVIEW BATS – Truthless Faithless
CD REVIEW BATS – Truthless Faithless Independent November 2017 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7/10 BATS gather up a barrowful of influences for this debut album and spew it out like post-modernist art. Elements of Britpop and ‘90s alt-rock vie with modern psyche and noise-rock touches to produce a sound which is simultaneously fresh and retro. […]
LIVE: COSMIC PSYCHOS – Perth, 14 April, 2018
LIVE: COSMIC PSYCHOS – Perth, 14 April, 2018 With Dennis Commetti and The Southern River Band The Rosemount Hotel, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar The Cosmic Psychos aren’t just Australian punk rock icons, they’re the real deal, and in a time when society is being more and more homogenised, they may be the […]
10 Quick Ones with BRANDON GARRETT of 45 TO ARGOS – April 2018
According to a recent press release: “Southwest Michigan based, Alternative Rock trio 45 To Argos has released the Official Music Video for their uplifting single, “Dreamcatcher.” Directed by front-man Brandon Garrett and filmed by Chase Krueger, the video was shot in the garage of bassist Brandon Cromer, in Watervliet, MI over the course of about 7 hrs.” We get Brandon Garrett to […]
MUSIC: DAVE HOLE – Goin’ Back Down
MUSIC: DAVE HOLE – Goin’ Back Down Only Blues Music April 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8 ½ /10 Dave Hole’s guitar tone on Goin’ Back Down is to die for: ringing clear and pure, it’s a clarion call for the precision of his iconic blues slide playing, but rest assured he’s got plenty more […]
