Music
MUSIC: THE SCREAMING JETS – Gotcha Covered
MUSIC: THE SCREAMING JETS – Gotcha Covered Dinner For Wolves July 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8/10 Australia – and, let’s be fair, New Zealand – have produced an astonishing amount of world class music since rock n’ roll was a bubba, and The Screaming Jets are well aware of that, hence their eighth studio […]
SINGLE REVIEW: KEVIN CURRAN – Wake The Living Dead
SINGLE REVIEW: KEVIN CURRAN – Wake The Living Dead Independent September 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 9/10 100% ROCK contributor and frontman of West Australian rockers Hailmary, Kevin Curran, this week released his debut solo single, Wake The Living Dead. The song is a mid-paced burner with an acoustic undercurrent and a catchy AF melody, […]
MUSIC REVIEW: PEARL – Heartbreak And Canyon Revelry
Label: Station House Recordings Release Date: June 15, 2018 Rating: 10/10 Reviewed by: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Having fallen in love with Pearl Aday’s voice when she released her debut disc in 2010, I couldn’t wait to grab her latest disc (wish I had known sooner there WAS a latest disc) and check it out. While […]
Books
BOOK REVIEW: The Mouth of the Dark by Tim Waggoner
BOOK REVIEW: The Mouth of the Dark by Tim Waggoner Flame Tree Press – Fiction Without Frontiers September 2018 Paperback, £9.95 Reviewed by Steph O’Connell Horror / Dark Fantasy 5/10 Jayce’s twenty-year-old daughter Emory is missing, lost in a dark, dangerous realm called Shadow that exists alongside our own reality. An enigmatic woman named Nicola guides […]
BOOK REVIEW: Creature by Hunter Shea
BOOK REVIEW: Creature by Hunter Shea Flame Tree Press – Fiction Without Frontiers September 2018 Paperback, £9.95 Reviewed by Steph O’Connell Horror / Supernatural 8/10 She had been in worse shape before. Much worse. Last rites and funeral arrangements kind of shape. Kate had come out of it like a modern-day Lazarus. But she was tired. […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
BOOK REVIEW: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas Head of Zeus August 2018 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Steph O’Connell General Fiction / Speculative Fiction 8/10 1967: Four female scientists invent a time-travel machine. They are on the cusp of fame: the pioneers who opened the world to new possibilities. But then one […]
Interviews
10 Quick Ones with JOHN KRAMEDJIAN of THE DARKEST HEARTS – September 2018
According to a recent press release: “Tennessee Hard Rock Band THE DARKEST HEARTS has released the official lyric video for their single, “Mississippi Devil.” Created by Brad Owens of Snake Productions, “Mississippi Devil” grew legs and gained traction with Spotify in Europe with little promotion. Hailing from Tennessee, The Darkest Hearts is a DIY Hard Rock band that echoes characteristics of […]
10 Quick Ones with GEORGE GUTIERREZ of WORLDWIDE PANIC – September 2018
According to a recent press release: “LA Based Heavy Metal Band WORLDWIDE PANIC has revealed a first listen to their newest single, “Party.” With production collaboration from GEMINI SYNDROME’s AARON NORDSTROM. Based out of Los Angeles, Worldwide Panic is a hard rock/heavy metal band that started out in 2016 with the aim of writing heavy, catchy music and personal, meaningful […]
10 Quick Ones with MINORITY 905 – September 2018
According to a recent press release: “Mississauga, ON, Canada – Canadian Pop-Punk band MINORITY 905 has released the official music video for their single, “Soundtrack.” Directed by Miguel Barbosa, “Soundtrack” is off of their 8/24/2018 released LP, Dangerous Ambitions. Minority 905 is a Canadian pop-punk / pop-rock band. The band was formed in August 2013 by vocalist/guitarist John Aquino and currently […]
Live
LIVE: BLESSTHEFALL – September 11, 2018
Venue: The Masquerade City: Atlanta, GA Date: September 11, 2018 Review and Photographs by: Rachel Craig (www.rachelcraigphotos.net) Blessthefall recently stopped by The Masquerade in Atlanta to support their newest album, Hard Feelings. This was my first time checking out this venue, where the show was being held in Hell (if you’ve never been there, the venue […]
LIVE: Queens Of The Stone Age – Perth, 12 Sep, 2018
LIVE: Queens Of The Stone Age – Perth, 12 Sep, 2018 RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia With special guests CW Stoneking, The Chats Reviewed by Kevin Curran Photography by Stuart McKay The newly named RAC Arena hosted the return of Queens of The Stone Age back to Perth in support of their latest record Villains, […]
LIVE: TesseracT – Perth, 11 Sep, 2018
LIVE: TesseracT – Perth, 11 Sep, 2018 With special guests Chaos Divine, Circles Capitol, Perth, Western Australia Review & photography by Peter Gardner Kicking off their Australian tour to a capacity house at the Capitol on Tuesday night, showcasing tracks from across their four studio albums, TesseracT proved they are absolute masters of their craft. […]
News
KISS Announces END OF THE ROAD WORLD TOUR
(September 19, 2018, Los Angeles, CA) – After an epic and storied 45 year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced exclusively on NBC’s America’s Got Talent tonight that they are hanging up their 9-inch tall touring boots. The news was delivered in trademark larger-than-life KISS style with a blistering performance of “Detroit […]
Download Australia 2019 – 1st Line Up Announcement
Download Australia 2019 – 1st Line Up Announcement Saturday March 9 || Parramatta Park Melbourne Monday March 11 || Flemington Racecourse DOWNLOAD 2019 OZZY OSBOURNE | SLAYER | JUDAS PRIEST | ALICE IN CHAINS | GHOST | RISE AGAINST | THE AMITY AFFLICTION | ANTHRAX | HALESTORM | BEHEMOTH | ME FIRST AND THE GIMME […]
THE HUNTING BIRDS “In Its Nature” EP Launch – October 2018
THE HUNTING BIRDS “In Its Nature” EP Launch – October 2018 The Hunting Birds are a contradiction of the best kind. Darkness meets light in the band’s enchanting fusion of genres – and they’re stepping it up a notch with their forthcoming debut EP “In Its Nature” Since forming in 2015, the Western Australian five-piece […]
Movies
MOVIE: THE FLIP SIDE
MOVIE: THE FLIP SIDE Directed & Co-written by Marion Pilowsky Starring Eddie Izzard, Emily Taheny, Vanessa Guide, Luke McKenzie Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 5/10 You don’t see a lot of movies set in Adelaide, and you don’t see an abundance of great Aussie rom-coms either. The Flip Side is the former, and although it tries […]
BLURAY: FRANK ZAPPA SUMMER ’82 – When Zappa Came To Sicily
BLURAY: FRANK ZAPPA SUMMER ’82 – When Zappa Came To Sicily MVD Visual December, 2017 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 8/10 Fans of the late, great Frank Zappa will know that in 1982 a concert in a soccer stadium in Palermo, Sicily was disrupted by fans rioting against heavy handed armed police present, and the concert […]
DVD: THIN ICE
DVD: THIN ICE Written by Jill & Karen Sprecher Directed by Jill Sprecher Starring Greg Kinnear, Billy Crudup, Alan Arkin Shock Entertainment, June 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 4/10 Thin Ice is textbook Hollywood: a film made with an auteur’s vision to serve its story, apparently directed so well as to receive abundant praise at […]
More
LIVE: SCREAMING JETS with Boom Crash Opera – Perth, 8 Sep, 2018
LIVE: SCREAMING JETS with Boom Crash Opera – Perth, 8 Sep, 2018 Charles Hotel, Perth, Western Australia Reviewed by Karl Infirri This past Saturday Night I had the distinct privilege to head on down to the Charles Hotel in North Perth to check out an absolute classic double header – that being Aussie pop rock […]
JOHN BUTLER TRIO AND MISSY HIGGINS – KINGS PARK, PERTH – February 2019
JOHN BUTLER TRIO AND MISSY HIGGINS – KINGS PARK, PERTH – February 2019 Mellen Events are excited to present, as part of the Summer 2019 concert series in the picturesque Kings Park & Botanic Garden, John Butler Trio’s ‘Coming HOME Tour’. John Butler Trio will be bringing their good friend Missy Higgins along for the […]
TIM MINCHIN IS BACK FOR A NATIONAL TOUR
TIM MINCHIN IS BACK FOR A NATIONAL TOUR TIM MINCHIN, internationally renowned award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, will return to the Australian stage with his first national tour since 2012. The Australian premiere of BACK will commence in Adelaide on Friday March 8 at the Thebarton Theatre and will be followed by performances […]
THE BREEDERS Announce Australian Tour 2018
THE BREEDERS Announce Australian Tour 2018 “Music that is rich and deep and repays repeated listening.” – The Guardian – Album of the Week “Fans should be thankful they have held onto their nerve” – The West Australian ★★★★ “The Breeders have the nerve and the creative impulse to again inject some life and imagination […]
LITTLE QUIRKS “I Told You So” WA Tour – November 2018
LITTLE QUIRKS “I Told You So” WA Tour – November 2018 New South Wales Central Coasters LITTLE QUIRKS are very excited to announce they’re heading to Western Australia this November, celebrating the release of their brand new single ‘I Told You So’ This is the follow up single to the very successful ‘CRUMBLED’ released earlier […]
KATCHAFIRE 2018 AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES – LEGACY LOVE TODAY TOUR
KATCHAFIRE 2018 AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES – LEGACY LOVE TODAY TOUR Following announcements on several festival line-ups around Australia including The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival in Burketown QLD in August, Island Vibes Festival on Stradbroke Island in October, and The Pleasure Garden in St Kilda in December; Kiwi roots reggae ambassadors KATCHAFIRE have announced 2018 […]
