MOVIE REVIEW: BOSS LEVEL Written by Chris & Eddie Borey, Joe Carnahan Directed by Joe Carnahan Starring Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 72% Frank Grillo oozes charisma and cool as retired special forces officer Roy Pulver in this assassin-Groundhog Day action-fest. Waking up each day on the exact same day […]
MOVIE REVIEW: KING KONG (2005) Image: Wikimedia Hollywood is going through a phase of revisiting old properties of late. And just as recent years have brought us a reimagined take on an iconic Batman villain in 2019’s Joker, or a deeper look into the Alien franchise in Memory (which was reviewed here), we’re soon to […]
SLAYFEST rises from the depths of lockdown in 2021 for the WA MADE – FREO EDITION Saturday 27 March 2021 – Port Beach Garden Bar & The Railway Hotel, North Fremantle 21 BANDS – 12 HOURS – 2 STAGES – NO REGRETS TICKETS ON SALE NOW https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/19b08005-4d5f-43f5-9d4d-7336f1208ef6 After a sell-out event in Perth in September […]
A look back at some memorable rock games (Image via https://twitter.com/Ninthusiast) Rock music lovers are a diverse bunch full of a range of different interests alongside their love of rock n’ roll music. The same applies to music fans of other genres too, although one look at festival-goers attending a rock or metal bonanza and […]
MUSIC REVIEW: GRAHAM GOULDMAN – Modesty Forbids Lojinx March 2020 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 78% Standing Next To Me, the opening song on Graham Gouldman’s new solo album is a gorgeously sweet tale of playing in Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band a couple of years ago – with ex-Beatle Starr himself playing the drums. It’s […]
JULIAN ANGEL DROPS NEW SINGLE & VIDEO FOR POWER BALLAD BLEED Julian Angel is keeping quiet about whether new single Bleed – a homage, like much of his work, to the glory of hair metal – is a stand-alone release or part of a possible new album. His YouTube page teases an album, potentially titled […]
GRAHAM GREENE RELEASES NEW EPIC VIDEO FOR SYMPHONICA INSTRUMENTAL By Shane Pinnegar Western Australian guitarist Graham Greene has released a succession of epic albums and EPs in recent years, mostly comprised of instrumental works. In a studio clearout not long ago he suffered the worst fate possible – a hard drive featuring many works in […]
BOOK REVIEW: FRIDAY ON MY MIND by Jeff Apter Allen & Unwin August 2020 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Biography 90% Oz rock biographer Jeff Apter takes a deep dive into the life of George Young, who might arguably be the most influential and pivotal Australian music industry figure of the twentieth century. Not […]
MUSIC REVIEW: ROSE TATTOO – Outlaws Independent (Australia)/Cleopatra Records (World) March 2020 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 88% Released only a week or so before the world started to close down due to Covid-19 – The Tatts were on tour in Europe, in fact, necessitating an early end to the tour and a scramble to find […]
MUSIC REVIEW: DATURA4 – West Coast Highway Cosmic Alive Natural Sound April 2020 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 94% Datura4 are a band who immediately set a bar so high that there wasn’t a lot of wriggle room for them to “get better and better.” When you’re born fully formed and at the top of your […]
BAND OF MISSFITS release cracking new single CRICKETS Hailing from the hills of Perth, Western Australia, Band Of Missfits have released a stormtrooping new single in Crickets. Recorded in Yallingup in the state’s Southwest by Sean Lillico just before lockdown in early 2020, the single is a near-perfect FM-friendly crowd-pleasing clap-and-stomp-along slice of instantly accessible […]
MUSIC REVIEW: THE MEZCALTONES – Mexican Hillbilly Surf Music Independent February 2020 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 77% It’s becoming a much anticipated event every 22 or 23 months – a new Mezcaltones CD – and this, their third, is going “straight to the pool room.” As usual, a mix of their unique originals and a […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Peninsula (2020) Directed by Yeon Sang-ho Starring Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, and Lee Re 7/10 Zombies have always had a unique place in modern culture. In fact, the horror sub-genre has established itself well beyond the realm of film and television. Zombie games such as Dying Light have been quite popular over the […]
Australian Female-Fronted Trio Accidental President release Video for Warrior Soul Female-fronted alternative hard rockers Accidental President has released a new music video for their song Warrior Soul. The video was premiered yesterday at Rebel Noise. The band’s debut album is out now. The media has received the album very well: “This debut album certainly conveys […]
PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS share twisted fairytale claymation video for Mr. Prism Second Perth show announced to meet demand! Following the release of ‘Mr. Prism’ earlier this month, their first single of 2020, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets today share an adventure-filled clay animation video for the song. Created by Oliver Jones, who the band have collaborated with […]
BOOK REVIEW: WILD AND CRAZY GUYS by Nick De Semlyen Picador June 2019 Paperback, $32.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Non fiction, movie, comedy 79% Nick De Semlyn catalogs the leap from Saturday Night Live’s iconic TV comedy stage to film stardom for many of its major players in the late ‘70s and ‘80s. John Belushi, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY Written by Scott B Smith from Charles Willeford’s novel Directed by Guiseppe Capotondi Starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland, Mick Jagger Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 64% Set in the rarified air of the high art world, The Burnt Orange Heresy is an intriguing tale with some hard-to-ignore flaws. […]
NEW VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK OF RAVEN’S FORTHCOMING METAL CITY ALBUM Famed as being one of the originators of speed metal, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stalwarts and heavy metal legends, RAVEN are back with a new album, to be released on SPV/Steamhammer on 18th September. METAL CITY is a homage to the Gallagher […]
PERTH HARDCORE LEGENDS RATKING NEW VIDEO, EP and PERTH LAUNCH SHOW Perth hardcore legends Ratking have just released their highly anticipated EP ‘All Bite’, featuring the frenzied single ‘National Anthem Redux’ which you can view below. They have also announced that they will be playing an EP launch show on October 3rd. The EP is […]
MUSIC REVIEW: THE ON AND ONS – Menacing Smile Citadel Records May 2020 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 80% Clocking in at 18 glorious minutes, The On And Ons third release is a six-track mini-album of sublime power pop greatness which will delight fans of everything from garage rock to psych rock to Oz rock to […]
