LIVE: DEF LEPPARD/ LIVE/ BABY ANIMALS, Perth, 21 Nov, 2015 DEF LEPPARD with LIVE and BABY ANIMALS Red Hills Auditorium, Perth – Saturday, 21 November, 2015 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography by Maree King Anyone who baulked at the long drive into the Perth hills for Def Leppard’s third Perth visit in eight years obviously […]
Bluesfest announce Brian Wilson, Taj Mahal tours The 27th Annual Bluesfest is shaping up to be one of the best festivals yet, and the musical feast ranging from contemporary, blues and roots, legends and soul has tempted music lovers from near and far to make the pilgrimage to Byron Bay next Easter. Stay tuned for […]
BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS – 2016 AUSTRALIAN TOUR After a string of triumphant 2015 dates across North America, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals will embark on a headline tour of Australia and New Zealand early next year, marking their first national headline tour since 2007. Reunited this year after a long absence, […]
INTERVIEW – HOWLIN’ PELLE ALMQVIST, THE HIVES By Shane Pinnegar Last in Australia to save the day when Blur pulled out of the 2014 Big Day Out, The Hives return this month as main support for AC/DC’s Australian tour. SHANE PINNEGAR talked to singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist. Hailed as one of Spin Magazine’s ’50 Greatest […]
INTERVIEW: Matthew Wright, The Getaway Plan By Shane Pinnegar Indie rockers The Getaway Plan return to West Oz for five dates this weekend – Wednesday, 18 Nov at The Leisure Inn, Rockingham, Thursday, 19 Nov at The Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, Friday, 20 Nov at The Rosemount, Saturday, 21 Nov at Mojos, and Sunday, 22 […]
BOOK REVIEW: Solomon Creed by Simon Toyne Harper Collins Australia September 2015 Paperback, $29.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Mystery / Thriller 9/10 A barefooted man who has no memory of his own identity is running down an Arizona desert highway outside the town of Redemption, a crashed plane behind him burning intensely. Was he on board? If […]
BOOK REVIEW: Bill Oddie Unplucked by Bill Oddie Bloomsbury Acad & Prof March 2015 Hardback, $35.00 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Entertainment Biography 7.5/10 Former Goodie Bill Oddie has long been an avid birdwatcher and wildlife enthusiast, hosting multiple programs on British television, as well as publishing many columns, blogs, musings and books on these subjects. In […]
BOOK REVIEW: Space Dumplins by Craig Thompson Faber September 2015 Paperback, $27.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Graphic Novel / Middle Grade 7.5/10 Craig Thompson’s new graphic novel tells a wonderfully imaginative sci-fi story that inhabits a cleverly written universe full of space whales with diarrhoea, chicken scientists, a pretentious class system and the obligatory corporate/political conspiracy. Led […]
BOOK REVIEW: Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies by Nick Frost Hatchette Australia October 2015 Paperback, $32.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Entertainment Biography 8/10 The temptation with comic actor Nick Frost’s memoir is to pick it up expecting behind the scenes tales about the making of Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul and the other […]
INTERVIEW – ZAKK WYLDE, Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society By Shane Pinnegar Returning to Australia for their first headlining tour in ten long years (and four since they visited for Soundwave Festival), Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society are bringing their brand of riff-heavy metal to our shores again this month. Wednesday 25th November – Metropolis […]
BOOK REVIEW: Foo Fighters: Learning to Fly by Mick Wall Hatchette Australia October 2015 Paperback, $32.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Music Biography 9/10 Mick Wall pulls no punches when analysing the career of indie rock mainstays Foo Fighters: from the very first page (after the introduction) Wall asserts with admirable confidence that “The Foo Fighters as […]
CD REVIEW: DON HENLEY – Cass County Capitol/EMI October 2015 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7 ½ /10 It’s hardly a surprise that Don Henley’s latest album – his first in fifteen years – ploughs many of the same furrows as his band The Eagles did as kings of the country-tinged easy listening set, though it […]
CD REVIEW: ROBERT FORSTER – Songs To Play EMI 18 September, 2015 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7 ½ /10 With a wry wit and sprightly swagger ex-Go Betweens starts Songs To Play, his first album since the melancholy The Evangelist seven years ago, with the jaunty Learn To Burn. Not all of his tunes are […]
BOOK REVIEW: Live Wire – Bon Scott by Mary Renshaw, John D’Arcy and Gabby D’Arcy Allen & Unwin October 2015 Paperback, $32.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Music Biography 8.5/10 Does the world really need another AC/DC biography? The band’s history has been tackled by everyone from ex-bassist Mark Evans, through a who’s who of international […]
BOOK REVIEW: This Could Get Messy by James Wirth Murdoch Books October 2015 Hardback, $45.00 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Cooking 8/10 What do you do when you’re a madwikkid wiggywiggywoo DJ having “a criminally good time being paid to travel the world and wreak our own special brand of havoc,” and then decide to settle down in Sydney […]
INTERVIEW: PAT PIERCE, The Pierce Brothers – October 2015 By Shane Pinnegar Straight off the plane from playing a massive array of dates in Europe, including the enormous Pink Pop Festival in The Netherlands, The Pierce Brothers head off for another lap around Australia in support of their Into The Dirt EP. SHANE PINNEGAR talks […]
INTERVIEW – BRENDAN HANSON, star of Black Swan Theatre’s Next To Normal By Shane Pinnegar Brendan Hanson stars in Black Swan Theatre’s production of the acclaimed rock musical Next To Normal, playing at the State Theatre Centre from 7th to the 22nd November. SHANE PINNEGAR spoke to the actor about the show’s theme of suburban […]
BOOK REVIEW: Dogs in the Air by Jack Bradley Hachette Australia October 2015 Hardback, $29.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Photography / Humour 7.5/10 It’s a bit of fluff, this book – an ironic descriptor, considering the content is photographs of furry, fluffy, pooches leaping, jumping and flying through the air. In our lives we are bombarded […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lima: The Cookbook by Virgilio Martinez Hachette Australia October 2015 Hardback, $39.99 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Cooking 7.5/10 Featuring an abundance of ‘superfoods’ such as quinoa and chia, and a glorious emphasis on fresh vegetables, this book covering Peruvian home cooking will doubtless be a hit with everyone up to date with current […]
BOOK REVIEW: Fortunate Son by John Fogerty Hachette Australia October 2015 Hardback, $35.00 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar Music Biography 9.5 /10 Reading former Creedence Clearwater Revival mainman John Fogerty’s autobiography (ghosted by the redoubtable Jimmy McDonough) isn’t like studying a textbook or poring over a stuffy propaganda document, it’s more like sitting around a table while Uncle John regales […]
