CD REVIEW: ARTIFICIAL AGENT – PRISMATIC May 2026, Independent Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 90% I’ve long been a fan of these motor city mayhem merchants, a proper rollicking rock band rolling to the beat of their very own drum, bass and guitar. With Prismatic – their sixth full length album, testament to their longevity and […]
SINGLE REVIEW: Darkyra – We Are Blind Released 10 July 2026 Reviewed by Scarrrlet Black Thankfully, this Perth-based operatic, symphonic, goth metal band is back in business. Initially the solo brainchild of songwriter, Gina Bafile, Darkyra have re-emerged as a tight ensemble, featuring Bafile on vocals, Drew Casella on drums, Maaz Malik on […]
ALBUM REVIEW: ROSE CARLEO BAND – 42 DAYS Independent May 2026 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 93% From opener You Ain’t Foolin’ Me it’s patently clear that The Rose Carleo Band are on the level. Like the protagonist of this song, we can usually smell anything fake a mile off, and what we have here is […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: PHILIP SHOUSE – Side 1 [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/957481-300x200.jpg "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 […]
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 […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: REBA MEYERS – Clouded World [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CloudedWorldEP-Cover-4-300x200.jpg "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 […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: DYLYN – Heavy [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DYLYN_Heavy_3000-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: DYLYN – Heavy [EP]")
Label: Nettwerk Music Group Release Date: May 16, 2025 Rating: 96% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Another EP from another performer unknown to me crossed my email and it took me way too long to unpack and embrace the release. The five-track release from DYLYN (aka Gwendolyn Lewis) dropped about 12 weeks ago and I am just now digesting […]
SINGLE REVIEW: ROSE CARLEO BAND – Daisy’s Song Independent, May 2025 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 95% The Rose Carleo Band’s latest killer single isn’t just a great song, it’s also an important one. The first draft of the lyrics were written by friend of the band Darren ‘Daisy’ Booth, an outpouring of emotion after a […]
Label: Independent Release Date: April 25, 2025 Rating: 96% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur While I formed all of my musical opinions cutting my teeth on KISS and Cheap Trick in the late 70’s and then all of the Sunset Strip / glam rock bands of the 80’s, there was something to be said about the […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: KATERINA NICOLE – Serene In Violent Oceans [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/803812-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: KATERINA NICOLE – Serene In Violent Oceans [EP]")
Label: Independent Release Date: February 21, 2025 Rating: 89% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur With her debut EP, Serene In Violent Oceans, Katerina Nicole introduces you to the different facets of her voice and emotions… and it’s damn good stuff. Disc opener and lead single “Catch My Breath” unfolds and we are faced with a musical onslaught that […]
Label: Independent Release Date: January 31, 2025 Rating: 100% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur It’s only the end of January and there are 11 months a LOT of releases coming this year, but HOLY SH*T… Kelsey Karter & The Heroines just dropped what is the release to beat for 2025 album of the year in my […]
Label: Outlast Release Date: January 17, 2025 Rating: 92% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur The first review of 2025 takes me in a new direction sonically with a release that swirls hard rock, modern rock, and some ethereal grooves and vibes for good measure. Echos steps out on her own in the rock and metal world […]
Label: Big Machine Label Group Release Date: September 27, 2024 Rating: 100% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Full disclosure – I still spin Daughtry’s debut release regularly… has a lot of great rockers that kick ass and a ballad or two that draw you in. I dig a lot of their catalog, but that first release […]
CD REVIEW: TRIPLE ENGINE – TRIPLE ENGINE Independent September 2024 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 82% Perth, Western Australia’s Triple Engine play barroom blues a la ZZ Top – but it’s not a Texas biker bourbon bar, it’s a friendly Aussie pub, and they’re playing in the breezy beer garden on a sunny laid back Sunday […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: QARINAH – Transcendent [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Qarinah-Transcendent-EP-artwork-ghostcultmag-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: QARINAH – Transcendent [EP]")
Label: Buio Omega Music Release Date: September 13, 2024 Rating: 86% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Again, the stream of EPs hitting my email and feed lately has been overwhelming (I guess the full-length LP might not be the way to go for some artists). The latest offering from Qarinah is one such EP that I […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: PENNY BORED – I’m Bored [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/R6Kg2FVx-300x200.jpeg "MUSIC REVIEW: PENNY BORED – I’m Bored [EP]")
Label: Open Your Ears Records Release Date: September 13, 2024 Rating: 86% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur My musical taste buds have always bee na little varied and my like of the latest EP from Penny Bored adds to that diversity. While not a ‘rock’ record, there are certainly elements woven into the track that carry […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: JAGER HENRY – Heart Of Thorns [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/741763-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: JAGER HENRY – Heart Of Thorns [EP]")
Label: Bornsad Release Date: August 23, 2024 Rating: 88% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Sometimes its better to wait and read any background on an artist that you aren’t familiar with until you listen through whatever music is in front of you. I know I am in the minority, but I have never been a huge Led […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: HAVEN MADISON – Turn Off All The Lights [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: HAVEN MADISON – Turn Off All The Lights [EP]")
Label: 19 Recordings Release Date: April 26, 2024 Rating: 96% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Seems to be the year of EPs that strike a nerve in me when I listen through new material. Maybe it’s just the way of the industry or (as I believe) artists are releasing their best stuff with no filler. That […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: BLACK VEIL BRIDES – Bleeders [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/450994-300x200.png "MUSIC REVIEW: BLACK VEIL BRIDES – Bleeders [EP]")
Label: Spinefarm Release Date: June 21, 2024 Rating: 98% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Not that it matters, but full disclosure – I am a huge fan on Black Veil Brides and have been since the beginning. There was something about the energy and then the music got better and better with each outing and my […]
![MUSIC REVIEW: PAIGE STARK – Good At Love [EP]](https://100percentrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/582ef37f-73a7-a1b7-de07-54d3904efadc-300x200.jpg "MUSIC REVIEW: PAIGE STARK – Good At Love [EP]")
Label: Blonde Dog Release Date: June 7, 2024 Rating: 92% Reviewer: Todd “Toddstar” Jolicoeur Not everything in my listening cycle has to rock in the way most people interpret the word. A new EP dropping soon rocks without creating the need to headbang or play air guitar and drums. The four-track release from Paige Stark […]
