as reflected by Kevin Alfredo (all words and photos)… Selfish. In hindsight, that is how I classified what I felt immediately following reading that awful Tweet on the morning of August 27th which announced Neal Casal’s passing. I thought, “I won’t be able to hear that amazing live tone again.” “I won’t be able to see him effortlessly weave his intricate guitar melodies across the […]
(October 29, 2018, Los Angeles, CA) – After an epic and storied 45 year career that launched an era of rock n roll legends, KISS announced that they will launch their final tour ever in 2019, appropriately named END OF THE ROAD. The initial announcement was made a month ago on NBC’s America’s Got Talent which sent the […]
(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 […]
Friday, 6 July Semiconductor: Brilliant Noise/Black Rain exhibition at Fremantle Arts Centre 10:00 and 1:00 Mini Rev – Happy Animal Journeys at State Library of WA 12:00 Mini Rev – AWESOME Animation Workshop at State Library of WA Education Room 12:45 Salyut 7 at Luna Cinema 1 2:15 Shampoo at Luna Cinema 5 (Hal Ashby […]
Thursday 5 July – OPENING NIGHT 6:00 Luna Projection Show transforming the outside of the Luna Cinemas. Designed by PAV for opening night as a visual welcome to Revelation. 6:45 Cocktails before… 7:00 Revelation Film Festival kicks off with The Breaker Uppers at Luna Cinema 1 Followed by the famous Revelation Opening Night party at […]
According to a recent press release: “THE DEAD DAISIES are returning to North America! After a Sold-Out Tour across the UK & Europe, the band are looking forward to rocking out with their US & Canadian fans! Their current single “RISE UP” is climbing the US-Active Rock Charts and being used extensively in NASCAR promotional […]
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MUSIC: SHONEN KNIFE – Alive In Osaka Valve Records April 2018 Reviewed by Shane Pinnegar 7 ½ /10 The legendary Japanese punk trio are captured live here in all their bouncy, J-pop/Ramones glory in their hometown of Osaka, recorded in December 2017. It’s hard to believe they released their first cassette way back in 1982, […]
We’ve moved! 100% ROCK MAGAZINE has moved to a new hosting service online, and we’ve changed our internet location as well. You can now find us at www.100percentrock.com This means you may need to update your links to our old reviews and interviews, though anyone going to www.magazine.100percentrock.com should automatically be redirected to the new […]
INTERVIEW: THE IVORY LIES – March 2018 By Shane Pinnegar Citing influences from Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, through Guns n’ Roses, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, The Ivory Lies burst onto Perth’s rock landscape with their debut EP, The Road To Seduction, earlier this year. It all started when Oscar Keaney, who had been […]
SHIVA & THE HAZARDS release new video for East India Empress Melbourne indie rockers Shiva & the Hazards have a new video clip for East India Empress, their dreamy single which draws upon influences like Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead, while retaining a modern sound likened to Tame Impala with a slight Brit rock feel. […]
Cosmic Psychos Announce ‘Loudmouth Soup’ Album and Tour The Psychos are back, mate! Australia’s most legit export since Crocodile Dundee have announced the release of their eleventh studio album, ‘Loudmouth Soup’ on April 6, 2018. They’ve also got a ripper new vid for your eyes to devour in the form of ‘Feeling Average’. And frankly, […]
DARK UNIVERSE announce Into The Black album launch Dark Universe is proud to announce the official Into The Black album launch at Perth’s Badlands Bar on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Special guests include Darkyra and Jackson Koke. Following on from Jaime Page’s Dark Universe album, the brand new and hugely anticipated Into The Black opus […]
According to a recent press release regarding the new release from Delta Deep: “Blues-Rock-n-Soul supergroup DELTA DEEP is thrilled to announce the release of their live CD/DVD East Coast Live on January 26, 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl which as an added plus is now available on vinyl. The East Coast Live CD is a full show performance filmed at legendary […]
Steph’s Best Reads of 2017 The age old question of whether art imitates life or vise versa is never so hard to figure out as in times of great tumult in the real world, and there’s no denying that 2017 was one of those years. As the real world grows stranger, fiction has to work […]
In 2017 I continued with my resolution to read more than the previous year. My reading habits in 2017 were no doubt informed by the fact that I ended a long-term relationship. This meant I found myself drawn to books that were about bettering yourself as well as topics like: sex, human psychology, relationships and […]
THE BEST OF THE BEST NEW MUSIC 2017 – Part II: # 1 – 25 By Shane Pinnegar READ PART I HERE – Shane’s top new music picks of 2017 #26 – 50 As we continue our trawl through the year’s best music, it’s worth taking a moment to remember those who left us this […]
Twelve Videos of Christmas #10 – PALACE OF THE KING – It’s Been A Long Time Coming Melbourne rock lords Palace Of The King recently released their four on the floor belter, It’s Been A Long Time Coming through powerhouse indie record label, Golden Robot Records. With smashing stadium rock production and all the Oz Rock […]
Twelve Videos of Christmas #9 – FULL THROTTLE BABY – Snap It For our ninth installment in the Twelve Videos Of Christmas, we journey to romantic Paris in France, where “hard rock’n’roll/ Groovy/ Punk rebels Full Throttle Baby (with two members of BUKOWSKI) just premiered a brand new official music video for the song Snap […]
THE BEST OF THE BEST NEW MUSIC 2017 – Part I: #26 – 50 By Shane Pinnegar What a year 2017 has been… It was the year that Uber & UberEats, Netflix and BitCoin became ubiquitous, changing the way their businesses are done forever. It was the year of Harvey Weinstein’s outing as a sex […]
Twelve Videos of Christmas #8: TONI & THE STONEHEARTS – No Turning Back Toni and the Stonehearts hit the ground running with 100% full throttle debut single No Turning Back. Influences of this generation’s best female rock ‘n’ rollers, Suze De Marchi, Grace Potter and Sarah McLeod shine through and are matched perfectly with frontwoman Toni […]
