[CD Review] MARK LANEGAN – Imitations
Drifting journeyman Mark Lanegan continues his prolific recording career with a new collection of cover songs signalling his debut with the Vagrant Records
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AuthorLuke Saunders
[Live Review] YOU AM I
Newcastle Panthers Friday August 2, 2013 : You Am I’s latest National tour holds extra significance as they celebrate the reissues of their
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[CD Review] NEWSTED – Heavy Metal Music
The unimaginatively titled, Heavy Metal Music, marks the full-length debut from former Metallica bassist, Jason Newsted, and it’s refreshing to find the veteran
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[CD Review] KARNIVOOL – Asymmetry
Asymmetry marks the long-awaited third album, and follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sound Awake (2009), from Perth heavyweights, Karnivool. Although four years have
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[CD Review] YOU AM I – Sound As Ever (Reissue)
Few bands in Australian rock garner the kind of respect and admiration that the durable and much-loved You Am I have worked tirelessly
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[CD Review] BEARS WITH GUNS – Only The Quick and the Hungry
After relocating from rural Parkes to Sydney in 2010, young five-piece, Bears with Guns, are clearly a band that means business. Emerging through
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[CD Review] SURFER BLOOD – Python
Surfer Blood’s 2010 debut, Astro Coast, was a breath of fresh air in the indie-rock scene. The album reeked of a confident, brash
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[CD Review] BLACK SABBATH – 13
Few albums in the heavy music realm in recent years have carried as much hype, expectation and ultimately a fair share of scepticism
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[CD Review] QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE – …Like Clockwork
The 6th studio album from Queens of the Stone Age has been a long time coming to say the very least. Nearly six
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[CD Review] ALICE IN CHAINS – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
When Alice In Chains were preparing to release their comeback album, Black Gives Way to Blue, in 2009, I was filled with mixed
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[CD Review] SEASICK STEVE – Hubcap Music
Veteran bluesman, Seasick Steve, is a late bloomer to say the very least. Now in his early 70’s, Steve has been plugging away
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[CD Review] YEAH YEAH YEAHS – Mosquito
Mosquito, the fourth album from New York trio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, finds the band in consolidation mode after the disco-tinged sonic detour
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[CD Review] CAVEMAN – Caveman
With a moniker like Caveman, one could be forgiven for expecting a gritty, beer and sweat soaked foray into rock ‘n’ roll territory.
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[CD Review] THE BLACK ANGELS – Indigo Meadow
Texan psychedelic rockers The Black Angels return with their fourth album, Indigo Meadow. Not a great deal has changed since their previous album, Phosphene
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[CD Review] CLUTCH – Earth Rocker
Clutch’s 10th album, Earth Rocker, is a turbo-charged belter that finds the veteran Maryland 4-piece crafting their fastest, hardest-rocking and flat-out best album since
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[CD Review] THE BLACKWATER FEVER – The Depths
Brisbane’s The Blackwater Fever are one of Australia’s finest yet most underrated blues-rock bands. The Depths is their third album and it’s another intriguing
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[Live Review] OPETH
Enmore Theatre, Sydney Friday March 15, 2013 : Opeth’s legendary status was cemented long ago on the back of a handful of albums
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[CD Review] EX-COPS – True Hallucinations
Brooklyn quintet Ex-Cops are the latest buzz band to crop-up from New York’s rich musical landscape. On True Hallucinations the band delivers an
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[CD Reviews] TOMAHAWK – Oddfellows
Tomahawk, the Mike Patton-led supergroup, has resurfaced after a period of dormancy following their polarising 2007 album Anonymous. That particular album was equal
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[CD Review] SUFFOCATION – Pinnacle of Bedlam
New York legends Suffocation helped shape death metal during its formative years, bringing a decidedly brutal, technical edge to the genre and subsequently
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