[Live Review] NICK OLIVERI + THE SVETLANAS July 8, 2019Roger Killjoy Stag And Hunter Hotel, Newcastle Friday 5 July 2019 Every now and again, an international touring act with no reason to go regional [...]
[Live Review] DAVID DUCHOVNY (Newcastle) March 7, 2018Roger Killjoy City Wests, Newcastle Wednesday February 28, 2018 : Part of me was afraid of going tonight in case it ruined David Duchovny for [...]
[Live Review] CATTLE DECAPITATION (Newcastle) March 7, 2018Roger Killjoy Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Saturday February 17, 2018 : I cut my gig going teeth on metal shows in Newcastle, the better parts of [...]
[Live Review] THRASHVILLE 2018 (Hunter Valley) January 23, 2018Roger Killjoy Lower Bellford, Hunter Valley Saturday January 20, 2017 : There’s nary a better way to spend a summer’s day in Australia than on [...]
[Live Review] LIVE (Hunter Valley) November 22, 2017November 22, 2017Roger Killjoy Roche Estate, Hunter Valley Saturday November 17, 2017 : I’ve never been much on the winery concert scene, apart from a free ticket [...]
[Live Review] THE MARK OF CAIN November 28, 2014Roger Killjoy Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Saturday November 8, 2014 : A huge two headed attack tonight opens with the vice tight King Of The North, [...]
[Live Review] PRIMUS February 4, 2014February 25, 2014Roger Killjoy Metro Theatre, Sydney Monday January 27, 2014 : Wow, The Metro is PACKED for Primus tonight! I’m scrambling into the building as the [...]
[CD Review] MOTORHEAD – Aftershock December 16, 2013December 16, 2013Roger Killjoy Somebody pass the whiskey, speed and cigarettes please, because if this is how good you sound at 67 years of age with a [...]
[CD Review] FATTURA DELLA MORTE – Ouranaophobia November 5, 2013Roger Killjoy Give Fattura Della Morte a few cartons of piss and mic them up at Rock The Nation studios over in Mayfield and you [...]
[CD Review] RED FANG – Whales and Leeches November 1, 2013Roger Killjoy I’ve always been a bigger fan of the idea of Red Fang than the execution, the idea being a rip snorting, partying, stoner [...]
[Live Review] SLEEP November 1, 2013Roger Killjoy Manning Bar, Sydney Sunday October 27, 2013 : Sleep are the classic “seminal” band, listened to by few in their time but influential [...]
[Live Review] DOOMSDAY FESTIVAL October 16, 2013Roger Killjoy Hermans Bar, University of Sydney Friday October 4, 2013 : Friday night and the dedicated few are attending church of a different kind, [...]
[Live Review] KVELERTAK September 26, 2013Roger Killjoy Manning Bar, Sydney Sunday September 15, 2013 : Sunday night in Sydney and Kvelertak hit the stage, lead man Erlend Hjelvik wearing a [...]
[Live Review] FEAR FACTORY July 8, 2013Roger Killjoy 1 UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney Friday July 5, 2013 : 17 years since fans tore a path of destruction through the UNSW campus after the [...]
[CD Review] DEEP PURPLE – Now What!? June 14, 2013Roger Killjoy 1 So hands up who’d have thought we’d be receiving quality new albums from both Black Sabbath and Deep Purple here in 2013? The [...]
[Live Review] JELLO BIAFRA May 27, 2013Roger Killjoy 1 Nothing tops a weekend off like a Cambo gig, and a Hard Ons/Jello Biafra split bill was too tempting to pass up on this [...]
[CD Reviews] LORD – Digital Lies April 16, 2013April 16, 2013Roger Killjoy Continuing to rise from the ashes of Aussie legends Dungeon, Lord are a likeable lot, imparted with the charm of a front man [...]