Chris Neill

Love & Rockets is one continuous story, where characters age in real-time. It’s a proper serialised comic, unlike faux-serialisation promoted by mainstream superhero comics, like Spider-Man or Batman. Sure, there’s a flowing continuity, but to call it one, big story is disingenuous. You don’t need to read Batman #1 to understand the 416th issue or to understand the 800th. Peter Parker has been 28 years old for a couple of decades now.
Jaime Hernandez first started telling the story of Maggie ...

It does what it says on the tin. All of these were originally tweets, which is why some read a bit short. Sorted alphabetically.

These are my favourite comics of the last decade. That’s it. That’s the introduction.

I have an unhealthy obsession with Collision Course, the collaborative EP made by Linkin Park and Jay-Z in 2004. I call it unhealthy because it’s an intimate knowledge that truly serves no real world application, a burden of information whose usefulness exists somewhere above my ability to recite the movie BASEketball almost word-for-word, but below my ability to recall the entire history of the X-Men.

Every now and then you hear someone spout the tired sentiment that “rock ‘n' roll is dead!” The person sharing this hot take is usually a crusty, old dinosaur whose finger could not be further from the pulse of modern music, whose cloying nostalgia has overwritten any sense of adventure when it comes to seeking out new bands.
Their favourit...

What happens when you combine emo and rap? You get Juice WRLD, and a string of multi-platinum singles. Blending the melancholy, introspective lyrics of the former with the flow and instrumentals of the latter, Jucie WRLD is someone to keep your eye on. With two full lengths albums under his belt — 2018’s Goodbye & Good Riddance and the recent Death Race for Love — along with a collaborative mixtape with Future (Wrld on Drugs, 2018) and over half-a-dozen EPs, Juice WRLD’s output is no...

If Arlo Guthrie’s surname sounds familiar, it’s because it is: he’s the son of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Since the release of his debut album Alice’s Restaurant in 1967, Arlo Guthrie has forged his own path, becoming one of folk music’s essential artists. It’s a legacy that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with his old man’s.
The singer-songwriter’s career spans over half-a-century, with over two-dozen albums under his belt. That’s a lot of music, but we’ve managed to pare it down ...

The last 12-months have been pretty wild for Dean Lewis. After releasing ‘Be Alright’ — a gut-wrenching single about cheated love — in June of last year, it has gone six-times platinum, hit number one on the ARIA charts and notched multiple ARIA nominations as well. It’s also managed to chart overseas (Top 40 in the US; Top 20 on the UK Singles; number one in Belgium), something that is no easy feat for an Australian artist – especially one who is relatively new to the game. Oh, and ...

In 2007, Transformers exploded onto the big-screen and has since given us over a decade of heavy metal mayhem. Based on the iconic 1980s animated series, Transformers follows the Autobots, led by the heroic Optimus Prime, as they battle Megatron and his evil Decepticons over the fate of our planet...

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Iggy Pop is a lot of things. Born James Newell Osterberg, he’s a Stooge. He’s a street-walkin’ cheetah with a heart full of napalm. He’s worth a million in prizes. He can count the amount of shirts he’s owned on one hand, and still have fingers left over (or so we’ve been told).
In a career that spans 50 years, he’s released over 20 albums. Maybe you’ve been living in a cave on Mars and have zero idea who Iggy Pop is. Maybe you’ve listened to all of them, and have formulated your own...

Everything You Need To Know About The New Robin Hood Action Blockbuster
You know the story of Robin Hood. Master archer, Merry Men, steals from the rich and gives to the poor. At least, you think you know the story. In Robin Hood, director Otto Bathurst has reimagined the hero of Nottingham for the modern day, giving him a shot of adrenaline and a thick layer of grit. This is Robin Hood like you’ve never seen him before!
To get you hyped for the home-release of Robin Hood, we’ve nocked our ar...

From The Brag #743.

In The Ring is a Music Junkee column in which we look at two classic albums from one beloved act to see which fares the best when they’re put head-to-head.
Today, we look at New York outfit Yeah Yeah Yeahs and their albums Fever To Tell (2003), and It’s Blitz (2009).
THE LEAD UP
Let’s start at the beginning: Formed in 2000, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are drummer Brian Chase, guitarist Nick Zinner and singer Karen O. Sonically, they’re the children of the 1970s underground scene in New York; garage r...

There’s nothing quite like the acute feeling of disappointment you get from revisiting something you used to enjoy, only to discover that it sucks.
The bitter feeling is two pronged: first, there’s the disappointment that it doesn’t hold up to your nostalgia, and then there’s the embarrassment of how you could even like it in the first place.
So when comedy-rock duo Tenacious D — aka Jack Black and Kyle Gass — recently announced their new album, Post-Apocalypto, we figured now was as good as ...