Tag: Ian Koss

Off The Record

Print Reviews

The ups, downs, ins, and outs of the music biz are only barely fictionalized in David Menconi’s new book, Off The Record. Ian Koss gives the book a spin.

The Jaguar Hunter

Print Reviews

Ian Koss takes a look at Lucius Shepard’s new short story collection, The Jaguar Hunter, chock full of stories that combine exotic locations with elements of the supernatural and near-Lovecraftian horror.

Angry Young Spaceman

Print Reviews

What happens when the Americanization of world culture is played out on an intergalactic scale? That’s the question answered by Jim Munroe’s new novel, Angry Young Spaceman. Ian Koss tells you all about it – in English, the intergalactic language of business.

Squarepusher

Interviews

Is that CD defective? Or are those the sounds of Squarepusher, slicing and dicing bits of jazz and dub into intriguing sound collage? Ian Koss discussed the man’s sanity and why Jaco Pastorius ruined bass for everyone.

Hutch Owen: Aristotle

Screen Reviews

Underground comics make their way online with Top Shelf’s dot.comics online anthology. Ian Koss takes a look at Tom Hart’s contribution, Hutch Owen: Aristotle.

Quasi

Quasi

Music Reviews

The Sword of God (Touch And Go). Review by Ian Koss.

Kooks

Print Reviews

Exploring “the outer limits of human belief” makes for perfect bathroom reading in the form of Donna Kossy’s Kooks. Ian Koss is your restroom attendant.

Jimi Hendrix

Music Reviews

Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection (MCA). Review by Ian Koss.

Manu Chao

Music Reviews

…proxima estacion… ESPERANZA (Virgin). Review by Ian Koss.

Thou

Music Reviews

Put Us in Tune (SeeThru). Review by Ian Koss.

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Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

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The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.