High Fidelity
Funny how sometimes a soundtrack can last so much longer than a movie. Hig…
Tag: Ian Koss
Tom Lehrer
The Remains Of Tom Lehrer is a bit misleading – there is little that …
Monkey Vs. Robot
James Kochalka Superstar unleashed Monkey Vs. Robot, the album, upon u…
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
You can never have too much Robyn Hitchcock. Luckily, ole Robyn is always gla…
The Photon Band
Author Larry Niven theorizes that unusual patches of fog are the result of an…
Kitty in the Tree
Kitty in the Tree manage to sound instantly familiar and completely fresh all at the same time. How do they do it? Well, according to frontman Orion Simprini, they’re aliens! Ian Koss discusses time travel and the fine art of waiting tables with this incredible extra-terrestrial.
Songs in the Key of Z
Chusid’s name may not be sound familiar outside certain circles, but within those bizzarrely-shaped sets, his voice and knowledge define entire genres…
Chic-A-Go-Go
Chic-A-Go-Go is a Chicago-area public access program that is part B…
Junior Varsity
Be true to your school! Fresh-faced and clean-cut Junior Varsity are gonna rock the sock hop with their energetic, hip ’50s rock sound! Now the Ink 19 J.V. Athletic Supporters (Ian Koss, Julio Diaz, Phil Bailey, and Andrew Chadwick) are matching wits with the J.V. squad for an e-mail pep rally!
The Golden Age
Just about every compilation of German music I’ve heard reveals that the coun…
White Hassle
Sometimes, drummers can amaze you by playing Brazilian polyrithms with their …
The World/Inferno Friendship Society
Like Danny Elfman stripped of his orchestra-renting tokens, or a well-rehears…
The Persuasions
The idea of a sextet of black vocalist performing a tribute to Frank Zappa ma…
Barcelona
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Optiganally Yours
Adverb attack! Optiganally Yours combines the optigan talents of Pea Hix with…
Evolution’s Darling
Space opera is alternately the most maligned and the most fascinating sub-genre in the sprawling field of science fiction…
Monty Alexander
What happens when a Jamaican jazz pianist meets up with two of the island’s h…
Nutrajet
Nutrajet, with Symptom (The Hustler, Indialantic, FL, June 10, 2000). Concert review and photos by Ian Koss.
Kitty in the Tree
A talented assassin knows the value of good poison. Good poison is nearly und…
Jennyanykind
This time out, the brothers Holland keep it in the family, handling all instr…
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