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BOOK REVIEW: SKIP TO THE END by Jeremy Holt, Alex Diotto, Renzo Podesta, Adam Wollet and Tim Daniel 1
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BOOK REVIEW: SKIP TO THE END by Jeremy Holt, Alex Diotto, Renzo Podesta, Adam Wollet and Tim Daniel

January 11, 2019 Michael Barron 0

From the typeface on the front cover, the visual depictions of the members of the fictional three piece grunge band, Samsara (not to be confused with real metalcore quartet from Yuma, Arizona), the year Samsara […]

BOOK REVIEW: Tyler Cross: Black Rock By Fabien Nury and Laurence Croix
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BOOK REVIEW: Tyler Cross: Black Rock By Fabien Nury and Laurence Croix

December 28, 2018 Michael Barron 0

Several months ago XS Noize alongside Titan Comics invited readers to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles Yellow Submarine film by giving a guided tour of the graphic novel by Bill Morrison (The Simpsons). […]

BOOK REVIEW: Reckless Life: Guns N' Roses - A Graphic Novel
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BOOK REVIEW: Reckless Life: Guns N’ Roses – A Graphic Novel

December 10, 2018 Michael Barron 0

It is hard to believe that the Guns N’ Roses (at least Axl) comeback album which took almost fifteen years to complete, Chinese Democracy, is actually ten years old! Through Omnibus Press, XS Noize are […]

BOOK REVIEW: Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic Novel
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BOOK REVIEW: Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic Novel

December 2, 2018 Michael Barron 0

To coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary since the release of Nirvana’s final studio album In Utero, XS Noize is paying homage to Nirvana’s frontman Kurt Cobain by reviewing the far too short (just twenty-seven years) […]

BOOK REVIEW: The Cure: A Perfect Dream  By Ian Gittins 1
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BOOK REVIEW: The Cure: A Perfect Dream By Ian Gittins

October 2, 2018 Michael Barron 0

A Perfect Dream tells the story about a band that formed in 1976 in Crawley beginning their lives as “The Obelisk”, then “Malice” then “Easy Cure” and finally “The Cure”. A Perfect Dream coincides with […]

BOOK REVIEW: MONK! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi 1
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BOOK REVIEW: MONK! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution by Youssef Daoudi

September 26, 2018 Michael Barron 0

What makes the late jazz pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk special and unique is that to find out more about him, we need to delve into the lives of other people and learn about them in […]

BOOK REVIEW: Outlaw Pete - Bruce Springsteen and Frank Caruso
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BOOK REVIEW: Outlaw Pete – Bruce Springsteen and Frank Caruso

September 17, 2018 Michael Barron 0

What makes “Outlaw Pete” fascinating is not just the story itself surrounding a “6-month-old, bank-robbing baby”, but the story behind the story.  “Outlaw Pete” began its life not as a book, but as the opening […]

BOOK REVIEW: We’re Going to Be Friends by Jack White
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BOOK REVIEW: We’re Going to Be Friends by Jack White

September 9, 2018 Michael Barron 0

If there was ever going to be a The White Stripes songs adapted into an animated book, one would have expected it to have been “Seven Nation Army”. The case is resolute. “Seven Nation Army” […]

BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles - Yellow Submarine 4
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BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles – Yellow Submarine

September 4, 2018 Michael Barron 0

Xs Noize was invited to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles Yellow Submarine film by taking readers (courtesy of Titan Comics) through the new A4 hardcover 112-page graphic novel of the film by Bill […]

BOOK REVIEW: Nick Thorburn - 'Penguins'
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BOOK REVIEW: Nick Thorburn – ‘Penguins’

September 1, 2018 Michael Barron 0

In June and July XS Noize did something almost unique that few music zines would do and have done; introduce their readers to the amazing and sadly virtually untapped world of music-related graphic novels. The […]

BOOK REVIEW: Nick Cave: 'Mercy on Me' by Reinhard Kleist
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BOOK REVIEW: Nick Cave: ‘Mercy on Me’ by Reinhard Kleist

July 17, 2018 Michael Barron 0

In June 2018, courtesy of SelfMadeHero, XS Noize guided readers through the less ordinary life of Johnny Cash as told by Reinhard Kleist in his unique graphic novel: I See a Darkness. XS Noize has […]

BOOK REVIEW: Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness By Reinhard Kleist
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BOOK REVIEW: Johnny Cash: I See A Darkness By Reinhard Kleist

June 19, 2018 Michael Barron 0

It is almost fifteen years ago since Johnny Cash passed away aged 71. His global impact on music cannot be understated. One could even attribute superhero status to him. Why? After all only superheroes get […]

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