Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Kiss: Greatest Hits, Volume 5

BOOK REVIEW: Kiss: Greatest Hits, Volume 5

Kiss has released five volumes of their greatest hits, not of music, but graphic novels. Kiss has appeared in comics…

5 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Sci-Fu by Yehudi Mercado

What makes a Superstar DJ? Whatever you think makes a Superstar DJ, the star of Sci-Fu, DJ Wax definitely sets…

5 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: All Summer Long by Hope Larson

In All Summer Long, music and summer are the main themes, but neither Woodstock or Bryan Adams or “69” find…

5 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Love in Vain: Robert Johnson, 1911 – 1938 By Mezzo and J.M. Dupont

Described as “the most famous bluesman of all time”, Robert Johnson was not only the first and founding member of…

5 years ago

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

From the typeface on the front cover, the visual depictions of the members of the fictional three piece grunge band,…

5 years ago

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

Several months ago XS Noize alongside Titan Comics invited readers to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles Yellow Submarine…

5 years ago

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

It is hard to believe that the Guns N’ Roses (at least Axl) comeback album which took almost fifteen years…

5 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Godspeed: The Kurt Cobain Graphic Novel

To coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary since the release of Nirvana’s final studio album In Utero, XS Noize is paying…

5 years ago

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

A Perfect Dream tells the story about a band that formed in 1976 in Crawley beginning their lives as “The…

6 years ago

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

What makes the late jazz pianist Thelonious Sphere Monk special and unique is that to find out more about him,…

6 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Outlaw Pete – Bruce Springsteen and Frank Caruso

What makes “Outlaw Pete” fascinating is not just the story itself surrounding a “6-month-old, bank-robbing baby”, but the story behind…

6 years ago

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

If there was ever going to be a The White Stripes songs adapted into an animated book, one would have…

6 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: The Beatles – Yellow Submarine

Xs Noize was invited to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles Yellow Submarine film by taking readers (courtesy of…

6 years ago

BOOK REVIEW: Nick Thorburn – ‘Penguins’

In June and July XS Noize did something almost unique that few music zines would do and have done; introduce…

6 years ago

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

In June 2018, courtesy of SelfMadeHero, XS Noize guided readers through the less ordinary life of Johnny Cash as told…

6 years ago

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

It is almost fifteen years ago since Johnny Cash passed away aged 71. His global impact on music cannot be…

6 years ago