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Following a year of devastating losses and a bittersweet remembrance and self-reflection, Foo Fighters have boldly returned with their eleventh studio album, But Here We Are. A brutally honest and emotionally raw tribute, speaking about [...] -
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Worshipping at the immortal altar of live music and preaching the good word of punk-rock, “Down On The Barrier” is a feel-good anthem that sees [...] -
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Video Premiere
VIDEO PREMIERE: Belle Roscoe address climate change with the new video for ‘The Birds’
Australian sibling duo Belle Roscoe beguile audiences with an intoxicating concoction of gritty modern Americana and classic ‘70s-tinged folk-rock, as heard on their current single ‘The Birds’. Now the duo release the accompanying video for [...]
News
DEACON BLUE announce – ‘All The Old 45s – The Very Best of Deacon Blue’ & ‘You Can Have It All – The Complete Albums Collection’
Thirty-six years since their debut single, ‘Dignity’ – and their debut album, Raintown – Deacon Blue have announced their most comprehensive greatest hits anthology to date, along with a career-spanning box set. All The Old […]
Live Reviews
LIVE REVIEW: The Levellers at Hackney Empire, London
When the Levellers took their first acoustic album, We The Collective, of reinterpreted old and new songs on tour in 2018, the London leg took them to Camden Roundhouse in North London. Five years later, […]
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Boy & Bear – Boy & Bear
Marking their first album since the pre-pandemic Suck on Light, Australian indie quintet Boy & Bear are back with their self-titled album. Boy & Bear is the band’s fifth studio album, but it’s the first […]
News
Irish Indie-pop artist SASHA SAMARA releases debut EP ‘Why Am I Still Here, I Never Learn’
Sasha Samara is an exciting, new voice in indie pop music. Coating her music in an endearing honesty, she threads together observations and exclamations that are underlined by a thrilling specificity. All of this is […]
News
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR shares video for new single ‘Lost in the Sunshine’
Following her recent single ‘Breaking The Circle’ and latest track ‘Everything is Sweet’, Sophie Ellis-Bextor recently released the new single ‘Lost in the Sunshine’ and has today shared the charming Italian filmed video for the […]
Podcast
INTERVIEW: Dan Croll on his fourth studio album ‘Fools’
In episode #131 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Dan Croll to discuss his latest album, Fools. Returning to his familiar haunt Montrose Recording in Richmond, VA, where he also recorded his 2020 […]
