

Album Reviews
- With their triumphant fifth album, Carlisle based four-piece The Lucid Dream continues a fascinating journey that has come by leaps and bounds with each LP since the more typical psychedelic rock of their early years. [...]

TRACK PREMIERE: Angusraze – Freak Siren (Crawl)
Laden with trademark anxiety and dissonance, Angusraze’s newest track ‘Freak Siren (Crawl)’, is the latest production to continue the narrative cycle started with ‘Foxmask’. The creative process behind this track – intended as all forthcoming […]
Latest Interviews

INTERVIEW: Behind the Silence of 1st Base Runner
The brainchild of Tim Husmann, 1st Base Runner, recently released a grandly wrought new album, entitled Seven Years of Silence, referring to Husmann’s Old Testament, Book-of-Daniel-like interlude from music. Speaking to his reappearance, Tim explains, […]

PODCAST: The Coral’s NICK POWER discusses their first ever double-album ‘Coral Island’
On episode #36 of The Xs Noize Music Podcast Mark Millar catches up with The Coral’s Nick Power to discuss their first ever double-album ‘Coral Island’ – Listen BELOW: Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify […]

INTERVIEW: Chris Brokaw on The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries & his past, present and future
Recently, The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries released “Suns Out, Guns Out” – their newest LP and the first in eight years. Dan Volohov sits down with the drummer of The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries, founder of Codeine […]

INTERVIEW: Glasvegas’ James Allan on new album ‘Godspeed’
After the year that never was, things are finally beginning to look up. Restrictions are easing, cases are falling, and music is creeping back – there are even signs of shows and festivals before the […]

INTERVIEW: The Fratellis’ Jon Fratelli on new album ‘Half Drunk Under A Full Moon’
The Fratellis have released their fantastic new album ‘Half Drunk Under A Full Moon’ on Cooking Vinyl. ‘Half Drunk Under A Full Moon’ finds The Fratellis at ease with who they are and where they […]

INTERVIEW: Mike Peters of The Alarm – “I thought, if we’re going to do this record, it’s got to come out before the lockdown ends.”
The Alarm’s latest album ‘War’ was written, produced & released in an astounding 50 days, just in time for lead singer Mike Peters’ birthday. Lee Campbell spoke with Mike about this unique LP and some […]
Track Premieres

TRACK PREMIERE: Angusraze – Freak Siren (Crawl)
Laden with trademark anxiety and dissonance, Angusraze’s newest track ‘Freak Siren (Crawl)’, is the latest production to continue the narrative cycle started with ‘Foxmask’. The creative process behind this track – intended as all forthcoming […]

TRACK PREMIERE: Riah Knight – If You Love Her
As a child Riah Knight took to the treetops of her Sussex village to write, often coming down with a song. At the age of eleven, she had joined her first band, going on a […]

TRACK PREMIERE: Brady Grey – Better of Me
Minneapolis indie-folk singer-songwriter Brady Grey introduces a brand-new song, “Better of Me,” a track from his forthcoming album, Three Crows, slated for release this year. Recorded and produced by Brady in his basement, Three Crows […]
Video Premieres

VIDEO PREMIERE: Willie Campbell – Hard To Regret
Hard To Regret is the second single from Willie Campbell’s forthcoming album: Soundtrack To The Life We Leave Behind which will be released this summer and just in time for all the festivals still not […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Pentral – Aiming for the Sun
Pentral’s new single, Aiming for the Sun is a stunning blast of thrash metal with a hypnotic groove, the Brazilians’ fiercest track yet and firmly establishing them as one of the most exciting metal bands […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Ida Mae – Road To Avalon
After the rapturous response, they received for the album’s lead single and title-track ‘Click Click Domino’ earlier this year, which was supported by WONDERLAND, Rolling Stone, CLASH ‘Track of the Day’, NME Radio, American Songwriter […]
Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: Bob Dylan – No Direction Home (Revised illustrated edition) By Robert Shelton
Initially proposed by the author in 1965 and finally released in 1986, an expanded edition followed in 2011 for Dylan’s 70th birthday. An expanded hardback illustrated edition with 150 images “aimed at a younger audience” […]

BOOK REVIEW: Tenacious D – Post Apocalypto
Festooned with copious cartoon dicks and nudity, where full anatomies are exposed where even the robot has a fully functioning “pussy”,; one would hardly think that Post Apocalypto would contain an Aesop style fable. Nonetheless, […]

BOOK REVIEW: Albion’s Secret History – Guy Mankowski
For Guy, the places where important cultural changes and new ideas emerged (such as a new style of music in venues and clubs) are just as important as the cultural changes themselves. For instance, Mankowski […]