Month: August 2014

Psyche-pop riffs, vocal melodies, a film noir meets 60s aesthetic, a range of audible references from Arctic Monkeys via Abba to The Doors – Blossoms are Stockport’s newest (and arguably finest) musical export. Blossoms’ brand […]

Manchester psychedelic rock’n’roll band Hey Bulldog announce the release of the brand new 5-track ‘Numb’ EP. The EP follows last summers’ critically acclaimed free download single ‘Numb’ which was exclusively unveiled by John Kennedy on […]

Hookworms have announced The Hum, a new studio album due for release on Monday the 10th of November 2014. The Hum comes eighteen months after the band’s debut album Pearl Mystic – a record that […]

Ólöf Arnalds returns with a brand new album, ‘Palme’ – her fourth – released via One Little Indian on 29th September. ‘Palme’ represents Ólöf´s most collaborative effort to date, and also perhaps her most profoundly […]

Welcome to MixTape #2, this is a taster of what we have been mostly listening to this week. Featuring Johnny Marr, Purple Heart Parade, Kate Bush, Elephant Stone and more belter tunes. LISTEN BELOW:  

Earlier this summer, Kate Bush announced “Before the Dawn”, a stint of shows at London’s Hammersmith Apollo that will be the singer’s first live dates in thirty-five years. The first show will be on 26 […]

Gigwise report that an acoustic demo of Oasis’ classic ‘She’s Electric’ has surfaced online, listen below. In the wake of the Definitely Maybe reissue that was released earlier this year, the band’s second record (What’s […]

Skinny Dipper are the newest addition to the impressive Olive Grove Records roster and, on 8 September, their Mask e.p. is released on download and limited edition vinyl. The 9 piece “almost a girl group” […]

Tampa Florida five piece Merchandise are one of the most exciting bands to come out of America in years, musically they don’t stand still, they are one of the few bands whose music morphs into […]

Change for a rock group can be good, especially around the fifth album. We can all name bands that have benefited from changing their musical direction. Gaslight Anthem has stated that their new disc “Get […]

Andy Burrows will release his stunning new album, Fall Together Again on Play It Again Sam on 20th October. The album – incredibly Burrows’ tenth long player, between past solo albums and his recordings with […]

Antonio Paul is the recording project of Marc Antonio and Michael Paul, that sometimes manifests as a live band. Created from the depths of the deep south of Western Australia, with the intentions similar to […]

Pop-punk powerhouse Zoo Harmonics have premiered their brilliant new video for ‘Awake At Night’ with the good folks at Punktastic! The track is the latest single to come from the band’s forthcoming UK release ‘Business […]

Wirral 5 piece ‘By The Sea’ released their cult shimmering pop debut album of the same name in 2012.The gorgeous mix of melodic psychedelic pop has been my soundtrack of many of my days since […]

This press release was sent out today by his label try and make sense if you can. Whenever one of the most celebrated and influential electronic fartist, Richard D. James can compete with the music […]

We are pleased to announce the release of INXS – ALL THE VOICES, a 10LP deluxe Boxed Set housing all 10 key studio albums – re-mastered and packaged in exact replicas of 9 of the […]

  These are the tracks we have been enjoying recently at XS Noize Towers. Feat: Jaq Gallier, Merchandise, Toydrum and more! LISTEN BELOW: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/47571044″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]

U2 have confirmed reports that their new album will be released later this year. The group are due to release their first album since 2009’s ‘No Line On The Horizon’ and have been recording with […]