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          ALBUM REVIEW: IST IST – Dagger

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          BOOK REVIEW: Sophomore Songs by Clarke Geddes

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          LIVE REVIEW: Lorna Shore Deliver a Career-Defining Headline Show at Alexandra Palace

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          Mark Shaw of Then Jerico on The Return, legacy, and bringing the full band show to Ireland | XS Noize Podcast #270

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          In this episode of the XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar sits down with Mark Shaw of Then Jerico to talk about The Return — a moment that reconnects legacy, live energy, and purpose as the […]

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          In this episode of the XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar sits down with Kula Shaker frontman Crispian Mills to talk about Wormslayer — a record that captures the band feeling revitalised, confident, and creatively fearless. […]

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XS NOIZE – ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2015

December 28, 2015 XS Noize

Hi, every week I have to coax the XS Noize writers away from listening to the latest Justin Bieber and One Direction albums to listen to some decent stuff to keep the music police away […]

REFUSED announce UK/EU tour for 2016
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REFUSED announce UK/EU tour for 2016

December 23, 2015 XS Noize

Iconic Swedish avant-punk rock band Refused will be touring throughout Europe in February, March and April 2016. The tour will include the headlining shows, as well as three festivals: Swedish West Coast Riot Festival in […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: SHELTER - THIS MUST BE LOVE
Track Of The Day

TRACK OF THE DAY: SHELTER – THIS MUST BE LOVE

December 23, 2015 Chris Snoddon

Forward from the release of their debut electro album Emerge, Rob Bradley and Mark Bebb of Shelter have kept themselves occupied in the studio concentrating on a new collection of songs due out next year, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: CAGE THE ELEPHANT – TELL ME I’M PRETTY
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ALBUM REVIEW: CAGE THE ELEPHANT – TELL ME I’M PRETTY

December 22, 2015 Sandra Blemster

Somewhere along the line I’ve missed this band. How so? I must have had my back turned. However I’m glad I’ve discovered them. Tell Me I’m Pretty is the fourth album from Kentucky based rock […]

A Conversation with Godfather of Punk TERRI HOOLEY 2
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A Conversation with Godfather of Punk TERRI HOOLEY

December 22, 2015 XS Noize

Terri Hooley is a legend among the Belfast music community and beyond. During Northern Ireland’s troubled dark times Terri Hooley’s Good Vibrations record shops and label survived in countless locations around the city, selling and […]

HERON OBLIVION - announce debut album on Sub Pop
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HERON OBLIVION – announce debut album on Sub Pop

December 22, 2015 XS Noize

Pastoral pummel. Listening to Heron Oblivion’s album feels like sitting in a lovely meadow in the shadow of a dam that’s gonna heave-ho’ any minute. Members of this new San Francisco combo have put in […]

REVIEW: HABITATS - JUNGLES EP
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REVIEW: HABITATS – JUNGLES EP

December 21, 2015 Ari Rosenschein

If the new tropicalia movement began with Beck’s underappreciated 1998 track of the same name, it finally reached critical mass in 2015. Of late, everyone from Justin Bieber to Coldplay’s Chris Martin has dipped their […]

SAUROPOD - share new track 'HEADPHONES' + announce debut album 'ROARING AT THE STORM' due 22nd
New Music

SAUROPOD – share new track ‘HEADPHONES’ + announce debut album ‘ROARING AT THE STORM’ due 22nd

December 21, 2015 XS Noize

After recently unveiling their, fierce grunge-punk trio Sauropod are excited to announce news of their debut album ‘Roaring at the Storm’ due Jan 22nd via Riot Factory. The band have shared new track ‘Headphones’ from […]

VELCRO HOOKS share their unhinged new video for ‘Severin The Mind’
New Music

VELCRO HOOKS share their unhinged new video for ‘Severin The Mind’

December 21, 2015 XS Noize

Having recently unveiled the raw and fuzz-laden ‘Severin The Mind’, Bristol’s Velcro Hooks have released its unhinged new visuals, available to watch now below. The track, out January 15th via Howling Owl, is the first […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: BEATKIND - ‘Undergrowth’ feat. Sean Bradford
Track Of The Day

TRACK OF THE DAY: BEATKIND – ‘Undergrowth’ feat. Sean Bradford

December 21, 2015 XS Noize

Much vaunted Cologne production duo BEATKIND (Sam Freeze & Mo Digital) debut their anticipated new single ‘Undergrowth’ featuring the vocal talents of rising Texas star Sean Bradford via fêted house label Hedonism Music on 22nd […]

REV REV REV SHARE 'CATCHING A BUZZ' VIDEO
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REV REV REV release second album ‘Des fleurs magiques bourdonnaient’ in Feb

December 21, 2015 XS Noize

Two years after the release of self-titled debut album, whose single ‘Catching a Buzz / Blue on Red’ was championed by the likes of Steve Lamacq, Rev Rev Rev give birth to their second LP, […]

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL thank their musical brothers and sisters joining the play it forward campaign 1
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EAGLES OF DEATH METAL thank their musical brothers and sisters joining the play it forward campaign

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

In the aftermath of the horrific and senseless terrorist attacks on Paris on November 13, 2015—in which so many innocent lives were taken at that evening’s Eagles Of Death Metal show at Le Bataclan—it was […]

PJ HARVEY returns with new album in 2016, watch film clip directed by Seamus Murphy
New Music

PJ HARVEY returns with new album in 2016, watch film clip directed by Seamus Murphy

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

PJ Harvey returns next year with a new record documenting a unique artistic journey, which took her to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington, D.C. The album was recorded during her month long residency at Somerset House, […]

HINDS - RELEASE VIDEO FOR "SAN DIEGO" WATCH NOW
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HINDS – RELEASE VIDEO FOR “SAN DIEGO” WATCH NOW

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

Hinds will release their stellar debut album Leave Me Alone on January 8th, and today the band shares an amazing, on-the-road video for “San Diego”. Capturing scenes of the fun-loving, Madrid-based four-piece on tour in […]

MONEY - Share new single, 'I'll Be The Night'  Taken from Suicide Songs, released January 1
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MONEY share ‘A Cocaine Christmas and an Alcoholic’s New Year’, taken from new album “Suicide Songs”

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

MONEY have shared a festive treat, in the form of a video for their alternative Christmas Carol, ‘A Cocaine Christmas and an Alcoholic’s New Year’. Songwriter Jamie Lee’s inspiration lies within the feeling of finding […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: ROB BRAVERY - FRUITION - Watch Video
Track Of The Day

TRACK OF THE DAY: ROB BRAVERY – FRUITION – Watch Video

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

‘Fruition’ from Rob Bravery has a sparkling acoustic guitar and fully utilizes alternative folk stylings. The question asked by the track is do you fight the inevitable or give in and spare yourself the aggravation; […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: PASSION FALLS - 'The Greatest Adventure'
New Music

PASSION FALLS reveal video for debut single ‘The Greatest Adventure’

December 18, 2015 XS Noize

Manchester 4 piece Passion Falls have unveiled the video for their debut new single ‘The Greatest Adventure’, ahead of the release of their debut EP of the same name on February 19th on MUK Records. […]

CHVRCHES - SHARE VIDEO FOR "LEAVE A TRACE"
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Watch CHVRCHES recent performance on the James Cordon Show

December 17, 2015 XS Noize

CHVRCHES are having a busy holiday season having just completed a massive headlining tour of both the US and their native UK. The band is currently in the States for a string of shows including […]

WORKING FOR A NUCLEAR FREE CITY - to release new album - What Do People Do All Day?
New Music

WORKING FOR A NUCLEAR FREE CITY – to release new album – What Do People Do All Day?

December 17, 2015 XS Noize

Working for a Nuclear Free City have never been too concerned with genre. Since their debut release almost a decade ago they have danced around the constraints of genre, eschewing predictability and expectation in the […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: CHORUSGIRL - "Dream On Baby Blue" - Watch video
Track Of The Day

TRACK OF THE DAY: CHORUSGIRL – “Dream On Baby Blue” – Watch video

December 17, 2015 XS Noize

Following the release of their acclaimed eponymous debut album on Fortuna POP!, Chorusgirl reveal the video for their latest single “Dream On Baby Blue”. Directed by Christina Hardinge, the clip was shot on Super 8 […]

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