Month: August 2016

With their debut album out Aug 19th via Sacred Bones, Exploded View, fronted by political journalist/musician Anika, are unveiling their new track ‘Lost Illusions’. The band are set to play a run of UK dates […]

The Coronas have announced a return to Belfast’s ULSTER HALL this December. Tickets for Tuesday 6th December go on-sale this THURSDAY, 11 August from 9am. The band have recently announced three dates at Dublin’s Olympia […]

Super Furry Animals take to the towns and cities of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to perform their luminescent debut album, Fuzzy Logic and its follow up, Radiator in full, in order and back-to-back, live […]

The Coral have announced details of a headline UK Tour and new single, ‘Million Eyes’. The December tour, which takes in Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Manchester Academy and Liverpool’s Olympia, is the influential Hoylake quintet’s second […]

Empathy Test are back with double A-Side ‘Demons / Seeing Stars’, the first taste of the forthcoming debut album. Since releasing their stunning debut EP, ‘Losing Touch’, the enigmatic duo have impressed with their brooding […]

Two years after the heavily acclaimed reunion tour of his original and most popular project, American Football, Mike Kinsella is back with his ninth solo offering under the Owen moniker and it might just be […]

Mention the name Sparklehorse to knowing alternative music fans of a certain age and a gleam comes into their eyes and a sigh results when they think about what could have been. Sparklehorse was not […]

At XS Noize, new music is dear to our hearts and we believe that genuinely talented fresh artists deserve a platform to share their material with the world. As such, we will now be showcasing […]

British-Danish synth pop duo Perpacity are releasing 9725, the lead single from their forthcoming second album Arise on 19th August. For those unfamiliar with the band, they are Ian Harling and Martin Nyrup who live in […]

HOLY HOLY are about to release Darwinism, the first single from their much anticipated sophomore album. Debut ‘When The Storms Would Come’, released in July 2015, debuted at #11 on the ARIA chart & hit […]

With over 540k Spotify streams and 190k plays worldwide, experimental-pop trio Beaty Heart are back with their follow up to 2014’s Mixed Blessings, ‘Till The Tomb’, released July 29th . After an extensive tour through […]

With their critically acclaimed debut album ‘A Living & A Dying Game’ and a string of fine singles already under their belts 2016 is shaping up to be another busy year for August Wells. Off […]

Derry four-piece Susie Blue have announced their new single ‘People Like Us’. A powerful indie-rock track it contains a strong message challenging intolerance and hatred in society, particularly in the form of homophobia. Young, passionate […]

Glasgow’s prodigious talent C Duncan released his critically acclaimed and Mercury Prize nominated debut album ‘Architect’ last July, wrapping up an extremely successful first year with a headline tour and stunning sell-out performance at Union […]

Twin Wild released their new single ‘My Heart’ on July 29th through Play It Again Sam. This is the young band’s first release since signing with the label and follows their self-released track ‘Fears’ which […]

Biffy Clyro have announced their much anticipated live return with a date at the SSE Arena, Belfast on November 27th and 3Arena, Dublin on November 26th. Biffy Clyro follow 2013’s critically acclaimed U.K. #1 double […]

Viola Beach’s posthumous debut album looks set to enter the Official UK Album Chart at Number 1 on Friday. The late group’s self-titled first album is currently 6,000 combined sales ahead of last week’s Number […]

After three consecutive Top 5 albums, White Lies will be releasing their fourth album ‘Friends’ on October 7th. The first release under a new deal with BMG. With ‘Friends’, White Lies haven’t so much abandoned […]