Akiva are a Bedforshire based band made up of brothers and school mates, who for twenty-five years have been bonded by a shared love of Stonesy guitar licks, rolling basslines, Newsnight, Krautrock, Manchester bands, political […]
Wendy James is releasing her second 7” single taken from her new LP ‘THE PRICE OF THE TICKET’. The two tracks, double a-sides, are YOU’RE A DIRTBOMB, LESTER + FAREWELL TO LOVE. Both are live […]
Currently mid-national tour, Holy Holy have today revealed details of their sophomore LP alongside the announcement of their new single, ‘Elevator’ (out today). Their anticipated new album will be titled ‘Paint’, and is set for […]
Aerosmith – have today announced a mammoth European tour for next year. Fresh from a run of hugely successful South American shows, Aerosmith will return across the Atlantic with one of the greatest rock shows […]
Welcome to episode #23 of the XS Noize Music Podcast with Mark Millar. On This weeks show Mark Millar is joined by Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem. EYELAND marks the Low Anthem’s fourth […]
2016 has seen Erasure celebrate their 30th anniversary with a series of superb vinyl re-issues, a one off acoustic gig at a fan party and, crowning the anniversary off perfectly, a 13 disc, career spanning […]
It’s been 50 years since the ground-breaking album The Velvet Underground & Nico was created from the heart of the New York music scene. It charted unfamiliar territory with its avant-garde, experimental sounds. Comprising of […]
‘A Room With A Zoo’ is the new single from Manchester Soul collective The Winachi Tribe, a band that are firmly on the ascendant. This trajectory is marked by the ten minute short film which […]
Deacon Blue returned to a packed crowd last night at Belfast’s Waterfront venue. They are riding on the recent success and commercial renaissance of their brand new album “Believers” which saw the band achieve their […]
2016 saw the return of rock band Jimmy Eat World to the Belfast Limelight stage, having last played there in 2013 in support of the album Damage. This time around the band were promoting their […]
Due to overwhelming public demand, White Lies have today announced a headline UK tour next year which includes a major homecoming show at London’s Troxy on 4th March 2017. Tickets go on general sale at […]
Los Angeles-based Cleopatra Records and artist-run cassette label Practical Records present Rachel Mason ‘Heart Explodes’, the second single from the forthcoming ‘Das Ram’ album, which has premiered in The Big Takeover and initially shown at […]
At a press conference in London today, Robbie Williams announced his highly anticipated 2017 European stadium tour. Twenty-nine shows in eighteen countries are announced, including a Dublin concert at Aviva Stadium on Saturday 17 June. […]
‘Out Of My Body’ is the latest single from ‘These People’, the Top 3 album from Richard Ashcroft which also includes the singles ‘Hold On’, ‘They Don’t Own Me’ & ‘This Is How It Feels’. […]
It is hard to believe that the band Simple Minds is standing on the edge of clocking in 40 years in the music business. It seems like only yesterday the band led by best friends […]
Deacon Blue further their huge creative and commercial renaissance with the success of their brand new studio album, ‘Believers’ which sees the band achieve their highest chart position in 22 years. The album entered the […]
On 11th November, Simple Minds will release ‘Simple Minds Acoustic’ via Caroline International. To celebrate the album release, Simple Minds will be taking to the road to perform their career spanning collection of songs acoustically […]
Welcome to episode #22 of the XS Noize Music Podcast with Mark Millar. On This weeks show Mark Millar is joined by Super Furry Animals Guitarist Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford to talk about the reissue of […]
David Gray today shared the video for new single ‘Enter Lightly’. Taken from Gray’s new album The Best Of, released last week through Kobalt Label Services/IHT Records, the video finds Gray – a former student […]
Molly Warburton and her band have been playing together for several years, channelling a variety of influences which range from Fleetwood Mac, Bombay Bicycle Club and Joan Armatrading to KT Tunstall. The band, made up […]