The lovable pop trio are back: Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell with here their ninth album. St. Etienne began life in 1990 with Wiggs and Stanley originally just wanting guest singers. But in […]
Clair McAllister was on hand again to capture the first night of Belsonic at Belfast’s Ormeau Park featuring Arcade Fire with another batch of stunning images.
Wolf Alice, one of the biggest breakthrough independent bands of recent years, today make their eagerly anticipated return, announcing new album Visions Of A Life and a run of shows worldwide, including a UK & […]
The Coronas’ new album, Trust the Wire, has today entered the Irish charts as the official No.1, the band’s first No.1 album. Fighting off new releases from U2 and Alt-J, Trust the Wire has knocked […]
Paul Weller has announced his Irish return at Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on 13th February & Belfast’s Ulster Hall on 15th February 2018. Special guests for both shows are Touts. See ticket details below. 2017, marks […]
The Horrors today announce their first release in three years, as they reveal their new single ‘Machine’. The industrial, dark and brooding opus shows the band in all their idiosyncratic, magisterial glory. LISTEN HERE: ‘Machine’ […]
Welcome to episode #34 of the XS Noize Music Podcast. This episode Mark Millar is joined by Hightown Pirates frontman Simon Mason to talk about their debut album, Dry and High, will be released June […]
Ahead of the imminent release of their brand new album ‘Spitting Image’ on Friday, today The Strypes share another new track ‘Great Expectations’, along with a string of UK headline tour dates for the autumn. […]
Following the announcement of their 5th album A Black Mile To The Surface, and the release of its first single ‘The Gold’, Manchester Orchestra today share news of their first UK and European tour in […]
Aldous Harding, the compelling artist from New Zealand, has revealed a new video for the single ‘Blend’, plus details of her biggest UK and European tour yet. Taken from her latest album, Party, the visuals […]
Swiss electro-rockers Braggarts have released their new single Different Light today via Waterfall Of Colours Records. The pulsating indie-rock song is powered by jagged guitars and pounding drums alongside dark melodies and is the first […]
Paul Draper releases his long awaited debut solo album, Spooky Action, on Kscope this summer. Paul Draper was the frontman of Mansun – one of the most iconic bands of the late ’90s. Over the […]
Aficionados of the musical artists Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister have a great treat in store. The quartet’s much anticipated June 9th release “Planetarium” represents a convergence of musical brilliance. It […]
Montreal artist Doldrums is sharing another slice of his noise-pop with new single ‘Machine Boi’. Doldrums is set to release his new album ‘Esc’ on June 30th. Speaking about the track, Airick Asher Woodhead, aka, […]
Fleet Foxes have released the third song from their highly anticipated new album Crack-Up, titled “If You Need To, Keep Time on Me.” The album will stream in its entirety via NPR First Listen beginning […]
PJ Harvey and Egyptian recording artist Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’ – a track which they hope will raise awareness and much needed support towards the health and educational […]
Simple Minds moved on up to Belfast’s Waterfront last night on their extensive UK Acoustic tour. Playing under a glittering chandelier Simple Minds had the usual ‘up for it’ Belfast crowd going from the start […]
Live Nation confirmed today that, due to incredible demand, select new stadium shows have been added to U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017. The newly announced dates include a limited return to North America with […]
Singer/Songwriter Sufjan Stevens has made a career of confounding expectations. His love of genre jumping and collaborating is the thing of legends. Still a relatively young performer at the age of 41 he has amassed […]
Planetarium, the highly-anticipated collaborative album from Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister is out this Friday, June 9. Ahead of the release a new song, ‘Venus’, premieres today alongside a video animated […]