Year: 2019

Fast-rising Manchester band Larkins have released their new single ‘Sugar Sweet’ via Good Soldier Records. The single premiered as Zane Lowe’s ‘World First’ on Beats 1. Already a firm fan favourite live, ‘Sugar Sweet’ is […]

The new monthly XS Noize playlists on Spotify bring together the most essential new music of the last month that has been featured on the site. The May 2019 edition features tracks from Noel Gallagher’s […]

UK rock band RIDE plays a headline show at the Limelight 2 on Friday 07th June 2019. The bands most recent album release ‘ Weather Diaries’ is the fifth studio album by the English rock […]

Multiplatinum Icelandic quintet OF MONSTERS AND MEN have announced a run of the UK and European dates in support of their new album FEVER DREAM out 26th July. Fans who pre-order FEVER DREAM between Thursday […]

What’s under the wrapping paper? Fear, paranoia, guilt and denial. It’s time to expose what we are sticking in the sand, and shoving under the carpet, or indeed, under the wrapping paper. It could also […]

Today Róisín Murphy, one of music’s most creative forces, shares a new track ‘Incapable’,  produced by long-time collaborator DJ Parrot aka Crooked Man and released via Skint Records. Murphy’s ‘Incapable’ is a shimmering,  shuffling,  club ready house track […]

The Futureheads announce  ‘Powers’, their sixth studio album and their first electric guitar release in almost a decade will be released on 30th August. Recorded and self-produced at Newcastle’s First Avenue Studio, ‘Powers’ is a […]

Temples have announced details of their forthcoming third album, Hot Motion – to be released worldwide on ATO Records on Friday 27th September 2019. This marks their debut for the esteemed indie label. The band […]

Known for bringing African gospel into the hearts of audiences worldwide, the London African Gospel Choir have announced a return to Belfast with their performance of Paul Simon’s classic “Graceland” at the Ulster Hall on 26 August 2019, which will be […]

Having blown the roof off Autonomy Music Group’s Official Alternative Escape Showcase last month in Brighton, Mount Forel release the video for their latest single ‘Greenland’ – which is out now on Fallen Swine Records. […]

Ireland’s leading electronic music festival, Celtronic, celebrates its nineteenth anniversary this summer with five days and nights of music events, workshops, recording projects and much more across the city of Derry from Wednesday, June 26th […]

Abel Raise The Cain are an exciting and frenetic experimental indie rock band from the North East of England. the band have fast established themselves in the Northeast as “ones to watch”, with their own […]

The party never stops at the Manchester Arena. It’s one of Europe’s perpetual party destinations. Here, the fun never ends. 2019 has been a watershed year for music lovers in the UK.  Some of the […]

London based Lazy Day is pleased to announce a headline Belfast show on October 11th 2019 at McHughs Basement. Lazy Day began in 2014 as the solo bedroom project of Tilly Scantlebury. After recording her […]

Other Voices will be returning to the vibrant city of Belfast for a second time from June 14th to June 16th, showcasing an array of fantastic musical and cultural events. Today Other Voices is delighted […]

Following their performance opening the Main Stage at Snow Patrol’s enormous Ward Park 3 concert last weekend, Brand New Friend can announce a Limelight 2, Belfast show in September, with further dates to be announced soon. The five-piece from […]

Following a headline show at Dun Laoghaire Pier last Sunday and the release of one of the great singles discographies ‘Maximum Rock ‘N’ Roll: The Singles’, out now, Primal Scream have confirmed shows in Dublin […]

Although much of their post 90’s output has met with critical acclaim, this particular writer hasn’t warmed to any of the albums The Divine Comedy has released since 2001’s reinventive ‘Regeneration’. Aside from a few […]