The point when normality returned following COVID-19 is debatable but it’s impossible to deny that after an unwanted three-year hiatus, much normality returned when the Teenage Cancer Trust festival was revived in 2022 and saw […]
Dave Gahan and Martin Gore of Depeche Mode join Zane Lowe in-studio on Apple Music 1 to discuss ‘Memento Mori’ — their first album in six years out later this week. They tell him about […]
In episode #123 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Cormac Neeson from the Irish rock band The Answer. The Answer makes a spectacular and long-awaited return with Sundowners – their first […]
Following a major sold-out UK tour last year, iconic multi-platinum Los Angeles rock band Incubus have announced a return to the UK with two headline summer shows at London’s Eventim Apollo on Friday 23rd June […]
The Japanese House returns with new single ‘BOYHOOD’, out now via Dirty Hit and debuted as BBC Radio 1’s ‘Hottest Record’. The Japanese House is the acclaimed project of Amber Bain, who has released music […]
Indie-rock legends Ocean Colour Scene have announced details of their upcoming UK & Irish December tour, which includes a show in Belfast’s Telegraph Building on 7th December 2023. Formed in Birmingham in 1989, OCS spent […]
Ben Howard is pleased to announce a huge 26-date live run of the UK, Ireland and Europe for this year. The tour kicks off at La Riviera in Madrid on the 18th of May and […]
Following his sold-out SSE Arena show in 2022, singer-songwriter Foy Vance has announced two very special shows at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on August 24th & 25th with the Ulster Orchestra to celebrate the tenth […]
If someone was to bring up in conversation “Who was that band that fought the law…?” Most people would think of either The Clash or Sonny Curtis and his band The Crickets. Canadian hardcore band […]
English-American rock band Pretenders are back with details of a brand new UK and Irish tour this May which includes a show at Limelight 1 on 23rd May 2023. In February 2023, Chrissie Hynde embarked […]
Norah Jones returns to European concert stages this year for her first tour dates on the continent since 2018. In addition to her already announced summer tour which will bring the 9-time GRAMMY-winning singer, songwriter, […]
Los Angeles-based indie pop-funk outfit Thumpasaurus recently released their latest single/music video, “Lipstick Makeup.” According to Thumpasaurus, “‘Lipstick Makeup’ is about saying f*ck it. I’m letting my freak out tonight and getting real nice with […]
The ninth album from the pop-punk legends sees the band reach for mainstream stardom. All Time Low formed twenty years ago this year. In that time they have ridden the pop-punk wave seeing it become […]
The best artists evolve. Those with longevity learn to lean into other genres, other styles, and other emotions. On The Valley Of Vision, we have Manchester Orchestra as you’ve never heard them before and yet […]
You know you are in for an interesting evening when the last song playing before the band’s intro music kicks in is ‘You’re the One That I Want’ by Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard. This […]
One of the most successful British dance artists of the past 25 years, a true trailblazer and the musical force behind Faithless (along with iconic late frontman, Maxi Jazz and producer Rollo), Sister Bliss returns […]
To mark the release of Songs Of Surrender, Island Records and Interscope today share details of U2SOS40, a unique collaborative project which has seen 40 artists and creators from around the world invited to create […]
Nathan Connolly has been the guitarist with the acclaimed Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol since 2002. Since then, they have gone on to sell 17 million albums, headline festivals, achieve five UK platinum albums, […]
In episode #122 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods to talk about their new album UK GRIM out now on Rough Trade Records. The album is […]
Today, indie pop trio JOSEPH release an empowering new anthem “The Sun,” the second single and title track from their upcoming album The Sun (April 28, ATO Records). The new single is released alongside a […]