Year: 2023

Since signing to Modern Sky (Lottery Winners, Slow Readers Club, Jamie Webster) and unveiling his live band, Jack Valero has hit the ground running. His recent singles ‘Temporary Helplessness’ and ‘Pull Back The Hammer’ have […]

Manchester two-piece KYŌGEN announce their new single “Where There Is Sorrow There Is Holy Ground.” The self-released digital single was written, recorded and produced by KYŌGEN and will be available to stream via Bandcamp and […]

In July 2022, Kula Shaker were journeying back from a barnstorming sell-out show in Manchester. After four years of silence, last summer saw the band play across the world, from Liverpool to Tokyo. As they […]

Sundara Karma have shared punchy new single ‘Baby Blue.’ Fizzing with the frenetic energy that perfectly encapsulates the feeling of falling in love, sonically, ‘Baby Blue’ is a sugary rush of effervescent guitars and charging drums […]

The Jonas Brothers take THE TOUR global, adding a massive 27 shows across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The new leg marks their first time performing in Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Northern […]

I still recall when Dexys Midnight Runners appeared on Tiswas in 1980. The much-loved Sally James asked where the band got their name from. When Kevin Rowland said, “You know what Dexys are?”. James sheepishly […]

As I type, I’ve just woken up, and I was hoping it was a bad dream, but it wasn’t. The magnificent Sinéad O’Connor died yesterday, and my heart truly sank as I saw the news […]

In episode #139 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets legendary music manager Simon Napier-Bell to discuss his latest documentary – George Michael: Portrait of an Artist. Simon Napier-Bell is an English record producer, […]

After a triumphant run of sold-out Summer dates across Ireland and a sold-out outdoor show with the Saw Doctors in Manchester, Damien Dempsey announces a tour for March 2024 with dates in England and Scotland. […]

Refloating a treasure-laden wreck with the creative guile they’ve earned over three decades, The Coral release a glittering gem once feared lost from their forthcoming album, Sea Of Mirrors, a harmony-rich fanfare to ultimate freedom […]

Due to incredible demand, a 4th Coldplay Music Of The Spheres World Tour date has been added on September 2nd 2024, at Croke Park, Dublin, subject to licence. Presale tickets for the new date are […]

Newton Faulkner is continually adjusting to a musical landscape dominated by flux. He’s moved from the phenomenal success of his debut album ‘Hand Built By Robots’ to the surging triumph of ‘Write It On Your […]

Black Grape returns with the brand new album Orange Head, which will be released on DGAFF Recordings on 3rd November 2023. Today they reveal the first single, “Milk.” Black Grape could only have been made […]

Embrace celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, The Good Will Out, with a 13-date UK tour in November, playing their seminal album in full, along with their greatest hits. The tour follows on […]

Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee today announce news of their debut album Los Angeles due out November 3 via Play It Again Sam. The hard-hitting 13 tracks on the album dive into freedom […]

The 19-year-old rapper, producer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Cotton today builds upon his early tracks such as ‘Find My Way’ by releasing his debut EP ‘Afters At 109’, which is out now via AWAL. The EP’s […]

Emerging talent Derek Ouyang is an artist with a flair for contrasting uplifting bedroom disco-pop bops with melancholy tales of faltering romance – a strength that he today introduces to new audiences with the release […]

Nearly ten years in the making, The Task Has Overwhelmed Us is the long-awaited fourth volume in The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project series.  Following We Are Only Riders (2009), The Journey Is Long (2012) […]