Formed by outcast high school students with similar music tastes in the small Norwegian city of Stavanger in 2013, the pop-punk band Sløtface have been on a perpetual increase of notoriety since they began releasing […]
The London-based trio Frozemode has been making quite a stir since their 2020 formation. In their short career, the band has enjoyed extensive radio play and press and has played at the UK’s biggest festivals, […]
Saturday, August 24th, 2024, was not a good day to be in the middle of Dublin City. The annual Aer Lingus College Football series brought the American football teams representing Georgia Tech and Florida State […]
Suppose you talk to any Irish person within a certain age bracket. In that case, there’s a good chance you’ll hear a humble brag about how they saw U2 before they broke big, which can […]
At the time of publication, the Belfast electro-pop singer/songwriter NADIA has over 10,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and over 13,000 followers on TikTok. At the beginning of February, NADIA released her first track of the […]
Isle of Wight rising stars Coach Party have spent the past year honing their explosive live show, playing over 120 shows in total. Particular live highlights included the 100k capacity Stade de France supporting Indochine, […]
After releasing his highly-praised ‘EP2’ earlier this year, fast-rising Sunderland artist Tom A. Smith has returned once again to offer up the official video for his latest single ‘Like You Do’ which was co-written with […]
For four decades now, Mike Watt has been one of the quintessential bassists in alternative music. From starting his band, the Minutemen, with his childhood friend D. Boon to beginning several additional projects and collaborating […]
After finding fame and success as one-half of the Kiwi comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, writer, actor, comedian and musician Bret McKenzie attempts to shed the irony and comedy that he’s known for on […]
The Plymouth-based indie band The Native are rising stars in the indie sphere with healthy airplay on British radio, spots on some of the UK’s biggest festivals and supporting slots for big names. The band’s […]
Named after Sidney Lumet’s classic 1975 crime thriller starring Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon are an up-and-coming Irish indie act from Dublin and Laois. They have been garnering a lot of attention from continued airplay […]
It’s 1977, and a slew of albums from the first wave of British punk acts are being released. We’re seeing the debuts of the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Stranglers and […]
It has been a long time since prog-metal band Tool graced the Emerald Isle. Their last performance here was in 2006 at The Point Theatre in Dublin, which was technically the same venue as the […]
Graham Carey, the drummer for the Pink Floyd tribute band Breathe – The Pink Floyd Experience, spoke with XS Noize ahead of the band’s show at The Limelight in Belfast this Saturday. When did Breathe […]
The Linda Lindas are a punk quartet with a median age of 14, who rose to prominence when the Los Angeles Public Library uploaded a video of them performing their song “Racist, Sexist Boy” in […]
After a near-decade as a band, the legendary, noisy alt-rockers Bitch Falcon gave their swan song at Dublin’s Whelan’s on April Fool’s Day, an event delayed since the middle of last December when the omicron […]
Since the age of 20, the Texas born-and-raised singer-songwriter Jarrod Dickenson has been performing the Americana music he loves to audiences worldwide. Jarrod spoke with Aaron Kavanagh ahead of his performance at The Black Box […]
If you were to hear MØ’s background explained in the abstract without hearing her work for yourself, the image you may have of her music could seem contradicting and incompatible. She puts Sonic Youth and […]
Derry based Indie-pop artist Reevah recently released her brand new EP ‘Begin, Again’ along with single ‘nights’ The final instalment to come from the collection of songs that Reevah recorded in The Beekeepers residence in […]
Hitting the ground running with her debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit in 2015, Aussie singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has been a much-loved musician by critics and fans alike for her distinctive, […]