Articles by Julie Blore-Bizot

With neither preamble nor prelude, Saint Leonard’s new release, ‘Dark Miracles,’ informs the listener, “Amphibians were never my friends…” Curiosity is piqued, attention grabbed. Yet before I can come to grips with my own ambivalent […]

Un, Deux, Trois… Lolla! XS Noize heads to the third French edition of the global phenomenon that is Lollapalooza It all began in 1991 as Perry Farrell’s grand farewell to Jane’s Addition via a tour […]

Rock en Seine Day 3 – It’s a Wrap After three days and 90,000 attendees, Rock en Seine came to a satisfying close on a not-so-lazy Sunday in Paris.  Our final day focus will be […]

Women Who Rock en Seine: Anna Calvi It’s been five years since Anna Calvi has released an album. Her first two garnered widespread accolades and Mercury Prize nominations. In the days leading up to the […]

The first day at Rock en Seine was replete with taking in the talent and rushing from stage to stage. There are six of them in all, from the small Firestone Stage or Ile-de-France Stage […]

One of France’s most exciting music festivals will take place this Friday, August 24th to Sunday, August 26th on the elegant and historic grounds of the domain de Saint Cloud, just on the edge of […]

Paris – City of Rock, City of Love Rock en Seine is a 3-day music festival held in the beautiful Parc de Saint-Cloud on the western edge of Paris. This year the festival celebrates its […]

The bewitching video for Saint Leonard’s Horses single ‘Little Girl Scientist’ features Sophie Kennedy Clark (Nymphomaniac, The Danish Girl) as a tortured soul who uses witchcraft to conjure up her lover. It is book-ended with […]

Saint Leonard’s Horses is the musical project of the artist formerly known as Kieran Leonard whose stellar songwriting abilities showcased on his DIY debut Out of Work Astronaut earned him fans and support gigs with […]

Subscribers to the mailing lists of Los Angeles venues The Hi Hat and The Satellite–both known for booking excellent emerging rock bands–received a somewhat cryptic email blast a few weeks about a new band called […]

In a tragic car accident in Sweden, the Warrington, UK group Viola Beach and their manager, Craig Tarry–who also shared management duties for the London-based Hidden Charms–perished in the hours before dawn on Saturday, February 13. […]

Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles are the recently formed and freshly christened band fronted by former lead guitar and founding member of Catfish and the Bottlemen, Billy Bibby. XSNoize has reported on Billy previously […]

In June of 2014 I witnessed James Bay hypnotize a Hotel Café audience of less than 200 people into a state of reverent rapture with his golden pipes and crimson vintage Epiphone Century guitar. Heading […]

The name Billy Bibby will be familiar to early fans of Catfish and the Bottlemen or to anyone who has perused the credits of the band’s début album, The Balcony. Billy was founding member and […]

Still basking in the glow of yet another successful US tour, Catfish and the Bottlemen are currently on their biggest UK tour yet: one which sold out within a matter of minutes when tickets initially […]

PART II – US TV DEBUT & THE TROUBADOUR Read Part I Three days after their US album release, we caught up with Circa Waves again at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Established in 1957, The […]

PART I – YOUNG CHASERS US ALBUM RELEASE It has been a fertile period for British Invasions of Los Angeles lately. In the past year, we’ve seen Jamie T, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Royal Blood, […]

This writer was first made aware of Barns Courtney at The Hotel Café in Los Angeles when he played an early set on July 2, 2015, the day after opening for Elle King at the […]