Articles by XS Noize

Public Image Ltd. (PiL) have released the lyric video for Hawaii, which was handwritten by John Lydon. The band are confirmed to take part in the competition to represent Ireland at the 67th annual Eurovision […]

Cork alt-folk band Boa Morte make a welcome return with ‘Hard to Know’ the first single to be taken from their forthcoming new album ‘The Total Space’. The Boa Morte fundamentals are all here; close […]

A new chapter for the pianist-composer and his first album to include strings THRIVE takes inspiration from classical masterworks. Composed over the last two years during a period of uncertainty and fear, RIOPY’s new album, […]

Metallica has unveiled a second glimpse into the intensity and expanse of its forthcoming 12th studio album, 72 Seasons, in the form of “Screaming Suicide.” The newly released album track is now available to stream […]

Genre-bending Irish musician and producer DAVID KITT has unveiled his new single “Wishing Well” and announced his ninth studio album ‘Idiot Check’, set for release on 31 March 2023 via RE:WARM. A fuzzy, lo-fi cut […]

Breaking into the new year – THE GULPS – are back with the brand new track “Mirror Mirror” (out 20th January, via Guindilla Records). Dropping like a disintegrating disco ball hanging by its final thread, […]

Kelly Jones of Stereophonics has co-written an album with Austin’s Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker (aka The Wind and The Wave) resulting in the formation of a new band, Far From Saints, evoking a cross-genre […]

Today, rising singer/songwriter Ber shares the official video for her new song, “Your Internet Sucks.” Filmed in the snow in Minneapolis with Sawyer Brice, the video adds to the success of the new single following […]

Maps – aka James Chapman – has shared the latest single from his fastest and most rhythmic album to date, Counter Melodies, due out on Mute on 10 February 2023. Last year Chapman dropped the […]

‘Over And Over’ is the fourth track to be released from the band’s hotly anticipated first studio album – out 3rd February 2023 on Transgressive Records – and follows ‘Kill Me Again’, ‘Can I Call […]

Murray A. Lightburn, the longtime frontman of Montreal’s acclaimed The Dears, returns today with a deeply personal new single “Dumpster Gold,” to announce his third solo full-length album, ‘Once Upon A Time In Montreal’, for […]

Electronic pop auteur Alison Goldfrapp and German music production polymath Claptone today announce the release of their stunning new collaboration “Digging Deeper.” Having set a towering bar for synth-pop in the 21st century, Alison – […]

Singing the things that can be so difficult to say, The Lathums return with a new single, “Struggle” the honest and full-hearted opening track from their upcoming, second album, From Nothing To A Little Bit […]

Blood Harmony Records, Soundly Music and acclaimed Philadelphia-bred singer-songwriter Dave Hause are excited to announce the Friday, April 28 release of Drive It Like It’s Stolen, Hause’s sixth full-length solo album. Produced by Will Hoge, […]

Ash are today announcing the reissue of their second album, Nu-Clear Sounds. Newley remastered and reissued for the first time since its original 1998 release, it will be available on limited edition Clear and Nu-Clear […]

Orbital have today released a stunning remix of their current single “Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)” featuring The Mediaeval Baebes by renowned Drum & Bass producer Breakage. The single is the second to […]

Critically lauded Irish indie-punk group New Pagans have released their excellent new single ‘There We Are John’, from their upcoming second album Making Circles of Our Own (17th February 2023 via Big Scary Monsters). The […]

In episode #114 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Ricky Warwick of masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders to talk about their fifth album ‘The Wrong Side of […]