Articles by XS Noize

With her eagerly-awaited second album ‘Værmin’ (pronounced Vermin) arriving in the next few weeks, the follow-up to her stunning 2020 debut LP ‘Alchemy’ and marking the first time the Berlin-based Norwegian-Irish singer-songwriter will be working […]

Today, Korn shares “Forgotten”, their first offering of 2022 and the second song from their upcoming studio album ‘Requiem’, due February 4th via Loma Vista Recordings. “Forgotten” arrives with a visualiser created by EFFIXX, who […]

Today, iconic British duo Tears For Fears have released “BREAK THE MAN,” the third track off their highly anticipated first studio album in seventeen years, THE TIPPING POINT, arriving February 25th, 2022 via Concord Records. […]

In episode #61 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with acclaimed songwriter and former Mansun frontman Paul Draper to talk about ‘Cult Leader Tactics’, his first album since 2017’s lauded Spooky Action. […]

FONTAINES D.C. have announced their third album, Skinty Fia, to be released on 22nd April on Partisan Records. News of the album comes with the release of its first single, “Jackie Down The Line” – […]

Global superstar Adele releases a new video for her next single “Oh My God,” from her latest album 30 (Columbia Records). The clip reunites Adele with video director Sam Brown who directed her 2010 video […]

“These two songs were written, recorded and mixed during the sessions for As Days Get Dark but, as much we loved them, we couldn’t find a place for them on the final album,” explains Aidan […]

St. Paul & The Broken Bones have released ‘Minotaur’, the newest single from their ambitious forthcoming album ‘The Alien Coast ‘— out on 28th January on ATO Records. The track’s accompanying live performance video was […]

The most exciting new band to break out of Wales in recent years Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard have today shared ‘Break Right In’ – the latest taste of their heavily-anticipated debut album Backhand Deals, which will […]

In the lead up to their forthcoming new album Lucifer On the Sofa, out February 11 (Matador Records), Spoon share “Wild,” a celebratory and anthemic song about finding one’s way from cashed out depths back […]

Open Road Films and Foo Fighters announced today the release of the first official trailer for their new horror-comedy film STUDIO 666. The movie, which stars band members Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat […]

Montreal’s dancefloor aficionado’s Blue Hawaii return to the fray with the latest single, the jubilant “Butterfly”, from their new EP, ‘My Bestfriend’s House’. Channelling the energetic frequencies of post-lockdown freedom, the duo continue to provide […]

Destroyer is pleased to announce LABYRINTHITIS, out 25th March via Bella Union. Alongside this announcement, Destroyer shares the first song and video from the album, “Tintoretto, It’s for You”.  For the first time, Bejar himself […]

NIK COLK VOID has announced details of her debut solo album, Bucked Up Space, set for release on red transparent vinyl and digitally via Editions Mego on 8 April 2022. Nik Colk Void is well […]

Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell announces he will release his second solo album Flicker on February 11. The single ‘Something Like Love’ has just had its first play courtesy of Lauren Laverne on BBC […]

The Slow Show will release their fourth studio album, their first for 3 years, entitled ‘STILL LIFE’, via [PIAS] (Europe) and Velveteen Records (ROW) – out on 4th February. The four-piece who first formed in […]

Johnny Marr has released ‘Night and Day’, the brand new single taken from the ‘Fever Dreams Pt 3’ EP – the third quarter of forthcoming double album ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1-4’, due February 25th via […]

With just two weeks until the release of their spellbinding third album ‘Shoals’ on January 21st, London band Palace have released their latest single, ‘Shame On You”, via Fiction. The single release is accompanied by […]