Articles by XS Noize

Today is a good day for fans of The Replacements, Hoodoo Gurus, REM, and Camper Van Beethoven as the time has finally come – more than three decades on – for indie rock/power pop band […]

It is no longer a rumor that the iconic British rock band, Oasis will reunite in 2025, 16 years after their split. Noel and Liam Gallagher announced their reunion with an Instagram post on 25 […]

Welsh pop-punk heroes Punk Rock Factory have become a surprise sensation; their supersonic hi-octane takes on throwback favourites like ‘Let It Go’, the ‘Power Rangers’ theme and ‘Mamma Mia’ making them a smash hit at […]

British rock icons Skunk Anansie roar back into action next year with a huge UK headline tour in Spring 2025. Promising an entirely brand new production, the tour will usher in an exciting new era […]

THE CURE will play their only full live show of the year at Troxy in London on 1st November, the night the band releases their long-awaited new album, ‘SONGS OF A LOST WORLD’. The show […]

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell, popularly known as Billie Eilish, is an American singer and songwriter with ethereal vocals and a knack for colourful mismatched socks. She was born on December 18, 2001, in Los […]

Originally released in February 1984, Sparkle In The Rain was Simple Minds’ sixth studio album and, following 1982’s crossover album New Gold Dream, the one to cement their commercial success. It gave them their first […]

Troubling modern ills within society and within human nature itself pulse through the first new music of 2024 from The Slow Readers Club as they announce the release of their upcoming album with a new […]

ANTON NEWCOMBE and DOT ALLISON announce that they will be releasing an album together under the moniker All Seeing Dolls. ‘’Parallel’ will be out in February 2025. Today they share the single ‘That’s Amazing Grace’. […]

Las Vegas has always held a unique charm in the world of music. It could be the glitz. It could be the glamour. Sometimes it could be the opposite! That’s not to mention the high-stakes […]

For both the new and the initiated, ‘A Beginner’s Guide’ provides the key moments in the seminal career of the UK electronic music duo Orbital, which consists of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. A one-stop-shop […]

THE WATERBOYS have announced three special shows for Summer 2025, when they will play 3Arena Dublin (7th June), Live at Botanic Gardens Belfast (8th June) and Live at the Marquee Cork (10th July). The Waterboys […]

‘A FRAGILE THING’ is the second track to be taken from THE CURE’s long-awaited new album, SONGS OF A LOST WORLD, released on 1st November. The album, their 14th studio release, is their first in […]

After 40 years of playing with their frontman, Christy Dignam, Joe Jewell, Alan Downey, and Billy McGuiness, they know it’s not the same and never will be, but they have decided to continue playing their […]

Chalk is the three-piece project of award-winning musicians and filmmakers Ross Cullen, Benedict Goddard, and Luke Niblock. An informed mix of Dublin’s Guitar Band scene and the sweaty hardcore dance floors of their native Belfast, […]

Ricky Warwick has announced the release of his new solo album Blood Ties, which will be out on 14th March via Earache Records. To coincide with the announcement, Ricky Warwick will release his new single, […]

Today, Southern alt-rocker Willy Cobb drops a new single entitled “Boy Toy,” out now via War Buddha / Warner Records.  A slow-burning beat sets the tempo for the track as Willy’s vocals sway in and […]

For more than a decade, L.A. phenoms Touché Amoré have been a driving force as vanguards of the contemporary hardcore scene. Over the years, and across their discography, the band has probed and navigated anxiety, […]