Articles by XS Noize

With the release of their stunning debut album My Love Is Cool just around the corner, London’s Wolf Alice are today streaming an all-new track, ‘You’re A Germ’, taken from the record. Premiered on Radio […]

Welcome to XS Noize MixTape #12, to showcase well known and up and coming bands/artists we are currently excited about and have been spinning over the past few weeks. Featuring: Shaun William Ryder, The Milltown […]

In 1990, Manchester ruled the music world. Central to everything were Happy Mondays. Under the leadership of vocalist Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays immersed themselves in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable […]

Prinzhorn Dance School’s new album, Home Economics, is out this week on DFA Records. To mark the occasion they’re sharing a beautiful new video for Home Economics’ single “Reign”. Tobin Prinz remarks, “The making of […]

After spending the majority of 2014 on tour in the US, London based KINS are set to release their first material of 2015 in the form of their new EP, Cyclical, on July 6th via […]

Electro-pop duo Monarchy are set to release new EP ‘Re|Vision’ on June 15th, alongside a headline show at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Thursday June 11th. Following on from their latest LP ‘Abnocto’, which came […]

Today sees Spector unveil the stunning video for ‘Kyoto Garden’, taken from their forthcoming second album. The video has been a collaborative process with creatives from all over the world for Topman’s Openshoot project. The […]

John Lennon’s solo albums are set to be released as an eight-LP vinyl box set entitled Lennon. All the albums have been meticulously remastered from their original master and cut to 180-gram vinyl. They come […]

With the release of their debut album A Dream Outside only a matter of weeks away, North London group Gengahr are pleased to share the video to single, ‘Heroine’. Currently on the 6 Music B-list, […]

Twenty years after the release of their self-titled debut album, GARBAGE will celebrate their lauded career with an anniversary tour throughout Europe and the US. Christened the 20 Years Queer Tour, the band will play […]

Copenhagen-based trio Lust For Youth announce news of their European tour this autumn, including a headline London show at Birthdays on September 23rd. This follows the release of the band’s ‘International’ LP, which came out […]

‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’, Florence’s third critically acclaimed album was released this week to top the UK album chart, selling more than the rest of the top 5 combined, topping the charts in […]

Many bands are born of a defining event—an epic studio session, an inspiring shared event, a prescient record producer. Night Dials almost went down the road of predictable narratives. Almost. The band recorded their first […]

FIST CITY is excited to announce the release of its sophomore LP, Everything Is A Mess, on Transgressive Records. Recorded in October 2014 with producer Ben Greenberg (The Men, Hubble, Uniform) at Steve Albini’s Electrical […]

Following some success with 3 EP’’s ‘Miami Space Bus’ / ‘Follow the Pattern’ & ‘The Guru is a Perfect Mirror’, Synthetic Organs have excelled in their output and created an electronica album saturated in a […]

Guitar superstar TOMOYASU HOTEI has revealed the lyric video to his debut UK single ‘How The Cookie Crumbles’, which features the legendary front man Iggy Pop. The lyric video perfectly captures the raw power of […]

Following a tour of intimate UK venues surrounding the release of the ‘New Born Cry’ LP, JOHN McCULLAGH & THE ESCORTS will now take the songs of their first album together to bigger audiences as […]

With the release of their debut album A Dream Outside only a matter of weeks away, North London group Gengahr are pleased to share their cover of Fugazi’s ‘I’m So Tired’. Recorded and mixed in […]