Articles by XS Noize

Following the release of the first installment of Black Anything in December 2014 titled ‘Crawl/On My Way’ 10″, IS TROPICAL release the second part, ‘Cruise Control/Say’ today via the band’s new label NYC based Axis […]

The Black Ryder have premiered their new video for “Let Me Be Your Light” from their forthcoming album “The Door Behind The Door” (due for UK release on 20th April 2015). “The film for The […]

Of Monsters and Men are very pleased to announce details of their second album, for release this Summer. The Icelandic quintet will release ‘Beneath The Skin’ on 8th June through Island Records. ‘Beneath The Skin’ […]

Those who were unable to score a golden ticket to Ryan Adams’ one-man two-night stand at Carnegie Hall can now experience every one of the 42 career-spanning (and a pair of previously unreleased) songs Ryan […]

Ahead of his sold-out London show at the Barbican tomorrow, Squarepusher reveals a second track from his forthcoming album. “Through this record I aim to explore as forcefully as possible the hallucinatory, the nightmarish and […]

Courtney Barnett’s highly anticipated debut Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is out next week via Mom+Pop Music with excitement for the record at fever pitch. Yesterday Barnett and her band […]

Du Blonde is not a persona or a character, it’s Beth Jeans Houghton ripping it up and starting again. Welcome Back To Milk is the Newcastle-born and sometimes Californian based singer’s second album, but her […]

The Prodigy return with more mind-melting music for your discerning ears ahead of the release of their sixth album ‘The Day is My Enemy’. Album closer, ‘Wall of Death’ is a body blow of a […]

Johnny Marr is set to mark this year’s Record Store Day with a numbered limited edition 7″ release of his interpretation of Depeche Mode’s 1993 classic “I Feel You”. Johnny played the track live during […]

After having caused a splash with his debut album ‘North South Divide’ in autumn 2013, Doncaster’s highly acclaimed teenage troubadour John McCullagh and his newly formed band The Escorts are back with a brand new […]

SEARCHING FOR THE SUPERTRUTH (The title is borrowed from cosmic evolution theorist Rich Blundell) is a distinctive and diverse follow up to their acclaimed debut BROTHERS IN BROOKLYN and while it will continue to attract […]

We Are Hard Left is the debut album from Hard Left. Brought together by the music, held together by the outrage — Hard Left are a hard-mod/punk band borne out of a desire to explore […]

Graham Parker and the Rumour, one of the UK’s pioneering pre-punk bands return with a new album, Mystery Glue out 18th May. The Rumour formed in 1975 and although deemed too edgy for the traditional […]

Brighton based duo Sea Bed are not your typical electronic act. With an instrument in one hand and an array of tech reserved for the other, Lizzie Massey and Jim Corbin are more than ready […]

London based producer/songwriter Rubik is also known as Shaun Yule, founder of the exploratory, left-field imprint Domestic Records. Responsible for the discovery of esteemed success AxxoN N, as well as releases by the likes of […]

Paradox are an Alternative Rock/Grunge Outfit from Cork, Ireland. Formed in 1996 by brothers Pete Mac and Mike Mac the early Paradox sound was heavily influenced by the Grunge Era of the 90’s. The band […]

‘Take a Bow’ is a storming new track from The Reveurs, a four piece Manchester based rock/indie band who are committed to writing and performing intense, unique and lyrically engaging indie-rock anthems. Formed in late […]

Following last year’s single ‘Groove It Out’, LoneLady (AKA Julie Campbell) can now announce her new album: Hinterland. Her second full length album will be released on 23rd March and follows 2010’s Nerve Up. Hinterland […]