Articles by XS Noize

Described by the BBC as ‘Jump Beat’, The Whereabouts are a young, energetic four piece rhythm & blues, rock & roll band from Kingscourt in Co. Cavan, Ireland. All four lads in The Whereabouts have […]

Combining lyrics about self-discovery and life’s complexities with their unique mashing of genres from Indie Pop to Hip Hop, Swedish trio Blänk already has a track record of independent success. Now they are back with […]

Vision Fortune formed in 2011 primarily around Alex and Austin Peru. In the following years the band have rotated through a cast of drummers and had material released by the likes of Italian Beach Babes(Dirty […]

RELEASED ON ROSÉLIE RECORDS 2ND OF MARCH 2015 Bethia Beadman is ever in search of the ecstatic and transformative. She finds it in ‘Chinatown’, a new album that features ten new tracks, including the forthcoming […]

On February 2nd, Topshelf Records will release a split from Kind of Like Spittingand Warren Franklin & The Founding Fathers, titled ‘It’s Always Nice To See You’. Indie cult favorites Kind of Like Spitting formed […]

“Heartattack” is the first UK release from Thea & The Wild.Despite her young age, Thea Glenton Raknes is already a name in the Norwegian music industry. She has gained experience as a songwriter, lyricist, frontwoman, […]

PJ Harvey is recording her ninth studio album as an exhibition within the Inland Revenue’s former staff gymnasium and rifle range at Somerset House, London, From Jan 16th visitors will see and hear PJ Harvey, […]

Kanye West has released his first single of the new year ‘Only One’ the first of several rumored to feature Paul McCartney. The Auto-tune ballad, which features McCartney on keys, is a tribute to Kanye’s […]

iTunes have announced plans that offers users in the EU the chance to get refunds on music, no questions asked, for 14 days. But as Popjustice reports, the days of taking back a CD to […]

NME have reported that The Prodigy are to release new single ‘Nasty Nasty’ in January, the band’s first new song since 2009’s album ‘Invaders Must Die’. The band teased six different alternative versions for the […]

The Gravity Drive are a husband and wife harmony driven alt-pop duo. They self finance, promote and release their music on their own label working from their cottage near Bridport in Dorset. The Gravity Drive […]

British alternative band ARCHIVE have recently announced a new album called Restriction which will be released on January the 12th via the group’s own label Dangervisit, an inprint of [PIAS]. It follows the 2012 released […]

Thom Yorke has shared a new song, entitled ‘You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry’. The song accompanies the Boxing Day Bandcamp release of his second solo album ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’, which initially came out […]

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner is one of over 550 famous asked to choose between Beatles members John Lennon and Paul McCartney for a new documentary. The Sacred Goose productions film was posted online earlier […]

The Grubby Mitts are a band from Bedford, UK lead by acclaimed artist Andy Holden alongside long-term collaborators and friends Johnny Parry, Roger Illingworth, James MacDowell and John Blamey. Now in their early thirties, they […]

Off the back of his biggest headline show to date in November at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, guitarist and songwriter John Smith today announced details for a 2015 February UK tour. The tour is […]

His rise has been as improbable as it has been impressive. After dropping out of college and taking on work as a carpenter in Chicago, he got his musical start by providing CDs for his […]

XS Noize has only been live for 6 months but in that short time our writers have reviewed and heard some amazing music. Everyone put forward their favorite albums from the year, and after much […]