Articles by XS Noize

Striding the globe and crossing musical genres was all in a career’s work for Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford as the lead guitarist of Welsh indie icons Super Furry Animals, but the band’s four year hiatus has […]

In this release, two-time Alternative Eurovision winner Ummagma rise above the decay and mayhem encountered in that country to embrace diversity and beauty, while taking their music in new directions. ‘Kiev’ is not only the […]

Frontman Rishi Dhir, drummer Miles Dupire, and guitarist Gabriel Lampert are Montreal’s Elephant Stone who return with their third album ‘The Three Poisons’ a blend of retro pop, indie and traditional Indian music. The inspiration […]

Toronto trio Elliott BROOD are gearing up to release their highly anticipated new album, ‘Work and Love’ (Paper Bag Records), the album is the follow-up to ‘Days Into Years’, which won a Juno Award in […]

Exciting news for all you Coldplay fans out there..The band are set to release a new concert film & live album on November 24th! The concert will be available on CD/DVD/Blu-ray. Filmed by Grammy-nominated director […]

From NME, The Charlatans have confirmed details of their new album ‘Modern Nature’. The 11-song LP is their 12th studio effort to date and will be released on January 26, 2015 via BMG Chrysalis. It’ll […]

The Twilight Sad are set to release their fourth studio album Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave via FatCat on Monday 27th October in the UK, their much anticipated follow up […]

Foo Fighters’ eighth album, ‘Sonic Highways’, will be released on November 10. Eagles’ Joe Walsh, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen are among the guests who feature on the record. […]

Weavers of majestic yet understated indie pop Low have put together a rather glorious remix of The Crookes’ ‘Echolalia’, premiering via The Onion’s AV Club. “It’s a great tune,” said Alan Sparhawk of Low, “we […]

Noel Gallagher’s UK tour sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale earlier today (October 17). The former Oasis frontman – who releases new ‘Chasing Yesterday’ on March 2, 2015 – will tour the […]

UMC are proud to present Blondie, Blondie’s studio LPs originally released between 1976 and 1982 brought together in a boxed set for the first time. Each LP will have exact reproductions of original artwork to […]

Jennie Vee is a musician/songwriter specializing in nu-gaze gloom-pop from Toronto, Canada and based in NYC. She fronted punk darlings Tuuli and electro pop duo The Vicious Guns. She has just completed her first solo […]

Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album The Big Other, London based Fiction announce a new EP on November 03 via Vaguely Pagan/Tip Top Recordings. The In Real Life EP – named after […]

For French 20-something, Owlle, music is a way to tell stories, a way to embrace freedom and other worlds, and very much expose two sides of the same coin. In Owlle’s world, the things that […]

Marshalltown, IA USA- Modern Life Is War, not only one of the most beloved bands in the punk rock/hardcore world, but one of the most important of the last decade, are set to return to […]

New Forest rockers Natives have announced a headline tour for February – and strictly limited pre-sale tickets come with a signed poster and are available now at the band’s website. Full dates are: 16 February […]

Birmingham punk trio Youth Man have premiered their new video for ‘Joy’ with Clash Magazine. After a summer of festival appearances and the addition of new bass player Miles Cocker, the band continue their relentless […]

  Manchester based Indie/electro band The Slow Readers Club follow the huge success of their last single ‘Don’t Mind’ with the re-release of fan favourite, the stunning ‘Forever In Your Debt’, a taut, energetic and […]