There is Hookworms live and then there is Hookworms on record. As the flood of acclaim around their second album The Hum testifies, both are equally thrilling sides of one coin. The Leeds five-piece mix […]
This year Gravenhurst celebrates a decade of work on Warp Records with the reissue of two classic albums, Flashlight Seasons and Black Holes In The Sand, and an additional new album: Offerings: Lost Songs 2000 […]
Black Rivers have unveiled a preview of their forthcoming debut album. All the tracks were carefully mixed together by the band and then brought to life in this video courtesy of the talented Jason Hyde […]
Searching For Donkeys (SFD) are a four piece from Inverness whose debut e.p. Dirty Lunch is released on 13 December. The band have built up a loyal following in the North East of Scotland through […]
The band are heading out on the road again, playing indoor arenas for the first time in a decade. The iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour will see U2 play 19 cities worldwide next year, with pairs […]
This year sees the centenary of the Christmas Truce in the trenches of the First World War, in which English and German met on No Man’s Land and played football. This poignant moment in history […]
James Atkin previously of EMF has released a very special Christmas single in his own unique style. It’s a cover of that modern Christmas classic from The Pogues, ‘A Fairytale Of New York’, we like […]
The Jam’s 1979 masterpiece Setting Sons is being expanded and reissued on November 17th 2014 as super deluxe and deluxe editions which feature unreleased demos and live tracks. Setting Sons was originally conceived as a […]
The Scenes are a 6-piece experimental band from Oulu, Northern Finland, who sound like something between art pop, hardcore punk and progressive rock. They have just finished a tour of the UK supporting The Specials. I caught […]
Can it really be 18 years have passed since a group of guys barely out of high school formed Modest Mouse in Issaquah, Washington? Time has flown for the fans of the esteemed post grunge […]
Channelling influences from the likes of Badfinger, Nick Lowe and Oasis, The Shining Stars unashamedly come up with their own 21st century take on a classic rock’n’roll/power pop hybrid. ‘Glorious Mess’ is possibly the only […]
London based Rumble-Bop Trash Blitz 5-piece band Oh! Gunquit release a brand new single “Sinkhole” backed with instrumental “Stampede” via new One Little Indian imprint Winwin Records on 1st December. Oh! Gunquit have been performing […]
Hot on the heels of October’s single ‘I Should Have Gone To Uni’, West Yorkshire psychedelic alt-rock-grunge-pop weirdos Allusondrugs offer the world a new slice of what they do best, in the form of live […]
James Atkin has topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, enjoyed platinum-selling album success, received an Ivor Novello nomination for his songwriting and toured the world many times over. He is now about […]
Welcome to XS Noize MixTape #9, to showcase well known and up and coming bands/artists we have been spinning over the past few weeks. Featuring: Black Rivers, Empires That Dance, The Talks, Sol Flare, and […]
Petite Noir is to release a new 5 track EP entitled ‘The King Of Anxiety’ on 19th January 2015. The lead track Chess features lyrics directly lifted from an instant-messaging conversation that Petite Noir (Yannick […]
Nervous Nellie feature two sets of Swedish brothers (two of them grew up in Chicago) and are currently based in Stockholm. They have announced they’ll be releasing new album ‘When the Nightmare Gets In” on […]
Do-it-yourself Bristol musician Trust Fund has taken a step from small cassette runs on bedroom labels to sign to much-esteemed label Turnstile for the release of his debut album ‘No one’s coming for us’, out […]
Youth Club have premiered their new video for ‘People’ – the band’s new EP ‘Brothers’ is available for pre-order at iTunes now. Southend indie-pop band Youth Club have signed to LAB Records and will release […]
THE CORONAS ANNOUNCE UK TOUR IN MARCH TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF THEIR ALBUM ‘THE LONG WAY’ ON 9TH MARCH 2015 ON ISLAND RECORDS Boasting 3 double platinum albums in their homeland of Ireland, The […]