The Xs Noize team catches up with Artists and Bands to talk about their music and ideas.
King Charles has released his new album ‘Out Of My Mind’. The album expresses his journey of recovery to mental and physical health and is a collection of soulful and eclectic songs that portray Charles’ […]
Mystery Jets finally release their fantastic new album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’. The release follows the album’s postponement last September due to lead singer Blaine Harrison’s ill health. Mark Millar caught up with Blaine to talk […]
Followers of the Northern Irish artist Malojian were surprised and delighted when his fifth studio album Humm was released months ahead of schedule. In a note to fans, Malojian (aka Stevie Scullion), said, “if it brings you […]
DMA’S 3rd studio album ‘THE GLOW’ is due for release on July 10th. It was recorded and mixed by multiple Grammy winner Stuart Price in between Westlake Studios in West Hollywood & RAK Studios in […]
Northern Irish rockers Therapy? celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the band with Greatest Hits (The Abbey Road Session). To coincide with the bands So Much for the 30 Year Plan Tour, the band re-recorded 12 […]
Liverpool legends Cast celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their classic debut album ‘All Change’. Originally released on 16th October 1995 it became the highest-selling debut album in the history of the Polydor label. The album […]
The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess must be the busiest man in music. He has announced news of his new solo album ‘I Love The New Sky’ released 22nd May via Bella Union and shared a […]
October Drift don’t take shortcuts. With their own personal style of intense guitar-driven, emotionally charged music the Taunton, Somerset quartet of Kiran Roy, Chris Holmes, Alex Bispham and Daniel Young have toured around the country […]
Sassy alt-rock/grunge-pop band from South Yorkshire, Hands Off Gretel play a headline Belfast show at Voodoo on Friday 14th February 2020. The four-piece have built themselves a solid live reputation, for a high energy shows […]
Having successfully outlasted their self-described ‘guaranteed real teenagers’ tagline when they first burst in earshot in 1994, ASH release Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash released on 14th February 2020. Teenage Wildlife traces the band’s […]
An Evening with Shaun Ryder begins on Saturday night at the Sugar Club in Dublin. The evening features an in-depth interview with the man himself, about his years in Happy Mondays & Black Grape, the […]
Thomas and Alex White return with their 5th album as The Electric Soft Parade, Stages deals with the passing of Thomas and Alex’s mother. These 7 expansive tracks transcend their roots in grief, reaching through […]
Phil Taggart’s Slacker Podcast (LIVE) ft. Ryan McMullan comes to The Limelight, Belfast on December 17th. The Slacker Podcast started a year ago and since starting has topped the podcast charts throughout UK and Ireland. […]
British soul hurricane, Hannah Williams will play a headline Belfast show at The Limelight 2 on Saturday, December 14th 2019. Hannah sensationally became part of Jay-Z’s chart-topping 4:44 album when the hip-hop superstar sampled her […]
Brix & The Extricated released their amazing new album “Super Blood Wolf Moon” on 25th October on Grit Over Glamour Records. Honouring the prolific output that is historically embedded in this band’s DNA, Brix & […]
Derry based Americana, folk artist Reevah (AKA Aoife Boyle) released her new single ‘Older Now’ on October 4th the first track taken from ‘A Different Light’ EP, due for release on April 24th 2020. Mark […]
Young artists are often told to “have a plan,” “know what the next six months, two years, five years, looks like.” For many, it’s a lot to wrap their heads around when all they want […]
Cleveland based alternative rock band, Welshly Arms, continues to captivate audiences across the globe with their fiery brand of gospel-tinged, blues rock, evident in their debut album ‘No Place Is Home’, spawning the platinum-selling single […]
It’s going to be a busy end to 2019 for Snow Patrol. The band play Olympia Theatre, Dublin on 26th November and Waterfront Hall, Belfast on 28th and 29th November and other UK dates on […]
I Am Muir burst on to Northern Ireland’s music landscape in early 2019. With a series of self-produced singles released on Soundcloud, I Am Muir is the new creative moniker of singer-songwriter Brenna Goff. Those […]