The National has released its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, on 4AD (read the XS Noize review here). Also out today is a lyric video for the new album’s song “The Alcott,” […]

Hozier has shared the official video for “All Things End.” Created in collaboration with director Jared Asher Harris and choreographer Jillian Meyers, the visual offers a surreal view of Hozier on the operating table during […]

Nothing But Thieves have announced a 10-date October and November UK and Ireland headline tour, which will follow the release of their fourth album ‘Dead Club City’ on 7th July via RCA/Sony Music. With a […]

Local legends The Undertones are pleased to announce headline Belfast & Derry shows at The Telegraph Building, Belfast, on Saturday, November 25th and the Millennium Forum, Derry, on Friday, November 24th 2023. The shows will […]

Mike Peters and The Alarm continue the journey back to life and the release of new Album ‘FORWARDS’ (June 2nd 2023), and a fourth brand new single ‘NEW STANDARDS – the outlandish new song and […]

Today, The Gaslight Anthem return with their first new song in nine years, ‘Positive Charge.’ Produced and mixed by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Kurt Vile), ‘Positive Charge’ illuminates the band’s triumphant return to music […]

There’s an honesty and truth to LEONE’s (AKA Richie Bee Leone) music, particularly on his upcoming EP GTFOH, that some might consider lacking among many artists, with that truth coming from life experience – both the […]

In episode #127 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly to discuss his debut solo album, The Strange Order Of Things. Nathan Connolly has been the guitarist with the […]

Three years after Abolition of the Royal Familia, the Orb return with their seventeenth studio album, Prism. Over the last 35 years, The Orb have built a solid reputation for producing music that exists to […]

Aaron Dessner may have summed The National best when he said, “There’s a weird thing about The National; it’s just an evergreen, creative organism that won’t die. Eventually, no matter how far away we go […]

Celebrating 40 years of WHAM! Britain’s best-loved and most popular duo, this is what the fans have been waiting for… WHAM! The Singles: Echoes From The Edge Of Heaven. This multi-format release includes a special […]

Short, sharp and frank reviews from a confessed vinyl junkie. I’ll post my most loved records and most recent purchases here for your perusal every week. Alice Coltrane – The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane […]

An up-tempo gallop into the brighter months of the year comes via The Boo Radleys, who release their ode to beer-sodden romantic misadventure, How Was I To Know? Ahead of the summer release of their […]

Thundercat links with Tame Impala for a brand new single, “No More Lies,” out now on Brainfeeder. This is the first new Thundercat song in over three (3) years. The single arrives ahead of a […]

London band Palace today release a brand new single, “How Far We’ve Come”, their second track to be drawn from an upcoming EP due this summer – further details to follow. The melancholic, soaring single […]

April 14th to May 13th 2023 – happening all over the UK London, April 5th, 2023 – Little did we realize that each spring, musical artists from the great Francophone province of Québec (Canada) descend […]

Few bands have stood the test of time; however, you might like to define that term – quite like Everything But The Girl. The duo, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt, released their debut album Eden […]

Today James announce their new single, “Love Make A Fool”, taken from their forthcoming album Be Opened By The Wonderful. The only new track to feature on the album. Tim Booth says, “Love Make A […]