Poker and music have crossed paths on numerous occasions, with artists having used concepts of the classic casino game within the lyrics of their songs. However, there are some that have decided to use the […]

Experience counts for everything, and you can’t always leave the past behind, as proven by The Boo Radleys, who show their statesman-like songwriting prowess and revive the melodic, pop sensibilities of their chart-cresting nineties exploits […]

With three consecutive double-Platinum singles and another pair of Platinum-certified tracks, Ananya Birla is India’s leading English-language pop star. Her reputation is going global, too, leading to 500 million+ streams to date, an MTV EMA […]

Following their recent sold-out and critically acclaimed UK tour, JAMES have released the orchestral version of one of their most loved songs, SOMETIMES, taken from BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL, their new double album in […]

Royal Blood today ignite an epic summer ahead as they announce the September 8th release of their fourth album, Back To The Water Below and share its lead single ‘Mountains At Midnight’. The announcement comes […]

To gain exclusive access to purchase tickets for HOZIER at Limelight 1 on Wednesday, 26th July 2023, pre-order* your copy of ‘Unreal Unearth’ or any album bundle via the Record Store store by 16:00 BST […]

Welsh rock legends The Alarm have been invited to perform as special guests with The Cult on American Independence Day (July 4th 2023) at the band’s huge outdoor show at Cardiff Castle. Despite very close […]

A fresh insight into the highly anticipated new album ‘A Fine Commitment’ (out 16 June), MONOGRAMS is back with the invigorating new single: “Carry The Weight”. From the speeding cop sirens that screech through its […]

Thirty-six years since their debut single, ‘Dignity’ – and their debut album, Raintown – Deacon Blue have announced their most comprehensive greatest hits anthology to date, along with a career-spanning box set. All The Old […]

When the Levellers took their first acoustic album, We The Collective, of reinterpreted old and new songs on tour in 2018, the London leg took them to Camden Roundhouse in North London. Five years later, […]

Marking their first album since the pre-pandemic Suck on Light, Australian indie quintet Boy & Bear are back with their self-titled album. Boy & Bear is the band’s fifth studio album, but it’s the first […]

Sasha Samara is an exciting, new voice in indie pop music. Coating her music in an endearing honesty, she threads together observations and exclamations that are underlined by a thrilling specificity. All of this is […]

Following her recent single ‘Breaking The Circle’ and latest track ‘Everything is Sweet’, Sophie Ellis-Bextor recently released the new single ‘Lost in the Sunshine’ and has today shared the charming Italian filmed video for the […]

In episode #131 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Dan Croll to discuss his latest album, Fools. Returning to his familiar haunt Montrose Recording in Richmond, VA, where he also recorded his 2020 […]

Irish psychedelic/electronic pop sextet – EXTRANAUTS – have revealed their latest offering, “Everybody in the Nite”, taken from their upcoming debut album ‘The Alchemist’ (out 2 June 2023). With its disco-fied beats, elasticised basslines, and […]

Singular psych-folk-pop-rock wanderers, The Coral revel in a resurgent phase of artistic enquiry and announce that TWO albums will be released later this year at the same time as revealing their first new music since […]

What springs to mind when you hear mention of Newcastle Upon Tyne? A resurgent football club, coal, brown ale, Viz comic, Alan Shearer, The Animals, Prefab Sprout, Sting, and Get Carter, maybe? To that illustrious […]

Depeche Mode has unveiled the starkly beautiful and intensely provocative video for ‘Wagging Tongue,’ the second visual interpretation of a track from its universally acclaimed 15th studio album, Memento Mori (Columbia Records). Directed by The […]