As the April 28 release of her eagerly anticipated new album ‘Blood Orange’ approaches, Freya Ridings announces details of a major UK and Ireland tour in support of the record. The ‘Blood Orange’ tour will […]
Following her recent single ‘Breaking The Circle’ and latest track ‘Everything is Sweet’, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shared new single ‘Lost in the Sunshine’, which is taken from her seventh studio album ‘HANA’ released on 2nd […]
Christine and the Queens releases the new single ‘True Love’ featuring 070 Shake. “True love”, a hauntingly beautiful plea to the angel of light to “take me higher,” is the second single from ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, […]
Ards and North Down Borough Council is delighted to announce its 2023 Ards International Guitar Festival programme. The much-loved festival will take place from 19 – 23 April at various venues around Newtownards. The festival […]
The World of Hans Zimmer – A New Dimension comes to 3Arena Dublin on Friday, 12th April 2024. Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10 am from www.ticketmaster.ie Powerful. Beautiful. Dramatic. Breath-taking. Strong. […]
Nathan Connolly has announced news of a UK and Ireland tour. The five dates in mid-June include London, Glasgow and a hometown show in Belfast’s Limelight 2. The tour follows the news of Connolly’s debut […]
Gary Numan celebrated the 998, 999 and 1000th concerts of his career at the Electric Ballroom in London on April 13th, 14th and 15th. This significant milestone was particularly special as the three sold-out nights […]
There’s no denying Coline Creuzot’s talent. Having fallen in love with the arts at a young age, she’s worked tirelessly in pursuit of achieving her dreams, moving from Texas to LA to focus herself entirely […]
The 2 Tone Ska revival was short and sweet and left a long-lasting mark on the UK music scene, with the issues being tackled sadly being as relevant today as they were in the 1970s/80s. […]
Peter Doherty, the Millennial Jean Genie/Jean Genet, played Limelight, Belfast, on his first solo acoustic tour in ten years. Peter performed a selection of nuggets from his back catalogue, including classics from The Libertines, Babyshambles […]
Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated album ATUM and North American THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE TOUR, The Smashing Pumpkins have shared the official music video for ‘EMPIRES’ – WATCH BELOW. The video […]
The Raven Age have released their brand new single ‘Serpents Tongue’, the latest song to be taken from the forthcoming album Blood Omen out July 7th via Music For Nations/Sony Music. The album is available […]
In episode #126 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Franco-British pianist and composer RIOPY to discuss his new album, THRIVE. RIOPY came to music in an extraordinary and unusual way. Escaping […]
A one-off release, the enigmatic Belfast songsmith is back with a new single that finds him stripping back the sonics to craft something of an unadorned and unassuming beauty. Pared back of arrangement and unspoiled […]
On June 16th, momentum continues for Alex Paterson’s Orbscure records, with the new album by Chocolate Hills – his duo project with Paul Conboy. Purveying world-class melodic ambience and plenty beyond, colours in this high-fidelity-headphone-wonderland […]
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom for the first time as an audio album – available in digital, CD and 2LP 12″ vinyl formats […]
Acclaimed indie-folk quartet Darlingside announces the July 28th release of their anticipated new album Everything is Alive (Thirty Tigers). Everything is Alive is the follow-up to the band’s celebrated 2020 release Fish Pond Fish, and […]
After an incredibly prolific 2022, which saw them release their highly-praised fourth studio album ‘Blue Hours’ in May, and their original soundtrack for the Apple TV+ series Trying, on which they collaborated with the likes […]
Exotico is different from Temples previous three albums for two reasons; firstly, it is the Kettering band’s debut double album; secondly, it is the first LP that is not self-produced. Exotico was produced by Sean […]
British synth-pop visionary Alison Goldfrapp today returns with a fresh taster from her highly anticipated debut solo album, ‘The Love Invention’, with the groove-laden new track “NeverStop”. Released on the 12th of May via the […]