Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell releases his new compilation album Strange Loops & Outer Psych today (February 10). The CD-only release marks the end of the campaign for Andy’s second solo album Flicker, which […]

Recorded entirely on the KORG Electribe EMX1, the sounds of Dubstep, Riddim, Industrial Metal and Indie vocals collide on Skarkreem’s powerful debut single ’Skreem’ taken from the forthcoming ’Syn EP’. XS Noize is pleased to […]

In episode #117 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with EMF frontman James Atkin to talk about his 6th solo album ‘Circadian Rhythms.’ James Atkin is responsible for singing one of the […]

Now in their fourth decade as a band, indie rock trio Yo La Tengo understand the intricacies of time. On their first LP since 2018, This Stupid World, the group debates the passing of time, […]

There are not many bands who have a career so prolonged they can release twenty-two studio albums. There are even fewer that have been performing for 42 years. That number shrinks further if you only […]

“Supergroups” are not new. However, with a lineup consisting of Anaïs Mitchell, best known for providing the songs for the musical Hadestown, Eric D. Johnson, Fruit Bats, The Shins, and Josh Kaufman, who has produced […]

Hailing from Winsford – a forgotten town between Manchester and Liverpool – The Luka State aren’t overly concerned with the loftier heights of the rock’n’roll dream. Their gritty new album, ‘More Than This’, is an […]

Following the celebrated announcement last month of his forthcoming 9th studio album FANTASY (out 17th March on Other Suns via Virgin Records France) and sharing of transformative first cut “Ocean’s Niagara”, today M83, aka Anthony […]

Legendary rock band The Who will be touring the UK this Summer, the band will performing with a full orchestra each night with shows from 6th-23rd July in Hull, Edinburgh, London, Derby, Badminton, Durham, St […]

Depeche Mode has confirmed the release date of its eagerly anticipated new album, Memento Mori, which will be released March 24 via Columbia Records. Memento Mori’s arrival is heralded by today’s release of the first […]

ABKCO Films will launch The Rolling Stones Chronicles series on its Vevo-hosted YouTube channel on February 9. Co-produced by BBC Motion Gallery and ABKCO, The Rolling Stones Chronicles series consists of six documentary shorts, each […]

Enter Shikari are today sharing ‘It Hurts’, the second single to be taken from their highly-anticipated forthcoming album A Kiss For The Whole World, which will be released on 21st April via SO Recordings / […]

Ben Howard is excited to announce his return to Ireland with his first Dublin headline show in over four years, in the grounds of Dublin’s Fairview Park on 15 June 2023. Returning after the success […]

A Certain Ratio have shared the newest slice of what to expect from their forthcoming studio album, 1982, due out on Mute on 31 March 2023. Across the slick and punchy funk grooves of ‘SAMO’ […]

Ben Beetham, Jack Wilson, Eddie Lewis and George Macdonald aka punk band Kid Kapichi performed in Nottingham on Monday, the 6th of February. The gig’s energy was wild and loud. The crowd sang along, danced […]

Philip Selway releases his much-anticipated new album, Strange Dance, on 24th February via Bella Union. Having previously shared videos for the singles “Check For Signs Of Life” and “Picking Up Pieces”, Selway today shares the […]

Today, Daughter share new single ‘Party’ from their upcoming album Stereo Mind Game, out on 7 April. The release is the second outing from the new record, following the recently released single ‘Be On Your […]

Dick Valentine, the frontman of the legendary, impossible-to-kill Electric Six, returns to Ireland for the first two weeks of May looking to go pub to pub with an acoustic guitar, fixin’ on patching up the […]