South East London vocalist/producer/director Grant Armour has been making documentaries on subjects like drugs, rave culture, fetishes, mental health, prisons, ancient rituals, homelessness, LGBTQ+ rights and space tourism. In the past, he has collaborated with […]

Arctic Monkeys have launched ‘I Ain’t Quite Where I Think I Am’, a new track from their forthcoming album ‘The Car’, released this coming Friday, 21st October. The video for ‘I Ain’t Quite Where I […]

After making his eagerly-awaited return last month and rocketing straight to the top of the UK singles chart with ‘Forget Me’, making it his third UK number 1, Lewis Capaldi today announces his brand new […]

Go_A – an electro-folk band from Ukraine representing their country at Eurovision in 2021, visited Nottingham on the 17th of October. Their performance brought references to Ukrainian culture and groovy dance-inducing beats that made everyone […]

I Don’t Belong Anywhere is October Drift’s follow-up to their debut album Forever Whatever in 2020. The Taunton quartet have been playing most of their lives (since age 13) and are Alex Bispham (bass), Chris […]

Following seven years of fundraising, lobbying, planning and extensive refurbishment, The Court House on Bangor seafront will finally open its doors to the public on Thursday, 20th October. The first performances will be from up-and-coming […]

Irish indie-punk five-piece New Pagans return with their new single ‘Better People’, a stunning blast of positivity – and the first glimpse of the band’s stellar new era. As the music industry fights to return […]

I can’t believe it’s been 40 years since “Ghost Town” hit the top of the singles charts. The Specials anthemic track is still relevant today, a song about social issues such as racial tensions and […]

David Gray and his Skellig choir are to perform songs from his acclaimed studio album Skellig live for the first and only time in a series of five intimate shows in early 2023. Gray’s twelfth […]

Following the recent release of their 10th studio album In The Court of The Dragon, American heavy metal band Trivium have today announced they are returning to Dublin and Belfast to play The Helix and […]

In episode #106 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Simple Minds guitar maestro Charlie Burchill to talk about their 18th studio album –  Direction of the Heart, released on 21 October. […]

“It’s been a hell of a journey…” As the band drift onto the stage, there is a real sense of occasion to this gig – the first night of the current tour. No doubt this […]

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Six, in March 2023, Paul Draper and his live band are hitting the road, playing legendary venues up and down the UK. For these very special headline shows, Draper […]

Short, sharp and frank reviews from a confessed vinyl junkie. I’ll post my most loved records and recent purchases here for your perusal weekly. This is the second album from Portland, Oregon’s Eric Sabatino’s project […]

Today, Australian polymaths King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unveil their new single/video, ‘Hate Dancin’’ taken from their forthcoming album Changes, out October 28th on KGLW. Following last week’s Laminated Denim – an album written […]

Charting an independent course alongside their day job as Frank Turner’s band – THE SLEEPING SOULS – are pleased to present their debut single together, ‘Liar / Lover’ (out now via Xtra Mile Recordings). The […]

Following the news of two sold-out stadium shows at Newcastle’s St. James’ Park, Sam Fender has announced his biggest-ever Belfast date for next summer at Ormeau Park, Belfast, on Friday, 23rd June 2023. Over the […]

Trafalgar Releasing, Warner Music Entertainment and MTV Entertainment Studios are delighted to announce that the feature-length documentary Liam Gallagher – Knebworth 22 will be in cinemas worldwide from Thursday, 17th November 2022, for a limited […]