April 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s ALADDIN SANE, which was released only ten months after his breakthrough album THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM […]

Belle and Sebastian hit the ground running in 2023 with new album Late Developers, released this Friday, January 13th. The first single ‘I Don’t Know What You See In Me’ can be heard now. One […]

Public Image Ltd. (PiL) are confirmed to take part in the competition to represent Ireland at the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest with the most personal piece of songwriting and accompanying artwork that John Lydon […]

Northern Ireland’s best comedians were in the Limelight today at the official press conference for the ‘Valentines Day Massacre’ comedians boxing event which will take place at the Ulster Hall, Belfast on Feb 11th. Comedians, […]

Following on from the release of their highly-praised new EP ‘Anywhere From Here’ last year, Bridlington’s finest Seafret are looking to kick off their 2023 with their soaring new single ‘See, I’m Sorry’. Conjuring a […]

Today, on the first full moon of 2023, Peter Gabriel has revealed the first new song from his forthcoming album i/o. The track is accompanied by a cover image by the artist David Spriggs. Written […]

Local comedians come together for a charity boxing event live at the Ulster Hall, Belfast. You’ve come to see them tell jokes. Now come and see them knock the ballix out of each other. Local […]

The Hold Steady have announced the release of their ninth studio album, The Price of Progress, arriving everywhere on the band’s Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers on Friday, March 31, 2023. It will be […]

Today, Mac DeMarco announces Five Easy Hot Dogs, his new album, out January 20th (CD/digital) and May 12th (vinyl) on Mac’s Record Label. “The plan was to start driving north, and not go home to […]

The Slow Readers Club today share their new single ‘Modernise’. It’s the second track to preview the Manchester band’s new album ‘Knowledge Freedom Power’, which follows on February 24th. The record is their first full […]

Today, Moby returns with his semi-annual tradition of releasing a new album of ambient compositions, with Ambient 23, a 16-track exploration of the weightless form that is ambient, weaving improvised drifting sonics out of his […]

There is a connection between submitting to and interviewing for music schools. Every school’s page contains a detailed description of their registration and hearing criteria, so we do not need to repeat that data here. […]

While the comprehensive science test is due soon, you may study every free minute. You crawl into midnight during your nocturnal, moonlit learning marathons, and the hours pass by. What if there were a more […]

L-Plate played a fantastic debut headline show with support from Moonbot & Disorder last night at McHughs Bar, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bernie McAllister was there to take these amazing images.           […]

In 2022 we all got back to normal and enjoyed live music and the fantastic albums released this year. So it’s that time of year again when the XS Noize writers have sat down and […]

In 2022 we all got back to normal and enjoyed live music and the fantastic albums released this year. So it’s that time of year again when the XS Noize writers have sat down and […]

††† (Crosses) —the duo made up of Deftones’ Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez—present their cover of George Michael’s “One More Try” accompanied by an animated visualizer.  In 2020, they instituted a holiday ritual by […]

Taylor Swift extended her record-setting 2022 performance with the debut of her tenth studio album Midnights on October 21st, released on Republic Records/Universal Music Group. In just eight weeks, Midnights has achieved over 6 million […]