In 1992, The Wedding Present released a limited edition single every month, each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover on the B side. The tracks were compiled on two albums: […]

Australian independent singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts has announced his REWIND TOUR, which will see him visit UK/Ireland in 2023 for the first time since his rapturously received and sold-out headline run in 2019. The tour will […]

With their latest release added to All New Rock on Spotify, Deaf Radio return with the 3rd single from their upcoming album, revealing an alternate side to the high-energy act. Quicksand proves its name to […]

On 30 September – BLANCMANGE – will release the new album: Private View. Marking a return to London Records, almost 40 years since the label released the band’s debut, the release is preceded by the […]

With her new album ‘Desert Car’ having been delayed by two years, AC Sapphire is now sharing the hard work she put into its creation with the world. As an artist who looks at society […]

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. The sudden and extremely sad passing of Paul Ryder had me […]

Gang Of Youths were formed in Sydney, Australia in 2011 by Dave Le’aupepe and some like-minded mates. Within months of their first gig, they’d started to attract a rabid fanbase enraptured by their expansive, widescreen […]

Scottish phenomenon Gerry Cinnamon closes his UK summer dates in style in front of 100,000 people at Scotland’s national football stadium. Performing for 50,000 fans at Glasgow’s Hampden Park last night with another sold-out night […]

Orbital will release the new album: 30 Something – on 29 July. The release is preceded by the single “Where Is It Going? (feat. Stephen Hawking)”. Available on double CD, quadruple LP boxset and digital […]

Sam Fender shares a new track, ‘Alright’. The track was recorded during the initial recording sessions for Sam’s number 1 charting second album, Seventeen Going Under, and lands now during a triumphant Summer of festival […]

Having been personally chosen by Liam Gallagher to open his biblical Knebworth Park weekender, Pastel’s performance showed that the newcomers are natural stars on the biggest of stages. Now the Manchester quintet release their first […]

Today Tim Finn and Phil Manzanera release the ‘Our Love’ video. ‘Our Love’ is one of 10 songs from the album The Ghost of Santiago, the latest album to be released by Finn and Manzanera, […]

Saving Grace, the musical collective featuring former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant, have today announced that they are returning to perform a string of Irish shows this autumn, including a set in Belfast’s Ulster Hall […]

In episode #92 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Alice Merton. With over a billion streams to date and Top 10 chart positions across Europe, Alice Merton has established herself as […]

The Communards’ album ‘Red’ will be reissued by London Records on 7th October 2022. In celebration of the release, The 2 Bears have remixed the duo’s smash hit ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’ and you can […]

On 16th Sep, Marcus Mumford will release his debut solo album, (self-titled) via Island Records. Produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Jim James), the album includes features from Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo and Monica […]

The entertainment industry has been transformed by digital technology, and yet there are still a whole lot of evolutions and adaptations that are happening right now or are just around the corner. Let’s look at […]

Following the first leg of a sold-out European tour which included a sold-out date in London at Union Chapel, RIOPY – the self-taught Franco-British pianist/composer with nearly half a billion streams to his name and […]