With their highly-anticipated new album ‘Blue Hours’ set for release on May 13th via Communion Records, folk-rock duo Bear’s Den – made up of Andrew Davie and Kevin Jones – have now shared the new […]

Britrock veterans Feeder have announced a headline Belfast show at the Limelight 1 on Friday 24th June 2022. The band are set to release their new album ‘Torpedo’ on March 18th. The celebrated, multi-platinum-selling, rock […]

‘Everybody Becomes a Problem Eventually’ details how to deploy a strategy on how to trick your lover when it comes to affairs of the heart. Lyrically Paul is looking at how people can act in […]

DIANA ROSS will be playing Dublin’s 3Arena on Sunday 3 July 2022. Diana Ross is considered one of the most successful recording artists and entertainers of all time. From her landmark solo career to the […]

Today, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce their first-ever double album, Omnium Gatherum, which is coming soon via their own label KGLW. Today, they share its epic 18-minute lead single, “The Dripping Tap.” Following […]

Today, Aldous Harding releases ‘Fever’, the second single from her forthcoming new album Warm Chris. Accompanying the song’s swaggering piano-driven staccato is an official video created by Harding and Martin Sagadin showcasing the many faces […]

New York trio Sunflower Bean—vocalist and bassist Julia Cumming (she/her), guitarist and vocalist Nick Kivlen (he/him), and drummer Olive Faber (she/they)—recently announced their long-awaited new album, Headful of Sugar. The band previewed the record with […]

Short, sharp and frank reviews from a confessed vinyl junkie. I’ll be posting my most loved records and most recent purchases right here for your perusal every week. Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent. […]

After releasing her debut EP Neukölln Nights, dedicated to a haunted summer love, Berlin-based singer-songwriter D’aria is embarking on a new project exploring her identity outside of relationships. In a world where playing tough is […]

Bangor four-piece The Florentinas played a headline Belfast show at the Ulster Sports Club supported by Casual Riots on Friday 4th March 2022. The Show was a fantastic spectacle. Bernie Mc Allister was there to […]

Florence + the Machine debut a new song, “Heaven is Here,” today alongside a video by acclaimed director Autumn de Wilde and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. Watch BELOW: “‘Heaven is Here’ was the first song […]

Jenny Hval’s career to date is rich and vast, just like each and every song she creates. Listening to her work makes you question if you should use the word cosmic to other music outside […]

With their new LP Everything Was Beautiful due out 22 April via Bella Union, and Spiritualized today share the video for a propulsive new single, “The Mainline Song,” which was partly inspired by the protests […]

Peter Doherty & Frédéric Lo release their debut album ‘The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime’ through Strap Originals on Friday, March 18th. A new single, lifted from the album, ‘The Epidemiologist’ is available now […]

In episode #70 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Simon ‘Sice’ Rowbottom and Tim Brown from The Boo Radleys about ‘Keep On With Falling,’ their first album in almost a quarter […]

English Ska legends Madness are pleased to announce a return to Belfast with a headline show at Belfast’s CHSq on Sunday 7th August 2022. Formed in the mid to late 1970s Madness are one of […]

Alice Merton’s debut album ‘MINT’ saw the London-based musician achieve phenomenal success. A fixture on Top 10 charts across Europe, Alice has accumulated 1 billion streams and was the winning judge of the German edition […]

Building on 200 million streams and two Radio 2 A-listed Records of the Week, Albin Lee Meldau today shares his brand new single ‘Forget About Us’ – his first English-language release in three years, and […]