This week sees the 40th anniversary of Duran Duran’s self-titled debut album. XS Noize looks back on this momentous release from a band that would become the ‘Fab Five’ of the ‘80s. It was December […]
Acclaimed rock ’n’ roll band Heartless Bastards have announced the release of their long-awaited new album. A Beautiful Life arrives via Sweet Unknown Records/Thirty Tigers on Friday, September 10th. Heartless Bastards’ sixth studio album and […]
SLEEVEENS is Gareth McCarthy (instruments and voice) and Craig Cahill (voice and words). Gareth and Craig have written, performed and worked together for over 20 years in a number of different musical groups (e.g. Red […]
Today, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum pop superstar JESSIE J premieres the official music video for the brand-new single “I Want Love” via LAVA/Republic Records. “This album is like a short film over many years of my […]
Paul Hartnoll – one half of ground-breaking electronic dance music duo Orbital and controversial poet and performance artist Murray Lachlan Young announce their lockdown-inspired musical collusion album as “Hartnoll & Young”. Capturing the covid zeitgeist, […]
Today Adventures in Noise share ‘Get Inside The Music’ Featuring Noel Gallagher. This is a fun way to introduce Adventures in Noise, and although it’s totally unofficial, it serves as a nice taster for forthcoming […]
Following his critically-acclaimed project ‘Bettie James’, the chart-topping, platinum-selling recording artist and current ACM New Male Artist of the Year Jimmie Allen will release his new album ‘Bettie James Gold Edition’ on June 25th via […]
Hot on the heels of announcing their Nov/Dec 2021 US touring extravaganza with Evanescence, US rockers HALESTORM are delighted to confirm new tour plans for the UK/Europe in Feb/Mar 2022, including a headline Belfast show […]
Legendary musician Bob Mould today marks the 10-year anniversary of his groundbreaking memoir See A Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody by sharing a video clip of him reading from the book and […]
THE DSM IV take their name from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders vol IV, as used by the American Psychiatric Association. Frontman Guy McKnight’s interest in it was born out of his experiences […]
This is the third single from Ragsy’s eagerly awaited forthcoming album ‘One More For The Road’ Volume 1, which was recorded at Northhouse studios, co-produced with friend and producer Chris Peet and features the artwork […]
Love Welcomes today announce a new partnership with legendary U2 guitarist The Edge to create and sell unique collectors-item guitar straps to help provide employment and support to refugee women. Available to pre-order from today at www.lovewelcomes.org. […]
After kicking off 2021 with ‘Tangerine’ last month – the first taste of his new music this year – the rising pop trailblazer Denis Coleman, shares his new single ‘Wrong Reasons’ out now via AWAL. […]
Today, OMD announces the “SOUVENIR GREATEST HITS” 2022 North American Tour. In addition, the band will be performing the “You Me & OMD” live stream on June 19th. Live Stream Ticket All proceeds will be split between OMD’s touring crew who have not […]
Country superstar Brett Eldredge has announced UK tour dates, which includes a show at the Ulster Hall, Belfast on Tuesday 3 May 2022. Tickets are on sale this Friday, 18 June at: www.ulsterhall.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.ie […]
Having been inspired by acts such as Bikini Kill and Bratmobile, as well as earlier punk acts like The Slits, X-Ray Spex, and Siouxsie and the Banshees; from their formation in 1994, Sleater-Kinney have been […]
The Taylor Twins first emerged as Butterfly in 2020, earning introductory airplay at Radio 1, 6 Music and Radio X for their EP ‘Ranger 1’. They were also tipped by veterans musicians and rising talents […]
Funk legend Nile Rodgers will return to Belfast with his legendary band CHIC to headline Custom House Square on Tuesday 24th August 2021. Among music legends, Nile Rodgers is truly exceptional. He amplifies his legacy […]
HUNYBEES storm into 2021 with their biggest project to date, a 4 track EP ‘Filth’. To honour the body of work, HUNYBEES today release the video for the last single from the EP ‘I Keep […]
Setting eternally relevant themes to classic melodies with an ear for modernist production, Gavin James’ unassuming authenticity and songcraft has been the key to him unlocking 1.5 billion streams, 6 million monthly listeners at Spotify, […]