elbow’s 9th studio album ‘Flying Dream 1’ will be released on November 19th 2021. elbow wrote ‘Flying Dream 1’ remotely in their home studios before coming together at the empty Brighton Theatre Royal to perfect, […]

Following the unveiling of the official trailer for the highly anticipated cinematic documentary ‘Oasis Knebworth 1996’, in cinemas worldwide from September 23rd via Trafalgar Releasing, Oasis today reveal unseen footage of their performance of their […]

In episode #51 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Megan and Rebecca from Grammy-nominated roots-rock duo Larkin Poe. Megan and Rebecca talk about the new album ‘Paint The Roses: Live […]

The spotlight continues to shine on talented Swedish-American singer-songwriter, Lexi Berg, who has attracted fresh waves of attention with the release of three debut singles this year.  ‘Into the Sea’,  ‘Helpless To Help You’ and ‘Midnight Sun’ have been […]

Today sees the release of Particles, the third track from Damon Albarn’s second solo album The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows out 12th November on Transgressive Records.  Particles is the uplifting final […]

Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum (Michael C. Hall, Peter Yanowitz & Matt Katz-Bohen) are excited to share the official video for “Nevertheless” and announce a series of Fall European Headline Tour Dates.  Tickets for […]

17-time Grammy Award-winning musician Sting has announced The Bridge, a brand-new album to be released on November 19 via UMC/Polydor. The first single, “If It’s Love” is out now. The Bridge showcases Sting’s prolific and […]

Having now completed his third full decade as a recording artist, The Divine Comedy, aka Neil Hannon, today announces the treasure trove that is Charmed Life – The Best Of The Divine Comedy – a […]

Today, Duran Duran share the anthemic ‘ANNIVERSARY’, produced by the band along with British DJ/producer, Erol Alkan and the third song taken from their fifteenth studio album, ‘FUTURE PAST’, set for global release on October […]

Miles Kane has returned with, ‘Don’t Let It Get You Down’, the debut single from his forthcoming new album Change The Show, out 21st January 2022 on BMG. ‘Don’t Let It Get You Down’ is […]

Johnny Marr returns with ‘Spirit, Power And Soul’, the first new music from his forthcoming double album and fourth solo full-length record, titled ‘Fever Dreams Pts 1-4’. Marking Johnny’s first new music since 2019, new […]

The Swedish Grammy winner Zikai and hit producers Hitimpulse team up for their single ‘Hero’. Together, this hot collab delivers a laid back R&B-Pop interpolation of the 1984 classic by world star Bonnie Tyler.  Zikai […]

During a decade of touring with Crystal Fighters, Eleanor K was a big part of their inclusive, celebratory sound as they rose from a warehouse in east London to playing some of the world’s biggest […]

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Seth Glier recently released his new album, The Coronation, an exploration of the essentiality of human interconnection and healing. Glier explains, “’The Coronation’ marks the emergence of our collective unconscious into consciousness and […]

UK singer-songwriter RAYE is pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at Limelight 2 on Saturday 6th November 2021. RAYE released her mini-album, Euphoric Sad Songs in November 2020 and has had recent hits with […]

Lindsey Buckingham has today announced his first EVER solo tour of Europe starting in Dublin on the 17th of May before playing three UK shows in Glasgow, Liverpool and London. The self-titled tour then plays […]

Last year’s Forest Robots album, After Geography, made it into my top ten Xs Noize albums of the year list. A beautiful slice of electronic dreamscapes, emotive, imaginative and blissful. In Spring (2021), Forest Robots […]

Twenty-nine years ago, the Manic Street Preachers released their debut LP, Generation Terrorists. Now they release their 14th: The Ultra Vivid Lament. What has changed? What is different about this new offering? In discussing this […]