Open House Festival Bangor returns this week with a programme of outdoor events including music, comedy, spoken word, classic cinema and walking tours, the majority of which will be held in the beautiful surroundings of […]
Marking 25 years to the day since the first night of the record-breaking Knebworth 1996 concerts, today Oasis unveil the trailer for their eagerly anticipated cinematic documentary, released in cinemas worldwide from September 23 via […]
The Ronnie Wood Band today release two more tracks from the second instalment of the live album trilogy -‘Mr Luck – A Tribute to Jimmy Reed: Live at the Royal Albert Hall’. Ronnie and friends […]
In episode #48 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with music legend Tito Jackson to discuss his debut Blues album, Under Your Spell, The Jackson 5, his brother Michael Jackson and […]
In light of Covid, which shut down live music, there has been much discussion about how to bring the live act, venue and gig-goers together without either of them being physically together. Melody VR has […]
Fabels are Hiske Weijers, Ben Aylward (plus live, guest performer Tim Powles/The Church) who play original, experimental, progressive, dreamscape music with dynamic arrangements. Formed in Sydney, late 2010, the band have toured extensively through Australia […]
Acclaimed experimental music maker Meilir has announced his captivating album ‘In Tune’ will be available from UK Record Stores from 13.08.21. Released via Gwdihŵ Records (Goo-dee-who – the Welsh word for owl) the record will […]
Born Purple features crystalline falsetto vocals from Mícheál Keating (Bleeding Heart Pigeons), a unique singer with a background in farming in County Limerick, Ireland. “The imagery in the verse comes from a time I saw […]
Today The Vaccines share “Alone Star,” the new single from their upcoming album, Back In Love City which is set for release on September 10. The single is accompanied by a video shot by Mexican […]
God Knows is one of the founders of Ireland’s most prolific and exciting labels, narolane records. As a collective, narolane’s creative output conveys their ethos with surety, authenticity and unapologetic ambition. That ethos is to be true to what […]
Jules Buckley follows the snapshot crash course in the history of hip-hop breaks that inspired his recent single ‘X Breaks’ with a brand new version of the Manzel classic ‘Space Funk’. Both tracks feature on the Grammy Award-winning conductor, composer and orchestrator’s upcoming […]
The Taylor Twins’ debut single ‘Lost All The Summer’ took the psychedelic power-poppers onto the Radio X airwaves into Wonderland’s new music round-up, the Wonderlist. It heralded the start of a rebirth for the 22-year-old twins, Ollie (vocals/guitar) and Eddie (vocals/bass), who first came to attention in 2020 under […]
Billy Bragg has released new single ‘Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained’ today on the Cooking Vinyl label. Saving the best ‘til last, ‘Ten Mysterious Photos…’ is the final track on Billy’s recently announced […]
Multi-instrumentalist Stephen Chopek introduces his innovative EP, Dweller, a six-track collection of tasty power-pop music. Dweller’s genesis occurred when Chopek came home from touring with Mike Doughty, the former frontman of Soul Coughing. Overcome by […]
Nu-metal/alt-metal outfit A Killer’s Confession (AKC) unveil their brand-new single/music video, “Tell Your Soul,” featuring Chad Gray, frontman of Mudvayne and Hellyeah. AKC’s advent occurred when frontman Waylon Reavis departed Mushroomhead, whereupon Reavis formed his […]
Following the release of her critically-lauded Top 40 album The Art of Losing, Welsh producer and multi-instrumentalist The Anchoress (aka Catherine Anne Davies) has shared a remix of the BBC 6 Music playlisted single ‘Show […]
Out now, The Stranglers’ newest single ‘If Something’s Gonna Kill Me (It Might As Well Be Love)’ is the latest offering from the upcoming album Dark Matters, due for release on 10th September 2021. Written […]
Kubix Festival returns to Herrington Park in Sunderland on Saturday 2nd and Friday 8th October, with their best lineup yet! Each day will host some incredible live acts and DJ’s performing across two stages in […]
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. Reissue of the seventh studio album from […]
Following the new album and tour announcement, We Are Scientists deliver another tantalising taste of the Huffy universe today. Thematically following on from the previous release ‘Fault Lines’, the new track takes aim at social […]