Over the years, there have been many themes and designs that separated online games into categories. Many of them seem to come and go, but music has always resonated with players. For that reason, many […]

Django Django captures the essence and excitement of live music in their new album, Glowing In The Dark. It’s a living breathing project that marries texture and accomplished songwriting. The album bubbles, spits and pops […]

Belfast Blues Rockers MASK are kicking the doors in and raising the decibels with their new single ‘Get On Your Knees’. Made up of ingredients of Martin Luther King, blistering drums, and throttling fuzz guitars […]

Editors frontman and multi-instrumentalist Tom Smith and multi-faceted musician and songwriter Andy Burrows will release their collaborative new album ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’ on 19th February 2021 via [PIAS] Recordings. Mark Millar […]

Nick Murphy revived his acclaimed Chet Faker project last October by releasing the soothing melancholia of ‘Low’, which he performed live on The Ellen DeGeneres Show last month. Now the artist, a five-time ARIA Award […]

The monthly XS Noize Spotify playlist brings together the essential new music of the last month featured on the website. The February 2021 edition features tracks from The Coral, Hello Cosmos, Teenage Fanclub, King Gizzard and […]

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. The second album from the eclectic Welsh […]

JC Stewart’s current single ‘Break My Heart’ has delivered another big moment in the rising star’s ascent. Co-written with Niall Horan, it hit a remarkable 37 New Music Friday playlists at Spotify when it was […]

The two-time Grammy Award winners and current nominees Dan + Shay share their brand new single ‘Glad You Exist’. Following their fifth consecutive and eighth #1 country single ‘I Should Probably Go To Bed’, the […]

San Francisco Bay Area instrumental indie-folk outfit Hunters Chorus, led by guitarist-composer Ramon Fermin, debuts the brand-new single “The Deal,” a track from their forthcoming sophomore album, The Boy Ain’t Right, a seven-track collection of […]

Gearing up for a big year worldwide, Irish international phenomenon Picture This return with a new single entitled “Things Are Different” today. Co-produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producers The Monsters & Strangerz [Justin Bieber, Halsey], German […]

Ride guitarist/singer Andy Bell’s new single ‘Skywalker’ is out today. It occupies the middle ground between Revolver-era Beatles and Neu! and is one of the highlights of his acclaimed debut solo album, The View From […]

“Where Would You Be Without Art & Music” It’s a question asked regularly by the UK & Ireland’s creative and musician community over the past year, through one of the most challenging periods for the […]

From Athens, Georgia to Australia in one bound, the sound of legendary R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck’s twelve strings jangle their inimitable way through the latest single from Departure Lounge, reunited Bella Union-alumni ‘critics choice’ band, […]

David Gray will release his twelfth studio album, Skellig, via Laugh a Minute Records / AWAL Recordings on February 19, 2021, on digital formats, with CD & vinyl to follow in May. The second LP […]

PALE WAVES have announced their 2022 UK tour, kicking off on 11 February in Bristol and culminating in a huge hometown show in Manchester on 1 March. The tour announcement comes ahead of the band’s […]

Today Friday 5th February, Philippe Cohen Solan (from Gotan Project) and Mike Lindsay (from Tunng) are releasing an album called ‘OUTSIDER’. It’s an album putting to music the work of a famous visual artist Henry […]

‘The Boy In The Doorway’ is the latest single from Margate via London, via Brighton, via Liverpool revolving group of musicians that goes under the guise of Hightown Pirates, led by Simon Mason. The band’s […]