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 […]

GIDDY UP A DING-DONG TOUR 15 UK SHOWS (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021) The Libertines are pleased as punch to announce a fifteen-date Christmas jaunt across the UK in November and December, including two shows at London’s O2 […]

Snow Patrol have today announced a headline show as part of the renowned concert series Sounds Of The City at Castlefield Bowl, Manchester for Sunday 26th September 2021. Over the past two decades, Snow Patrol […]

Dead Can Dance members Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell have teamed up under a new guise with James Chapman (MAPS) to create a studio album, titled ‘Burn’. The record began its journey more than seven […]

‘Architecture in LA’ is the second single from Roddy Woomble’s forthcoming album Lo! Soul, released on Friday 9th April 2021. Continuing to reach into new musical territories, ‘Architecture in LA’ delves deeper into Woomble’s experimental […]

Initially proposed by the author in 1965 and finally released in 1986, an expanded edition followed in 2011 for Dylan’s 70th birthday.  An expanded hardback illustrated edition with 150 images “aimed at a younger audience” […]

Cody Frost’s debut single ‘Verbal Warnings’ made an immediate impact with its sonic boom of electro-pop and punk attitude. It earned Cody her first spin at Radio 1 courtesy of Mollie King, with further airplay […]

Viewed through a prism of success, it’s easy to forget that established artists experience the same challenges as the rest of us. Alice Merton achieved so much in the first chapter of her career: her […]

Mogwai today release their new single ‘Ceiling Granny’ and debut its video, filmed and edited by filmmaker and skateboarder Jon Miner, and featuring video from his archive dating back to 1995, the year of the […]

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. Amazingly titled, ninth studio album from the […]

Today Taylor Swift released Fearless (Taylor’s Version). The 27-track album of new recordings was produced by Taylor Swift, Chris Rowe, Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff and features musical collaborations with Colbie Caillat, Keith Urban and […]

It’s already been over two years since Amy Macdonald last played some full-scale UK headline shows, but the wait is now set to come to an end as she announces a long-awaited tour. Commencing in […]

Indie-pop/post-punk band The Haunt introduces their EP, Social Intercourse, and “Permanent,” a track lifted from the EP. Anastasia Grace and Maxamillion Haunt comprise The Haunt’s nucleus and Nick Lewert (drums, piano, backing vocals) and Natalie […]

From the title track to the current single ‘Saints And Liars’, Gary Numan’s upcoming album ‘Intruder’ (out May 21st) is building intrigue and mystique in equal measure. Four decades into the synth-pop pioneers hugely influential […]

Irish pop connoisseurs Wild Youth are pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at Limelight 2 on Saturday, March 05th 2022. The four-piece recently released their much-anticipated sophomore EP Forever Girl. Tickets on sale Friday, […]

Today we are premiering the second single to come from the return album from the US outfit Thee More Shallows. Listen to ‘Drinking Tang’ exclusively here with XS Noize, before its release tomorrow, 9th April. […]

U2 today announce the 40th-anniversary vinyl release of Fire, a newly remastered picture disc edition to celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday 12th June 2021. Recorded in spring 1981 during a break on the Boy […]

Londoner Raf Rundell’s colourful, musical optimism cleverly fuses funk, indie-pop, soul and electronica in his latest project. Looking at the cover of his second solo LP – O.M. Days – it is unusual and intriguing. […]