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          Editors’ Tom Smith Shares New Single “Leave” from Forthcoming Solo Debut Album

          October 1, 2025

          Editors front-person, Tom Smith, has today released “Leave”, the latest single from his forthcoming debut solo album, There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light which is released on Play It […]

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          The Cure Announce Biggest-Ever Belfast Show at Belsonic 2026

          September 30, 2025

          Rock legends The Cure are pleased to announce their biggest Belfast show to date at Belsonic, Belfast on Sunday, June 28th, with support from The Twilight Sad and Just Mustard. Formed in Crawley, Sussex, England, […]

          The Charlatans
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          The Charlatans Share “Deeper and Deeper” Ahead of 14th Studio Album “We Are Love”

          September 30, 2025

          Following the announcement of their 14th studio album, We Are Love, out October 31 via BMG, The Charlatans return today with their second single, “Deeper and Deeper.” A swirling, Hammond organ-driven belter with fat bass […]

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          ALBUM REVIEW: Coach Party – Caramel
          Album Reviews

          ALBUM REVIEW: Coach Party – Caramel

          October 1, 2025

          Isle of Wight four-piece Coach Party return with their sophomore album Caramel, a dazzling, perfectly weighted collection of ten tracks that finds the band confidently pushing past their reputation as indie upstarts and stepping firmly […]

          ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Plant with Suzi Dian – Saving Grace
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          ALBUM REVIEW: Robert Plant with Suzi Dian – Saving Grace

          September 26, 2025

          Robert Plant’s latest project, Saving Grace, takes its name from the band he assembled in 2019 to play Americana covers in small venues across Britain. Though it has been eight years since his last solo […]

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          BOOK REVIEW: Y/N - Esther Yi
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          BOOK REVIEW: Y/N – Esther Yi

          October 30, 2023

          K-Pop has reached an international audience. This year, BLACKPINK made history as the first K-pop band to headline a major UK festival at Hyde Park. The media’s coverage of BTS member’s enlistment into compulsory military […]

          BOOK REVIEW: Sophomore Songs by Clarke Geddes
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          BOOK REVIEW: Sophomore Songs by Clarke Geddes

          August 29, 2023

          How does one become qualified to write a fictional music novel? The author of Sophomore Songs offers some clues. Growing up reading NME, doing a stint at Clash, drumming for several bands on and off, and […]

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          ‘Pop’ at 25: Looking back at the orphan child in U2's discography 2
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          ‘Pop’ at 26: Looking back at the orphan child in U2’s discography

          March 3, 2022

          In March of 1997, 26 years ago, U2 released their much anticipated ninth studio album POP; for fans and critics alike, it quickly became their most polarizing release. There is a prevailing feeling that POP […]

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          CLASSIC ALBUM: Duran Duran – Duran Duran

          June 17, 2021

          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 […]

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          LIVE REVIEW: Baroness Pay Tribute with Emotional Red & Blue Sets in Los Angeles Credit: Triffin Constantine
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          LIVE REVIEW: Baroness Pay Tribute with Emotional Red & Blue Sets in Los Angeles

          September 22, 2025

          Sludge, prog, and post-metal band Baroness played an emotional set at Lodge Room in the Highland Park neighbourhood of Los Angeles on Saturday, September 20th. The night was one of remembrance, playing their first two […]

          LIVE REVIEW: Pendulum Celebrate "Inertia" with High-Energy London Launch Show Credit: Alina Salihbekova
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          LIVE REVIEW: Pendulum Celebrate “Inertia” with High-Energy London Launch Show

          September 10, 2025

          To mark the release of their new album Inertia, Pendulum’s Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen brought an electrifying DJ set to HERE at Outernet in London on September 5th. The Australian outfit has long been […]

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          XS Noize Best Albums of 2018
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          XS Noize Best Albums of 2018

          December 22, 2018

          2018 has been an incredible year for albums. The year saw the strongest new acts in decades release their debuts, as well as a number of alternative legends returning to top form. The world of dance […]

          The Best Of October 2018 PLAYLIST + ROUND-UP
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          The Best Of October 2018 PLAYLIST + ROUND-UP

          October 29, 2018

          Welcome to the October 2018 edition of our monthly new music playlist, which is available to listen to and watch via YouTube. If you enjoy any of the songs featured here, we encourage you to support […]

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          IN FOCUS// Punk Spirit Burns Bright as SLF, PiL & Sham 69 Rock Custom House Square © Bernie McAllister
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          IN FOCUS// Punk Spirit Burns Bright as SLF, PiL & Sham 69 Rock Custom House Square

          August 17, 2025

          Putting the Fast in Belfast 7 once again proved why it has become a staple of the city’s summer music calendar. A packed Custom House Square buzzed with anticipation as fans from across generations gathered […]

          IN FOCUS// Bryan Adams Brings Joy and Nostalgia to Leeds on ‘Roll With the Punches’ Tour Credit: Alina Salihbekova
          IN FOCUS

          IN FOCUS// Bryan Adams Brings Joy and Nostalgia to Leeds on ‘Roll With the Punches’ Tour

          May 20, 2025

          Legendary Canadian rocker Bryan Adams brought his unstoppable energy to Leeds on May 10th as part of his Roll With the Punches tour — and it was nothing short of a euphoric celebration of life, […]

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          Hans Zimmer: The ultimate fan’s guide

          August 27, 2025

          Hans Zimmer, the genius behind Hollywood’s most unforgettable scores, is back on tour with an electrifying live experience to share with his fans. From “Inception” to “Dune”, Zimmer is preparing to transform his soundscapes into […]

          Andrea Bocelli
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          The ultimate fans guide to seeing Andrea Bocelli in Amsterdam

          August 21, 2025

          The Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli, will be at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on March 29 and 30, 2026. The show will feature a mix of operatic tracks, pop songs, and classical repertoire. Bocelli is […]

          Eros Ramazzotti
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          Eros Ramazzotti: Dates, venues, tickets and more

          August 18, 2025

          To celebrate the 40th anniversary of his breakout single, “Una Storia Importante”, Eros Ramazzotti will be performing live on some of the grandest stages across Europe, Latin America, and North America. Ramazzotti is a world-renowned […]

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          INTERVIEW: Asha Maclean on Her Single “Yoga,” Creative Roots, and Staying True to Herself

          June 25, 2025

          Asha Maclean grew up in a deeply creative household, so it’s little surprise that she emerged as a multitalented artist in her own right. Immersed in music and dance from a young age, she first […]

          DURAN DURAN
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          INTERVIEW: Roger Taylor on the Rhythm of Duran Duran: Hits, Influences & Life on the Road

          June 19, 2025

          John Kearns talks to Duran Duran –  The Duran Duran European summer tour is now in full swing. The DD truck has already rolled into cities such as Antwerp, Amsterdam and Rome and will continue […]

          Stephen Moore
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          INTERVIEW: Stephen Moore on Post Death Soundtrack’s New Album & HE IS ME

          June 12, 2025

          Post Death Soundtrack, the musical project of Stephen Moore, recently unveiled his fifth album, IN ALL MY NIGHTMARES I AM ALONE, a 30-track collection of songs ranging across the stylistic spectrum, including rock, Gothic rock, […]

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        • Rick McMurray on Ash’s 30-Year Journey and the Rocket-Fuel of "Ad Astra" | XS Noize Podcast #248
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          Rick McMurray on Ash’s 30-Year Journey and the Rocket-Fuel of “Ad Astra” | XS Noize Podcast #248

          October 1, 2025

          In this episode of the XS Noize Podcast, Rick McMurray looks back on 30 years of Ash and the rocket-fuel energy behind their new album Ad Astra. From teenage beginnings in Downpatrick to global stages, […]

          The Jacques
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          Finn O’Brien on The Jacques’ New Album “Make Repetition!” | XS Noize Podcast #247

          September 28, 2025

          Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | YouTube “Will would be proud of us, and he’d never have wanted his loss to stop us doing what we love.” — Finn O’Brien, […]

          Gary Numan
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          Gary Numan on “Telekon” at 45, Wembley Ghosts & His Glastonbury Debut | XS Noize Podcast #246

          September 24, 2025

          Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Podcasts | YouTube In Episode #246 of the XS Noize Podcast, host Mark Millar is joined by Gary Numan — one of electronic music’s true pioneers — for a powerful conversation marking the 45th […]

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HOWIE PAYNE releases new single ‘It Feels Like Summer’ - Listen Now
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HOWIE PAYNE releases new single ‘It Feels Like Summer’ – Listen Now

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Today singer, songwriter and guitarist Howie Payne releases a brand new single, ‘It Feels Like Summer’, the first taste of the ex-Stands frontman’s much anticipated forthcoming solo album, soon to be announced for release in […]

INTERVIEW: Scottish alt-pop band LIIMO discuss debut album ‘Volume 01’ 1
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INTERVIEW: Scottish alt-pop band LIIMO discuss debut album ‘Volume 01’

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Having spent the last two years releasing a flurry of bright and euphoric alt-pop anthems, Edinburgh-based trio Liimo (meaning a little more) now look to compile their vibrant work to date with the release of […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Claudio Donzelli - Ossessione 2
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Claudio Donzelli – Ossessione

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Italian composer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Claudio Donzelli announces brand new release with the arrival of ‘Ossessione’. A haunting, introspective thought piece drawing on classical and electronic soundscapes, underpinned by a shimmering, abstract piano melody, with […]

TRACK PREMIERE: Moon Attendant - Hot Power
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TRACK PREMIERE: Moon Attendant – Hot Power

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Brighton’s indie psych collective Moon Attendant emerge to release their debut LP ‘One Last Summer’ and today XS Noize is pleased to exclusively premiere ‘Hot Power’ from the album. A new band featuring old friends. […]

INTERVIEW: ROE discusses new EP & Guildhall live stream - "I’m buzzing to play somewhere that’s not my living room!" 1
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INTERVIEW: ROE discusses new EP & Guildhall live stream – “I’m buzzing to play somewhere that’s not my living room!”

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Award-winning Derry songwriter and performer ROE (21-year-old Roisin Donald) today releases her second EP ‘Things We Don’t Talk About’. To celebrate her newest release, ROE will be performing a very special online show from the […]

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT to release first LIVE album - Live Around The World on October 2nd 1
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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT to release first LIVE album – Live Around The World on October 2nd

August 21, 2020 XS Noize

Since their first appearance together in 2009 when Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor appeared as guests on the finale of the eighth season of American Idol on which Adam Lambert was a contestant, […]

Punk Icon RAT SCABIES releases remix of 1981 track By HAWKWIND’s ROBERT CALVERT!
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Punk Icon RAT SCABIES releases remix of 1981 track By HAWKWIND’s ROBERT CALVERT!

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

When two rebellious, boundary-pushing artistic minds come together, sparks will definitely fly. And if those two minds happen to belong to two of Britain’s most creative experimentalists, namely, punk musician/raconteur Rat Scabies and the enigmatic […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Souldier - I Wear Shades
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Souldier – I Wear Shades

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

The Danish guitarist and songwriter Asger Tarpgaard is releasing the warm, thoughtful single “I Wear Shades” as he presents his brand new project Souldier. His music is inspired by older British and American songwriter traditions […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Dead Menace - Everyone’s 21
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Dead Menace – Everyone’s 21

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

The three brothers of Dead Menace may sound like something conjured up by the Brothers Grimm but fear, not, these Surrey-based siblings are here to enchant your ears this summer with one of the most […]

THE DOORS celebrate 50th anniversary of 'Morrison Hotel' with special deluxe edition release
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THE DOORS celebrate 50th anniversary of ‘Morrison Hotel’ with special deluxe edition release

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

The Doors returned to their roots and were reborn a rock ’n’ roll band on Morrison Hotel, the group’s fifth studio album and fifth consecutive gold-certified record. Completed in only a few weeks and released […]

THE ROLLING STONES to open 'world exclusive' flagship store on London's Carnaby Street
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THE ROLLING STONES to open ‘world exclusive’ flagship store on London’s Carnaby Street

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

The rock ‘n’ roll legends that are the Rolling Stones will open a world-first flagship store, ‘RS No. 9 Carnaby’ at 9 Carnaby Street in London’s Soho. The new store, created in partnership with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s […]

JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW announces headline Belfast show at The Telegraph Building on Friday 19th March 2021
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JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW announces headline Belfast show at The Telegraph Building on Friday 19th March 2021

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

Irish singer-songwriter, James Vincent McMorrow is pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at The Telegraph Building on Friday 19th March 2021. James Vincent McMorrow has today dropped brand new track ‘I Should Go’. Co-produced […]

VIDEO PREMIERE: Tadhg Daly - We Never Should Have Been Lovers
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VIDEO PREMIERE: Tadhg Daly – We Never Should Have Been Lovers

August 20, 2020 XS Noize

Today XS Noize is pleased to exclusively premiere the video for ‘We Never Should Have Been Lovers’ by Tadhg Daly. For Tadhg Daly, growing up in a large Irish family that encouraged influences from 90s […]

WILL BUTLER shares new single 'Close My Eyes' - Watch Video 1
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WILL BUTLER shares new single ‘Close My Eyes’ – Watch Video

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

On his new solo record Generations, out September 25th, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler digs beneath the recent chaos of the world and finds only more chaos. The songs are conversations that cycle back on themselves. […]

SQUID announces a headline show live at The Button Factory on 21st March 2021
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SQUID announces a headline show live at The Button Factory on 21st March 2021

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

Squid announces a headline show live at The Button Factory on 21st March 2021. Tickets €15.00 on sale this Friday at 10 AM. Last week, Squid released covers of Robert Wyatt’s’ ‘Pigs’ (In There) and […]

TEARS FOR FEARS announce ‘The Seeds Of Love’ 4CD / Blu ray super deluxe edition 1
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TEARS FOR FEARS announce ‘The Seeds Of Love’ 4CD / Blu ray super deluxe edition

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

Over thirty years on from its original release Tears For Fears third long-player ‘The Seeds Of Love’ has taken on mythical status, not only for its scope, ambition but also the fact that it took […]

TRACK PREMIERE: TEROUZ - Burn
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TRACK PREMIERE: TEROUZ – Burn

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

Today XS Noize is pleased to premiere ‘Burn’  the new single from TEROUZ. TEROUZ is the guise of Cairo born illustrator/singer-songwriter Karim Terouz, who moved to Montreal in 2008. Before transforming his band into an […]

The Avalanches remix DMA'S track 'Criminals' - Listen Now
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The Avalanches remix DMA’S track ‘Criminals’ – Listen Now

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

DMA’S release new The Avalanches remix of single ‘Criminals’ today, taken from their critically acclaimed 3rd studio album ‘THE GLOW’ which was released last month and charted at an impressive #4 in the official UK […]

DOVES new music leaks... but fans must play it themselves 1
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DOVES new music leaks… but fans must play it themselves

August 19, 2020 XS Noize

Just weeks before the release of Doves’ fifth album, The Universal Want, the cherished Manchester-band has shared the album’s closing track, Forest House, but have left it to fans to work out how it sounds […]

PADDY HANNA shares new single 'Colosseum' - Watch Video 1
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PADDY HANNA shares new single ‘Colosseum’ – Watch Video

August 18, 2020 XS Noize

Paddy Hanna today shares new single Colosseum from his upcoming album The Hill, out October 16th via Strange Brew. The album is produced by Dan Fox of Girl Band and Paddy counts Burt Bacharach as a huge admirer. A cult figure in Dublin, often described as one the […]

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