The Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson will herald the thirty-year anniversary of their landmark quintuple platinum debut album Shake Your Money Maker with a UK & European tour beginning October 10 with a show […]

X-Factor winner and multi-million selling artist, James Arthur returns to Belfast with a headline show at Custom House Square on Tuesday 11th August 2020. James Arthur is a British singer/songwriter who after winning The X […]

Disco-punks Bugeye are teasing their debut album with the release of new single Don’t Stop, via independent label Reckless Yes on 28 February 2020. Ferocious in their DIY spirit and having drawn comparisons to Sleater-Kinney, […]

Having successfully outlasted their self-described ‘guaranteed real teenagers’ tagline when they first burst in earshot in 1994, ASH release Teenage Wildlife: 25 Years Of Ash released on 14th February 2020. Teenage Wildlife traces the band’s […]

Kaiser Chiefs will play a headline 3Arena Dublin show on 23rd of February 2020 with very special guests Razorlight and Somebody’s Child. XS Noize is giving away tickets to the 3Arena show. For a chance […]

Following Anaïs Mitchell’s outstanding performance at this years’  “In the Round” festival; Beverley Knight played out “In the Round” spectacularly. As part of a ten-piece band consisting of herself and a brass section and backing […]

It is with great sadness that we announce that Andy Gill died today, aged 64, in a central London hospital after a short respiratory illness. Andy, often cited as one of the world’s greatest guitarists, […]

‘Humanist’, inspired and created by musician Rob Marshall, brilliantly explores the deep and dark recesses of the human race, supported by an array of ground-breaking artists. As morality, spiralling suicide rates, the fragility of the […]

To celebrate the fifth year of the “In the Round” festival at the Camden Roundhouse XS Noize was invited back to hear the best of what the 2020 line up had to offer. With previous […]

Fresh off a 30-date European tour with Dermot Kennedy, Northern Irish artist of the moment Lilla Vargen makes her first inroads into 2020 today with the stunning new offering, ‘Cold’. A beautifully poised, sky-reaching pop […]

Dropkick Murphys released their new single and video ‘Smash Shit Up’ today. ‘Smash Shit Up’ is available digitally and on limited edition coloured vinyl paired with B-side “The Bonny,” a cover of Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry […]

In anticipation of their ‘A Cure For Living’ EP this Valentines Day (via Xtra Mile Recordings), the Northern Irish alt-rockers Brand New Friend are clearly feeling the love already and today release ‘ Stop The […]

There are bands who take a while to get a handle on their sound, and then there are those who don’t stick to a sound long enough to bother; Nelson Can certainly fall into the […]

Polly Scattergood returns with her new single Red, the opening track of her forthcoming album ‘In This Moment.’ Written at Polly’s home studio on the Kent Coast, in stolen moments of creativity while her newborn […]

Irish art-punk quintet Silverbacks are pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at Voodoo on Friday 22nd May 2020. Hailing from Dublin, Silverbacks are a thrilling prospect, delivering their own louche take on NYC-indebted rock. […]

Morrissey has today released new single ‘Love Is On Its Way Out’. The song opens with a beat that is immediately captivating. Morrissey’s timeless and distinctive vocals are provocatively hypnotising over mystical riffs that create […]

Howie Payne today releases a new single ‘Into Daylight’, the first blast of new music from the former Stands frontman since 2017’s critically praised solo album release, ‘Mountain’. The track arrives just ahead of a […]

DMA’S have today revealed full details of their forthcoming 3rd studio album ‘THE GLOW’. It was recorded and mixed by multiple Grammy winner Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna, New Order) in between Westlake Studios in […]