The Divine Comedy played a brilliant show last night at Belfast, Ulster Hall in support of their brilliant new album ‘Office Politics’. Bernie McAllister was there to take these amazing images.         […]

Today XS Noize is pleased to premiere ‘Song 26’ by Callum McIntyre. Brighton born songwriter Callum McIntyre’s refusal to compromise is one of the key reasons his storytelling is so universally relatable. Filled with interesting […]

Cigarettes After Sex today release their new single “Falling In Love”, the second song to be lifted from their eagerly anticipated second album Cry, due for release on October 25th via Partisan Records. The new […]

We are delighted to announce that THE CULT will be performing a one-off intimate show at Subterania to mark 30 years of the venue opening. With a long list of A-list names including the Red […]

Singer, rapper, producer and all-round king of the club banger Example has announced a headline Belfast show at Limelight 1 on Thursday 27th February 2020. The new run of dates will see Example head out […]

Capping off a remarkable year for the band and with a fresh batch of UK and European dates about to kick off, The Twilight Sad return with a duo of new songs today. ‘Rats’ and ‘Public Housing’ […]

This weekend saw the release of Michael Stipe ’s “Your Capricious Soul” , his solo debut, currently available exclusively from MichaelStipe.com. The song, released with just two days advance notice posted on his website, is timed to […]

After releasing their new album ‘Closer To Grey’ earlier this week, Chromatics are sharing a new video for LP standout track “You’re No Good”. The band are currently on tour in Europe and are set […]

Off the back of the incredible latest album ‘I Trawl The Megahertz‘, and following last month’s first hit of remastered vinyl, Prefab Sprout have announced an exciting next batch, featuring four of the band’s classic […]

The second instalment of collaboration gigs between XS Noize and Tin Man Heart brings a stellar line up of acts to Belfast. This time we’re focusing on singer/songwriters and hosting an evening of stripped-back acoustic sets. […]

Beehan’s “Bloody Haircuts” was penned over 28 years ago in Berlin, although it is as timely now as it was back then. It is not about hairdressers but rather Skinheads and neo-fascism. “Right here, right […]

Whilst frontman Theo Polyzoides admitted to being “such a loser in secondary school”, there must have been some concealed and opaque potential which was discovered by his English teacher at college. This potential evidently soared […]

Rock veterans Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill are on top form in this live double-album release from Simple Minds. Live albums and decent live albums at that can be challenging to pull off. ‘Live in […]

Johnny Marr has announced details of ‘Single Life’, a limited edition 7” Box Set featuring Johnny’s first ten solo single releases, due for release on December 6th. From 2012’s ‘Upstarts’ to 2018’s ‘Spiral Cities’, and […]

This is the first track from OFFICER’s eagerly awaited second album entitled ‘Night Tennis’ which will be released on 28th Feb 2020. It follows the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Myriads’ which was well received in […]

Multi-platinum, multi-Brit award and Grammy-nominated, singer-songwriter David Gray is today announcing a 12-date Irish, UK, and European arena tour; White Ladder: The 20th Anniversary Tour, to celebrate the trailblazing album’s 20-year anniversary. The biggest selling album of all time in […]

Following up their well-received singles ‘Old Stories’ and ‘Running’, Scottish three-piece Traveller have announced their next release, the self-titled ‘Traveller’, coming October 4th. Continuing the momentum they’re building with their blend of roots influences, ‘Traveller’ […]

‘Folk with something behind the eyes’, is so the music of enigmatic Marvin Powell, singer/songwriter from the working-class suburb of Wavertree Liverpool. His songs, beautifully crafted, capture the same fragile spider web beauty and emotional […]