My only previous exposure to Mark Lanegan’s music was through his Screaming Trees band as the grunge movement was coming to the fore in the early 90s. For this, his eleventh solo album, I was […]
Today XS Noize is pleased to premiere ‘Every Minute After Midnight’ by Mark Hegan. Mark is an indie singer/songwriter from Bangor, County Down who has garnered industry interest and plays from the likes of BBC […]
Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno has confirmed the band are working on their seventh studio album because the world “needs something to bring it together”. The band’s guitarist Serge Pizzorno has confirmed the British rockers are working […]
Since releasing their second album ‘For Now’ last year, Australian modern rock heroes DMA’S are building their profile towards matching their star status in their homeland. It achieved their highest UK chart position at #13, […]
Glasgow’s New Wave trio Bubbatrees return with tantalising new single ‘Daddy’s Little Evil’ October 25th. Bubbatrees journey began back in 2016, comprising of longtime friends Andrew Gibb and Kyle Findlay. Meeting in Glasgow at a […]
The latest advance transmission from seven-time GRAMMY-winner Beck’s forthcoming album Hyperspace, “Uneventful Days,” has been visually realized by director/musician Dev Hynes. The pocket universe created for “Uneventful Days” also features Hyperspace opener “Hyperlife,” as well […]
Robbie Williams wants to headline Glastonbury festival – but doesn’t want to be earmarked for the legends slot. The ‘Let Me Entertain You’ hitmaker is keen to secure a key slot at the annual music […]
Liam Gallagher has admitted he believes his brother Noel Gallagher does want to make up with him and claimed his wife Sara MacDonald is getting in the way of a reconciliation. The former Oasis stars […]
![ALBUM REVIEW: Anamanaguchi - [USA]](https://www.xsnoize.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/a2583930081_10-326x245.jpg "ALBUM REVIEW: Anamanaguchi - [USA] 92")
The much-delayed third album from New Yorkers Anamanaguchi can be viewed as a direct reaction to what’s come before. You don’t take six years to put out a record without some soul-searching along the way, […]
Hailing from sunny East Kilbride where there are more roundabouts than human beings, Honeyvale released their new single ‘Mercurial’ last month. A raucous 2 minutes 50 seconds of classic indie-pop; Mercurial is a tale of […]
Sassy alt-rock/grunge-pop band from South Yorkshire, Hands Off Gretel have announced a headline Belfast show at Voodoo on Friday 14th February 2020. The four-piece have built themselves a solid live reputation, for a high energy […]
![Phil Taggart's Slacker Podcast [LIVE] ft. Ryan McMullan comes to The Limelight, Belfast on December 17th](https://www.xsnoize.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ryan-Colour-326x245.jpg "Phil Taggart's Slacker Podcast [LIVE] ft. Ryan McMullan comes to The Limelight, Belfast on December 17th 95")
The Slacker Podcast started a year ago and since starting has topped the podcast charts throughout UK and Ireland. It’s hosted by Radio 1 Irish man Phil Taggart. Each week a different musical guest joins […]
‘White Xmas Lies’ is the third solo album by A-ha co-founder and keyboard player Magne Furuholmen. As the title suggests, it is an album with a different take on Christmas. A melancholic winter album, it […]
Level 42 will mark the 40th anniversary of the release of their first-ever single ‘Love Meeting Love’ [which was recorded and released in 1980] in 2020 and will do so with all cylinders firing and […]
Today WIRE has announced details of a new album, ‘Mind Hive’, set for release on January 24th 2020 via the band’s own label pinkflag. The band’s seventeenth studio album sees the definitive post-punk group continue […]
Keeping abreast of the release schedules of Californian garage rock musicians can be a full-time hobby. A scene spearheaded by Ty Segall, John Dwyer and Tim Presley, each year brings about any number of studio […]
Last year saw the 10th Anniversary of Atlantic Sessions and its sell-out success was proof that the festival continues to grow from strength to strength. Audiences travelled from right across the province and further afield […]
Bingo is one of the most popular communal games in the entire world, with a purpose that actually transcends far more than simple gambling. For instance, it is a critical tool in the education of […]
Today, Ben Watt releases “Irene,” the six-minute centrepiece track of his forthcoming album Storm Damage out January 31, 2019. Atmospheric and without drums, it features Watt on finger-picked metal resonator guitar over an insistent synthetic […]
Mercury-nominated UK composer/producer Maps shares a Mark Peters (Engineers/Ulrich Schnauss) mix of the expansive orchestral gem ‘Surveil’, as he takes to the stage for the Sonic Cathedral 15th Anniversary show at Bush Hall on 4th […]