With more than 40 million albums sold and eight Grammy nominations, global recording superstar Avril Lavigne released her first new music in five years today. Preceded by a heartfelt letter to her fans on social […]

The Northern Ireland Music Prize honours and celebrates the very best of Northern Irish albums, and this year includes three additional categories for Best Single, Best Live Act and The Oh Yeah Contender Award. The […]

Major Lazer debuts a new song “Orkant/Balance Pon It” featuring South African singer Babes Wodumo today. The song comes accompanied by a second visual collaboration between Major Lazer and South African director Adriaan Louw, this […]

Manchester indie-electronic favourites The Slow Readers Club have released a new acoustic EP, For All Here To Observe, this month on  September 14th via Modern Sky. The EP features tracks spanning across their entire career including songs, […]

Bloc Party today announce they will release a live version of their seminal debut album Silent Alarm on 22 February 2019. The album will be recorded during the band’s forthcoming six-date European tour where they […]

Biffy Clyro played an amazing show at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall 16/09/18 on their MTV Unplugged tour.  Clair McAllister was on hand to take these fantastic images. Check out more images from Clair McAllister on Twitter and Instagram.   Biffy Clyro […]

Sounding suitably impressive this week is “Glow,” a brand new single release from Ireland’s very own Gavin James. A hugely successful artist, he is set to release his latest album “Only Ticket Home” later this […]

Like a true son of Ireland, Nathan O’Regan is steeped in musical tradition. With a voice as gritty as it is delicate and songs that speak of young adulthood. O’Regan, tells stories of love, hate, […]

Deep Dive: Take a Deep Dive into some of XS Noize contributors’ favourite artists. We’ll guide you through back catalogues, side projects and career highlights so you can choose which music to put at the […]

TWISTED WHEEL was the 20-year-old feral rockin’ rollers who tore open the last Oasis shows in 2009 while playing many sell-out headline shows for two years straight. Retreating to lick their wounds and terrorise the […]

Southampton-based duo Lucas & King; recently crowned winners of FENDER’S UNDISCOVERED ARTIST OF THE YEAR award are excited to announce the release of their eponymous debut album on November 23rd, with London album launch taking […]

After a busy summer of live shows, including sets at Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival, and main stage appearances at Reading & Leeds Festivals, The Joy Formidable are currently trekking their way across the US and […]

The Stranglers’ Back on the Tracks 19-date UK Tour kicks off in Belfast on 28th February culminating in what is bound to be another rousing finale in Manchester on Saturday 30th March. During a hectic […]

What makes “Outlaw Pete” fascinating is not just the story itself surrounding a “6-month-old, bank-robbing baby”, but the story behind the story.  “Outlaw Pete” began its life not as a book, but as the opening […]

Unloved, the band made up of vocalist and songwriter Jade Vincent, her partner the producer/composer Keefus Ciancia, and the DJ and producer/composer David Holmes, have shared a new track, Heartbreak, their first for Heavenly Recordings. […]

Eclectic Edinburgh-based musical adventurer Candythief returns with her third full-length album of chamber/orchestral pop-with-grit, accompanied by a brand new animated visual clip for ‘Today’.  About the video: “Years ago I played a show where someone performed […]

Having just completed a small run of intimate, sold-out shows last week, Hozier has announced his forthcoming tour of Ireland. 15 December – The Olympia Theatre, Dublin 16 December – The Olympia Theatre, Dublin 17 […]

Steve Mason has announced details of the release of his new album, About The Light, which is out on Double Six on Friday 18th January 2019. About The Light is his fourth solo album following […]