The Twang IS the ‘Best New Band in Britain’ (NME). Every A&R man in the country has been hot footing it up the M40 to Birmingham to snare the signatures of this band, and shows […]

It is safe to say that Gorillaz are back. After 7 years since their previous album The Fall, it is safe to say that Humanz provides us with the same sound that was produced back […]

The past 12 months has seen Tom Chaplin step out from the multi-platinum selling band Keane to both critical and commercial acclaim, with his extraordinary debut solo album ‘The Wave’ entering the UK Album Chart […]

Fresh from a support slot with Grammy Award Winner Beck and shows with The Hot 8 Brass Band, Soulwax and Calvin Harris, the Liverpool trio unleash a new single ‘Just Because You Can’. The track […]

‘Sleeping’ is an epic and brooding masterpiece. Co-written by Rikki Turner (Paris Angels) and Stephen Evans of Cabbage, the song is dark and beautifully sinister; Lo-fi American Gothic meets Cave and Cohen. Turner’s baritone is […]

Each week we will be putting together Spotify playlists featuring music from artists and bands that we have been swinging our pants to at XS Noize Towers. Since this is our first playlist we have included […]

After a run of sold out acclaimed shows in 2016 and early 2017 (including three London Palladiums), The Divine Comedy announce a new 8 date UK tour for this November/December. Since The Divine Comedy’s inception […]

Lea Porcelain give us a new single, “Remember,” from their forthcoming full-length debut Hymns To The Night, out June 16th. Lea Porcelain explain “the meaning of ‘Remember’ sounds romantic by its first impression – like […]

As we edge closer to the summer months, saying goodbye to the cold and winter-esque months 2017 has shown us so far, Canada’s most lax singer-songwriter Mac De Marco returns with a new album, “This […]

Rescued from defunct formats, prised from dark cupboards and brought to light after two decades in cold storage… OKNOTOK will be issued on June 23rd through XL Recordings, coinciding (roughly) with the original 1997 release […]

It is no underestimation to say that the return of Gorillaz has been feverishly anticipated. Last week saw the launch of Humanz, their first new studio album in 7 years, to widespread critical acclaim. Not […]

Radiohead’s “OK Computer” is 20 years old this spring. That statement is mind-blowing. Where did the time go? “OK Computer” is an album that the band’s record label foolishly dubbed career suicide, getting it utterly […]

Kele Okereke releases his new song ‘Yemaya,’ available to stream and download now via Infectious Music. ‘Yemaya’ is the first song to be released by Kele Okereke under his full name, following two acclaimed solo […]

Pop supremo’s Andy Bell and Vince Clarke return this May with their self produced seventeenth studio album titled ‘World be Gone’ before busily embarking on a 29 date summer European Stadium Tour as special guests […]

Hot off his November 2016 sophomore album release, Calgary’s Hello Moth is back with his next offering – Take This Away. The single is set for release on May 19 to coincide with Hello Moth’s […]

The Anchoress will play 15 live dates at some of the UK’s finest concert halls (opening for Simple Minds on their acoustic tour) as well as supporting the Manic Street Preachers at a huge outdoor […]

MUSE will headline Belfast Vital on August 23rd at Belfast’s Boucher Road Playing Fields. Tickets are on sale now. MUSE will be joined by special guests BIFFY CLYRO, NOTHING BUT THIEVES and Dublin band FANGCLUB. […]

The Afghan Whigs have shared a new video for “Oriole”, a standout track from forthcoming new album ‘In Spades’. The provocative clip was helmed by erotic art director Amy Nicole Hood. Watch it BELOW. ‘In […]