After the critically acclaimed release of her new album The Heart Speaks In Whispers, Corinne Bailey Rae has confirmed the dates for her first UK tour in five years as she brings her sensational live […]

To celebrate the forthcoming release of 25 25, their sophomore LP out August 19th on DFA Records, FACTORY FLOOR release a captivating new video for their latest single “Ya” and announce and ICA (Institute of […]

“When Ninji, ¥o-landi and God hooked up with The Black Goat and started recording Die Antwoord’s 4th album around 2 years ago the mood of the tracks we started banging out was rough and tough […]

‘Be Here Now’ is the third release in the Oasis ‘Chasing The Sun: 1993-1997’ series, to be released October 7th 2016 on Big Brother Recordings. This album follows the successful re-releases of the legendary Manchester […]

Si Wolstencroft is among the many near-mythical figures of the Manchester music scene. Si parted ways before The Patrol became the Stone Roses and he turned down The Smiths. Right place, right time, wrong choices? […]

Among prominent bands of the 90’s, Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, D’Arcy Wretzky and James Iha stand up as one of the better and more groundbreaking ones. As the Smashing Pumpkins they had a mix of […]

HALFNOISE, the solo producer project of Nashville’s Zac Farro (whom many know for his work as the drummer in Paramore) have today, released new track ‘In The Summer’ taken from the forthcoming album. This follows […]

Chris Collingwood, frontman of Fountains of Wayne releases his first solo LP under the monicker Look Park on 22nd July. Mentioning Fountains of Wayne will undoubtedly make you think this release may be a little […]

Recently signed to Polydor, Ed Harcourt has revealed the video for ‘Furnaces’ the title track from his seventh album Furnaces (out August 19th 2016), the most ambitious and abrasive album of his career. Furnaces was […]

Australian quartet The Jezabels are excited to announce a North American tour for Fall 2016! The shows will support the release of the newest album Synthia, released independently this past February via Metropolitan Groove Merchants […]

Critic fave Folk/Alternative duo Bear’s Den are releasing Red Earth & Pouring Rain on July 22nd. The release is the follow up to Islands their 2014’s acclaimed debut. “Islands” garnered significant critical notice and received […]

At XS Noize, new music is dear to our hearts and we believe that genuinely talented fresh artists deserve a platform to share their material with the world. As such, we will now be showcasing […]

Asylums have created a snapshot of a band and country in a state of change. They may have killer pop hooks, but there’s no bubblegum here – songs about the death of high street retail, […]

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: EXHIBITION NEW YORK EXTRAVAGANZA 31 MARCH – 21 AUGUST 2016 VENUE: PHILHARMONIE DE PARIS It’s been just over 50 years since the Velvet Underground not exactly burst onto the New York music scene but produced […]

This summer German house music legends Milk & Sugar return with new mixes of their anthem “Ready Or Not”, which has been leading them back to their roots of funk, soul and disco music. Whilst […]

Leeds/London duo Kamikaze Girls are extremely pleased to announce that their debut EP Sad will be released on 2nd September through Bearded Punk Records (UK/EU) and Wiretap Records (US). The duo will also be heading […]

Merchandise have announced details of their new album, A Corpse Wired For Sound, due for release on September 23rd, alongside the video for a second new track, ‘End Of The Week’. Formed nearly a decade […]

Today, Dinosaur Jr. share the ‘Solo Extractions’: a compendium of every guitar solo collected on their new record, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, out August 5th on Jagjaguwar. Mascis is the possessor of […]