With the promise of a brand new Shins release threatening any day, I wanted to go back and re-examine their debut release Oh Inverted World. That album introduced the world to this influential and much […]

Admirers of the band Teenage Fanclub have had a long wait for the latest update from the masters of off kilter Jangle Alt. rock. Six years have passed since the band’s 2012 release Shadow. As […]

On this weeks XS Noize Music Podcast Larry Love from The Alabama 3 talks to Mark Millar about the bands new album ‘Blues’ and 20 year anniversary. Alabama 3 are set to release brand new […]

Following the release of their latest album K 2.0 earlier this year, Kula Shaker have announced a 20th Anniversary Edition of their debut album ‘K’ for release on BMG on 28th October 2016. The band […]

Big Brother Recordings have revealed the contents of the Super Deluxe Box Set of ‘Be Here Now’, the third in the Chasing The Sun series of Oasis reissues. Released on October 7th and packaged in […]

The Society began with Lew Whalley (guitar / backing vocals) & Harry Beresford (lead singer / guitar) who met at Trafford Music College Manchester. Late 2015 saw the arrival of drummer Jason Hanley, followed by […]

Archive return this Autumn with their tenth studio album, The False Foundation, with European tour dates to follow in November. The album was produced by Archive and will be released worldwide on the band’s own […]

FEEDER today reveal the video to their brand new track ‘Eskimo’. It’s the second single from their stunning new studio album ‘All Bright Electric’ which will be released via Cooking Vinyl on 7th October 2016. […]

“Life On The Road” is the debut album by Ricky Gervais as David Brent, the character he created and made famous as part of his ground-breaking, award-winning BBC2 comedy “The Office”. Released in conjunction with […]

Today, ahead of the September 1st European debut of the Björk Digital exhibit at Somerset House, Björk conducted the world’s first live motion capture streamed press conference. The Icelandic artist undertook a live Q&A, in […]

Sisters Sally and Natalie Joiner are The Honeyfire, a dream-pop guitar band hailing from Bristol, UK. Their enchanting harmonies and textured guitar lines reveal an honest and endearing bond between the siblings. Blending themes of […]

If you’re old enough you may remember Dodgy in the 90s with their happy, summery hits such as Staying Out For The Summer, (I’ll never forget the video with them in a flying VW campervan) […]

Since the release of their last album, 2014’s After the End the band Merchandise has widened their horizons with some members relocating to Europe, specifically Germany and Italy. The latest release, their fifth album A […]

Dodgy release new album ‘What Are We Fighting For’ – out 2 September 2016 on Cherry Red. In support of the album, Dodgy will embark on a full UK 2016 – the following dates are […]

On 28th October, PiL will reissue the seminal albums ‘Metal Box’ and ‘Album’. ‘Metal Box’ was the band’s second album, originally released on 23rd November 1979 and ‘Album’ was their 5th studio album and was […]

Subscribers to the mailing lists of Los Angeles venues The Hi Hat and The Satellite–both known for booking excellent emerging rock bands–received a somewhat cryptic email blast a few weeks about a new band called […]

Nick Valensi of The Strokes premiered his new side project CRX at The Hi Hat in Los Angeles on August 17th 2016 with support from Jacuzzi Boys. XS Noize photographer Triffin Constantine was there. A […]

Tom Chaplin releases ‘Quicksand’ the first single from his powerful solo album ‘The Wave’ out October 14th. Written by Tom and produced by Matt Hales (Aqualung, Lianne La Havas), it’s one of many album highlights. […]