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 […]

As Pet Shop Boys get ready to perform four sold-out shows this week at the Royal Opera House in London, they are delighted to announce that they will return to the UK with their Super […]

Pixies add six UK shows to their newly announced European tour, including a two-night stint at London’s Brixton Academy. The band also announce a new show in Köln, Germany in addition to their tour on […]

Dodgy have announced the first run of dates to coincide with the release of their fifth studio album ‘WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR’ released on Friday 2nd September on Cherry Red Records. Dodgy will be […]

One song every month until the day I die. This is the simple mission statement from UK alt-indie artist Prints Jackson (Kristian C Williams), a mantra that perfectly encapsulates his ongoing project, which is already […]

Slowly but surely, 2016 is becoming the year of Car Seat Headrest. Seattle native Will Toledo’s latest album (and first full-band album for Matador), “Teens of Denial” is becoming a crossover sensation – the kind […]

Fresh from hitting the Top 40 album charts in their native Switzerland & being playlisted on the hugely influential KROQ Radio in the USA, alt-rockers Spencer have unveiled a new single from their fourth album […]

Following a hugely successful Big Top Headline slot at this summer’s Isle of Wight festival, British rock heroes FEEDER (Grant Nicholas & Taka Hirose) announce their stunning new studio album ‘All Bright Electric’. The band’s […]

Jagwar Ma return with new single ‘O B 1’. Premiered last night (July 14th) by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, the track is the first taster from the group’s second album titled Every Now […]

Twin Atlantic have shared their new video for single ‘No Sleep’, taken from anticipated new album ‘GLA’ released on 9th September 2016. Sam McTrusty commented: “It’s a simple video of us in our element. The […]