Six years used to be a lifetime in rock’n’roll. Kids driven by the urgency of youth form bonds, plug in, play gigs, find a label. Acclaim, exhaustion, over and out. Teenage Fanclub’s early years were […]

Blossoms have been carefully carving out their position in the canon of Great British Rock’n’Roll ever since the start of the year where they were listed as No. 4 on The BBC Sound Poll list […]

Northern Uproar exploded onto the Britpop scene in 1995 when teenagers Leon Meya (vocals/bass) and Jeff Fletcher (guitar) began writing music together, recruiting their friends Paul Kelly (guitar) and Keith Chadwick (drums). The band became […]

August Wells is a musical project formed in New York by Dublin native Ken Griffin (formerly of highly underrated cult Irish band Rollerskate Skinny, Kid Silver and Favourite Sons) and New York pianist John Rauchenberger. […]

After three consecutive Top 5 albums, White Lies have announced that they will release their fourth album ‘Friends’ on October 7th. The first release under a new deal with BMG, ‘Friends’ follows their #1 debut […]

Following the recent release of their critically acclaimed second album, “Things Will Matter”, and fresh from playing main support to Biffy Clyro at the weekend, Lonely The Brave today announce the “Dust & Bones” EP. […]

Following the huge success and critcial acclaim for previous singles ‘All Out’ and ‘Big Blue River’, Stage republic return with a storming new single ‘I Got Your Back’. The band’s eighties inspired Pop music comes […]

The Post Punk genre known as “Goth Rock” is frequently dismissed and minimized by contemporary music denizens. Goth is a sub genre of alternative music that is not only alive and well but has at […]

This weeks unsigned band are The Coronations a 5 piece band from Belfast Northern Ireland with influences ranging from mod/rock and roll to punk. The band have been together now for just under a year and recently […]

Former Mansun front-man Paul Draper recently released his first solo recording ‘EP ONE’ on Friday 10th June on KScope. Paul recently had a chat with XS Noize Editor-in-Chief Mark Millar to talk about the new […]

Ahead of their appearance on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury this weekend, Wolf Alice have unveiled the video to current single ‘Lisbon’. Created and directed by Eat The Danger, the video sees the band venturing […]

One of the UK’s most celebrated bands, Teenage Fanclub, make their their long-awaited return with the release of their tenth album, Here, on 9th September. The LP will be released on the band’s own PeMa […]

DMA’S can finally announce they will be performing at Glastonbury this Thursday 9pm at Williams Green. This coveted sunset slot promises to be a key highlight amongst other UK festival dates this year. The band […]

Having released 11 albums in 33 years Red Hot Chili Peppers need little introduction. Very Few bands survive such a long tenure but Kiedis and Co. Have been through hell together and come out the […]

Following a sold out show at London’s Lexington at the end of last year, Australian duo HOLY HOLY have announced a much anticipated headline show at London’s Electrowerkz on Tuesday 27 September with tickets going […]

Modern Family Unit return with Marco Polo, a slice of dark electro pop that brings to mind the likes of Motor and Nitzer Ebb. The song has a real menacing edge to begin, enjoyably sinister […]

Aphex Twin’s first official music video for 17 years; CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ], directed by Ryan Wyer, age 12, of Rush, co. Dublin. Aphex Twin and Warp Records commissioned Ryan to direct, edit and […]

Dinosaur Jr. share the first video FROM their new record, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not, out August 5th on Jagjaguwar. It’s for the electrifying single ‘Tiny’, (which they recently crushed on Later…with Jools […]