From her early solo success to her forays into genres like house music and country, Beyoncé has consistently excelled, even after more than three decades in the industry. After departing from Destiny’s Child to pursue […]

Chesney Hawkes has just fired back into the spotlight. ‘Get A Hold of Yourself’ – his first single in more than ten years – received its premiere play courtesy of Scott Mills at Radio 2, […]

Critically acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Joan As Police Woman today released her 10th studio album, Lemons, Limes & Orchids, via Play It Again Sam. The record explores love and loss at its core and functions […]

Larkin Poe – the GRAMMY Award-winning duo of Georgia-bred, Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell – follow their “Duo/Group of the Year” triumph at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards earlier this week by […]

They say talent often runs in the family, for Hana Giraldo, that has undoubtedly proven to be true. As the daughter of iconic musicians Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Hana has carved her path in […]

Today, Justin Vernon announces the release of SABLE, three intimate songs that together serve as a reset and reintroduction. Arriving on 18th October via Jagjaguwar, the EP marks the first new Bon Iver record in […]

Hard-Fi today released their fantastic new single, ‘Always and Forever,’ the second track from their forthcoming Don’t Go Making Plans EP, which will be released November 15th via Ignition Records. The EP features four brand […]

The Coronas’ hugely anticipated eighth studio album, Thoughts & Observations, is due on the 27 September. Produced by Grammy award-winning, long-time collaborator George Murphy (Mumford and Sons, The Specials, Ellie Goulding), Thoughts & Observations is […]

The Oh Yeah Music Centre has announced the details of its Sound of Belfast 2024 programme, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Taking place from 7 to 17 November, this annual celebration is dedicated […]

Formed by outcast high school students with similar music tastes in the small Norwegian city of Stavanger in 2013, the pop-punk band Sløtface have been on a perpetual increase of notoriety since they began releasing […]

Billie Eilish will embark on her seventh tour after announcing that she’ll be hitting the road for her “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” on April 29, 2024, following the release of her third […]

In a darkening musical landscape where viral fads and AI-generated fakery share chart space with the self-absorbed products of the nation’s stage schools, Buzzcocks shine out as a gleaming beacon of hope. A constant, ever-evolving […]

English Indie/Rock band Blossoms are back! Fresh from the recent biggest headline show of their 11-year career at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park, Blossoms release their fifth studio album, Gary. Not many bands could get away with “Gary” […]

IRON MAIDEN will start their RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR on May 27th next year in Budapest followed by 27 stadium, festival & arena shows around Europe. The tour marks 50 years since Steve […]

In the years following The Smiths’ implosion, guitarist Johnny Marr spent the better part of two decades exploring the surrounding musical environment. His destiny seemed to be an inability to find exactly what he was […]

In Episode #193 of The XS Noize Podcast, host Mark Millar speaks to Mat Peters from Manchester four-piece IST IST about their fourth studio album, Light a Bigger Fire. IST IST will release its eagerly anticipated […]

With his era-defining smash hit ‘The One and Only’, film star good looks and boy next door charm, Chesney Hawkes was one of the UK’s biggest pop stars of the ‘90s. Three decades on, and […]

Legends of rock The Darkness have returned to bedazzle and amaze once more. In March 2025, they will release their eighth studio album, Dreams On Toast, via Cooking Vinyl.  “You know that thing when God’s breath tickles […]