It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The heaviest rock sound ever heard. In that moment Heavy Metal […]

Last night at the annual Kerrang! Awards No Devotion walked away with the Best Album award for their debut record Permanence. After appearing on a number of Album of the Year lists at the tail […]

It’s in circuses and festivals where every view that greets the eye is spectacular and alluring. Abnormality is celebrated and human dilemma, outside the fair gates, becomes an afterthought. Beneath these carnival lights, Pathos, Pathos […]

CHVRCHES are excited to announce the release of a new version of their album highlight “Bury It”, which now features Hayley Williams of Paramore. Hayley Williams has joined CHVRCHES on stage a handful of times […]

After a 12 year break from releasing his own material, former Mansun frontman Paul Draper’s 4 track EP, EP One is released today. The hiatus hasn’t seen him leave the music scene at all, but […]

The single is available from midnight tonight. It was recorded at Church Studios in London and was produced by Paul Epworth. ‘Beautiful Thing’ will be available from the following: iTunes: http://po.st/BTiT Apple: http://po.st/BTAM Spotify: http://po.st/BTSp […]

Oklahoma’s BRONCHO have announced a European tour beginning September 21st at Amsterdam’s Indiestad Festival, and are streaming their new album, Double Vanity, in full ahead of its June 17th release via Dine Alone Records. Marking […]

Scottish trio FATHERSON have recently released their new album ‘Open Book’. Ahead of a busy summer.  They recently played to over 7,000 people with Biffy Clyro and a storming show at Live at Leeds Festival. XS Noize […]

You probably already know that for almost 2 years, Xsnoize.com has been providing music news, features and reviews to millions of visitors worldwide. Expanding from music reviews and news to include columns from the likes […]

So it’s been raining in Houston for something like 400 days it seems like. My first Free Press Fest begins with some cool but random interviews with Doug from Built to Spill, and local Houston […]

Tampa art punks Merchandise have returned with ‘Flower of Sex’, the first new single since their critically acclaimed 2014 release After The End. The song is accompanied by an engrossing new video juxtaposing flora and […]

Psych outfit Palm Honey have announced the release of their latest single You Stole My Blackout. The track, their first release in 2016, is a short and snappy slice of psychedelic pop that wastes no […]

Leeds quartet FURR have revealed the video for their debut single ‘Think Sharp Kid’. The video sees the band rocking out amidst a neon glow stick haze with a performance that perfectly complements the angsty […]

Bear’s Den have unveiled ‘Auld Wives’, the first single to be taken from the band’s upcoming second album, ‘Red Earth & Pouring Rain’, released on 22nd July on Communion. ‘Red Earth & Pouring Rain’ is […]

Lea Porcelain last month gave us their Out Is In EP, the first release from the Berlin/London duo. Consisting of producer Julien Bracht and singer Markus Nikolaus, Lea Porcelain have been gaining international recognition and […]

Last week, not many people outside of a small Scottish town had heard of singer songwriter Michael Forsyth. This week his second album ‘Stop For the World’ reached number five in the UK iTunes Singer […]

Responsible (with The Futureheads) for some of the biggest indie hits the UK has produced in the last decade – Decent Days and Night, Skip To The End, Meantime, Beginning Of The Twist, Heartbeat Song […]

For the first time in 4 years, and following the April release of her UK #1 album ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’, PJ Harvey returned to the world stage with a storming headline performance at […]