Marathon: the title track from Philadelphia-based Shark Tape’s 2014 LP, is three minutes and twenty seconds of amped-up indie-rock riffage guaranteed to get your day of to a good start. Boasting choruses full of doo’s […]

Welcome to XS Noize MixTape #12, to showcase well known and up and coming bands/artists we are currently excited about and have been spinning over the past few weeks. Featuring: Shaun William Ryder, The Milltown […]

In 1990, Manchester ruled the music world. Central to everything were Happy Mondays. Under the leadership of vocalist Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays immersed themselves in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable […]

Prinzhorn Dance School’s new album, Home Economics, is out this week on DFA Records. To mark the occasion they’re sharing a beautiful new video for Home Economics’ single “Reign”. Tobin Prinz remarks, “The making of […]

After spending the majority of 2014 on tour in the US, London based KINS are set to release their first material of 2015 in the form of their new EP, Cyclical, on July 6th via […]

Electro-pop duo Monarchy are set to release new EP ‘Re|Vision’ on June 15th, alongside a headline show at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen on Thursday June 11th. Following on from their latest LP ‘Abnocto’, which came […]

Today sees Spector unveil the stunning video for ‘Kyoto Garden’, taken from their forthcoming second album. The video has been a collaborative process with creatives from all over the world for Topman’s Openshoot project. The […]

John Lennon’s solo albums are set to be released as an eight-LP vinyl box set entitled Lennon. All the albums have been meticulously remastered from their original master and cut to 180-gram vinyl. They come […]

Of Monsters and Men release their follow up to 2011’s My Head is an Animal in the form of Beneath the Skin today, but is it a match for their much loved debut? I’m afraid […]

With the release of their debut album A Dream Outside only a matter of weeks away, North London group Gengahr are pleased to share the video to single, ‘Heroine’. Currently on the 6 Music B-list, […]

Check out this weeks ‘Vinyl Five for Monday 08/06/2015’, The essential vinyl you should own this week, carefully selected by Kenny Murdock from Belfast’s best vinyl record store ‘Sick Records, Belfast‘.   Album Of The […]

Twenty years after the release of their self-titled debut album, GARBAGE will celebrate their lauded career with an anniversary tour throughout Europe and the US. Christened the 20 Years Queer Tour, the band will play […]

Copenhagen-based trio Lust For Youth announce news of their European tour this autumn, including a headline London show at Birthdays on September 23rd. This follows the release of the band’s ‘International’ LP, which came out […]

‘How Big How Blue How Beautiful’, Florence’s third critically acclaimed album was released this week to top the UK album chart, selling more than the rest of the top 5 combined, topping the charts in […]

Many bands are born of a defining event—an epic studio session, an inspiring shared event, a prescient record producer. Night Dials almost went down the road of predictable narratives. Almost. The band recorded their first […]

Muse release Drones, their much anticipated follow up to 2012’s 2nd Law on 8th June. Their previous 2 releases were a marked departure from their known and loved style leaving many seasoned fans wondering if […]

Carrickmacross quartet The Flaws 3rd Studio Album , Springtime for The Flaws is their first LP in 5 years. A long hiatus between albums seems to be a part of their mantra and success, but […]

Florence Welch front woman for Florence and the Machine is the latest in a line of storied powerfully bewitching songstresses in Rock music. Florence and the Machine’s latest release, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful […]