Welcome to XS Noize MixTape #3, this is a taster of what we have been mostly listening to this week. Featuring: U2, Kele Okereke, , Purple Heart Parade, Wampire, Captivves, Jennie Vee and more.

Endless ink and computer bytes have been spent discussing, arguing, moaning and praising U2’s surprise release ‘Songs of Innocence’. For an enlightened review you need go no farther than my colleague Mark Millar’s excellent review […]

David Bowie returns with the premiere of his brand new single, “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)”. Marking Bowie’s first piece of new material since last year’s LP, The Next Day, it was recorded […]

“Is this not the sickest and most totally believable heavy rock motherfucker ever?”, are some of the words The Dandy Warhols’ Courtney Taylor-Taylor used to describe The Vincent(s) new belter, ‘Song for the Sea’. So […]

Merchandise are on tour right now supporting star-turn After The End, and in the midst of their travels they’ve shared the video for album highlight “Telephone.” It’s directed by the band and features Scottish playwright […]

Apple say that a total of 81 million people have “experienced” ‘Songs Of Innocence’, by either downloading some of its songs or streaming them. Vice-President Eddy Cue told Billboard: “To help put this into perspective, […]

Catherine A Davies AKA The Anchoress today premiered the video for ‘One For Sorrow’, a song from her forthcoming ‘One For Sorrow EP released on 3rd November. The EP will come in limited edition 12″ […]

Play Ball, the first single from AC/DC’s eagerly awaited new album Rock Or Bust, received its first radio plays earlier today, and is available now to anyone pre-ordering the digital edition of the album. The […]

The Guardian has reported that in a recent interview, the singer has described how doctors had ‘scraped cancerous tissues’ four times amid lengthy spell of ill health After being repeatedly hospitalised over the past year […]

Music legend John Lennon’s entire solo back catalogue is available on Spotify from today. Eight studio albums and three compilations of Lennon material are available to stream now. The availability of the music is significant […]

The Agency… began in 2012, as a large musical collective based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Now established as a smaller unit, they feature Steve Beyer (guitar), Garry Cosgrove (drums), Steven K Driver (singer/songwriter/guitar), Andy Ludbrook […]

On Saturday December 13th, Anna Calvi will be hosting a very special one off show in the beautiful intimate surroundings of St John’s Church in Hackney, London. The Heritage Orchestra – who Anna worked with […]

Polyvinyl Records are excited to announce the December 1st release of Other People’s Songs, a collection of cover songs recorded by Mike Kinsella (American Football, Owls) under his Owen moniker. The album features selections from […]

Upon the release of his first solo album “Familial” in 2010 many wondered which direction Phil Selway would go, would the album be a complete departure from his day job provides the rhythms for Radiohead […]

Johnny Marr is on fire musically, releasing two solo albums in less than two years. The journeyman guitarist who made up the other creative half of one of the most iconic bands in Alternative music, […]

With the announcement of their new single, Hookworms are set to release the perfect encapsulation of everything that forthcoming second studio album The Hum is set to be. ‘On Leaving’ takes the blueprint of debut […]

Welcome to XS Noize MixTape #3, this is a taster of what we have been mostly listening to this week. Featuring: The Lucid Dream, The Boxer Rebellion, The Anchoress, Purple Heart Parade, Simple Minds, Inego […]

Manchester psych band Purple Heart Parade have been around for a while now and have a great following live and on social networks. Offering up some vibes nodding to the psychedelic era of the late 60s, […]