I recall watching an interview with Madness frontman Suggs in 2009 as he discussed their 9th studio album (10th if you count The Madness), The Liberty of Norton Folgate. He remarked how if you had […]
Excitement, surprises, great talent and a full house at the Ulster Hall. The NI Music Prize roared out live from the Ulster Hall last night with a showcase and celebration of some of Northern Ireland’s […]
The iconic STATUS QUO returns to the live circuit with shows for Summer 2024, including a date for Belfast at Live At Botanic Gardens on 28th May. STATUS QUO need no introduction – more hit […]
In episode #155 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Ed Vyvyan and Tom Rea from dream rock four-piece junodream about their debut album, Pools Of Colour. Lined ten tracks deep, the band’s debut […]
Big Country broke worldwide with the release of the album’s classic singles ‘Fields Of Fire’, ‘Chance’ and signature song ‘In A Big Country’, which went on to become massive worldwide hits, selling over 2 million […]
Far From Saints were at The Ulster Hall, Belfast, as part of their extensive UK and Ireland tour with support from Belfast’s synth-pop artist, Gareth Dunlop, who played a fantastic set. Bernie McAllister was there […]
Alt-folk duo Smoke Fairies, aka Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies, release their sixth studio album, Carried in Sound, an album confronting the loss and grief of the intimate and challenging emotions that have on a […]
THE ANSWER announces a new video for their Nov 17th single “Wild Heart”. Directed by British director JJ Eringa, the video delves into a number of retro 70’s clips from the daredevil biker era when […]
Ian Astbury and Death Cult came to Nottingham for their 8323 tour. The 40th-anniversary celebration tour gathered the life-long fans of the band and those who love The Cult. The post-punk legends were welcomed with […]
Music, like all forms of art, is a naturally subjective thing. A hundred people could listen to the same song and get a hundred different meanings from it. On the other hand, certain genres of […]
Diving Into the Arms of the Divine, the debut album from indie-pop/dream-pop duo SPELLES is a mystical, cinematic exploration of our inner worlds and the private hells therein. Made up of Luc Laurent and Kathryn […]
PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT have announced a mammoth run of dates for 2024, taking in full tours of Australia and New Zealand, North America and the UK and Ireland. The live dates will see […]
TOOL make their highly-anticipated return to Europe this Spring, with a month of dates slated for the 2024 trek, including outings at London’s The O2, Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena and Paris’ Accor Arena, as well as […]
On the 10th and 11th of November, one of the most exciting indie rock bands from Essex, Nothing But Thieves, had their completely sold-out gigs at the OVO Wembley Arena. The two support bands on […]
Meet the Australian pop-rocker G Flip, who recently released their new single/music video, “Good Enough,” a track lifted from their latest album, DRUMMER. “Good Enough” is a brilliant example of the heat this nonbinary artist […]
The Brand New Heavies began life in 1985 as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brothers International and changed their name once they signed their first record contract. When any band is still going strong […]
The Smile have today revealed details of their brand-new album Wall Of Eyes, set for release on 26th January on XL Recordings. The band have also shared the title track from the album “Wall Of […]
Released in June, Far From Saints’ self-titled album became one of the most critically acclaimed debuts of the year and immediately made a major chart impact, landing at #5 on the Official UK Album Chart […]
Hot Mulligan has had a busy, busy year. After completing a European tour, the group kicked off their North American tour on the 8th of November to a sold-out crowd. The entry queue stretched down […]
In 2002, L.S. Dunes vocalist Anthony Green, guitarist Frank Iero, drummer Tucker Rule, bassist Tim Payne and guitarist Travis Stever released their debut album, Past Lives, a post-hardcore, punk, boundary-pushing record which went on to […]