Podcast

With over 540k Spotify streams and 190k plays worldwide, experimental-pop trio Beaty Heart are back with their follow up to 2014’s Mixed Blessings, ‘Till The Tomb’, released July 29th . After an extensive tour through […]

Tom Hingley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets. After six successful years, Inspiral Carpets split in 1995 and Hingley started performing as a solo artist. Hingley […]

Si Wolstencroft is among the many near-mythical figures of the Manchester music scene. Si parted ways before The Patrol became the Stone Roses and he turned down The Smiths. Right place, right time, wrong choices? […]

Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles formed in the North Wales and Chester, UK area in autumn of 2015. The band’s first 6 months together have been incredibly busy and productive: a debut EP and […]

Terri Hooley is a legend among the Belfast music community and beyond. During Northern Ireland’s troubled dark times, Terri Hooley’s Good Vibrations record shops and label survived in countless locations around the city, selling and […]

Hailing from Wales Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress is a woman of numerous talents; a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and PhD holder. She lists among her musical credits co-producing with Paul Draper, being a member of […]

Former Mansun front-man Paul Draper recently released his first solo recording ‘EP ONE’ on Friday 10th June on KScope. Paul recently had a chat with XS Noize Editor-in-Chief Mark Millar to talk about the new […]

Wendy James needs no introduction, she enjoyed massive success in the 80s and 90s with Transvision Vamp having huge hit singles and selling out venues. When the band folded Wendy recorded her solo albums which […]

XS Noize Editor-in-Chief, Mark Millar talks to staff writer and photographer Tom Day about how unsigned bands/artists can feature on our ‘XS Noize Unsigned Showcase’. After battling cancer, Hurricane #1 front man Alex Lowe has […]

XS Noize Editor-in-Chief, Mark Millar talks to resident photographer Cortney Armitage about the highs and lows of gig photography. “Ever wondered what it’s like to work in the music business? What happens in the studio? […]