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The much-delayed third album from New Yorkers Anamanaguchi can be viewed as a direct reaction to what’s come before. You don’t take six years to put out a record without some soul-searching along the way, […]
Keeping abreast of the release schedules of Californian garage rock musicians can be a full-time hobby. A scene spearheaded by Ty Segall, John Dwyer and Tim Presley, each year brings about any number of studio […]
Brix & The Extricated are back to release their third studio album Super Blood Wolf Moon on 25th October nearly a year on from their last one Breaking State, which saw them move on from […]
The manga graphic novel is nothing new, it originated in Japan many decades ago. Unfortunately few manga graphic novels (especially not music related manga novels) get translated into English so an audience outside Japan can’t […]
If ever a band’s sound is matched so perfectly to the name of the band itself, it’s this one. Cigarettes After Sex’s music is cinematically seductive and intensely visual – a description that would certainly […]
Dallas Green, Canadian singer/songwriter and founder of the musical entity City and Colour have once again delivered a brilliant new album, “A Pill for Loneliness”. The band’s sixth release is the follow up to their […]
It is hard to believe that this band from Enniskillen, Northern Ireland celebrated their third decade as a musical outfit this year. Whilst a knighthood may not be within Neil Hannon’s reach, his unique blend […]
How many bands can you name that are approaching the end of their second decade without a break, without significant personnel change and without a dropoff in quality? Hot Chip are on a shortlist. Tonight […]
Having just released their debut LP, Mass, King Nun took to the road. XS Noize found Mass an impressive debut. King Nun would now be tested on how well this material would stand up live. […]
On a fundamental level, change comes from within. We may be influenced or pressured by external forces – friends, acquaintances, family – but the first step on the road to change has to be taken […]
In the spring of this year, Alternative rockers Foals promised a second full LP to follow their new release “Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1”. On October 18th they keep their promise. Part […]
A Balloon Called Moaning is evidently very special to the welsh trio The Joy Formidable, for this release is being celebrated as an expanded double-disc release with an accompanying special stripped back welsh language version. […]
Two years ago the Bolton upon Dearne quartet charted impressively with their debut LP Live for the Moment, entering the top ten. Before they were signed, The Sherlocks became the first unsigned act since the […]
From the first moment of their debut Album, Kitt Phillipa shows why they were the 2018 winner of single of the year at the NI Music Prize, taking you on an auditory journey through a […]
Whilst frontman Theo Polyzoides admitted to being “such a loser in secondary school”, there must have been some concealed and opaque potential which was discovered by his English teacher at college. This potential evidently soared […]
Rock veterans Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill are on top form in this live double-album release from Simple Minds. Live albums and decent live albums at that can be challenging to pull off. ‘Live in […]
Murray. A. Lightburn is no stranger to XS Noize. XS Noize has delighted in reviewing Lightburn’s band The Dears spectacular electric-rock shows as well as his first solo show outside of his hometown Canada at […]
Throughout their almost three-decade career Elbow have encountered many challenging and potentially catastrophic events that would result in their premature extinction. The most recent event was drummer Richard Jupp’s departure just before Elbow began work […]
‘I dream of it often: a younger version of myself, standing at the bottom of the ocean; arms aloft, mouth agape, eyes glaring, not seeing, not breathing, still as stone in a watery fane.’ For […]
Sheffield-based instrumental outfit 65daysofstatic have never stood still. The quartet’s sound has been pushed and pulled in different directions since their formation in 2001, with their output largely grouped under the ‘post-rock’ umbrella. Labels such […]
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