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ALBUM REVIEW: Enter Shikari – Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible

April 1, 2020 Michael Barron 0

Beyond having a tenacious work ethic evidenced by Enter Shikari’s gruelling 2019 tour schedule (including their War Child show at The Dome) and releasing the standalone single “Stop the Clocks”; Enter Shikari’s strongest characteristic is […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams – Aporia

March 29, 2020 Lori Gava 0

On March 24th the enigmatic Sufjan Stevens and his long time collaborator/stepfather Lowell Brams released their latest work, Aporia, a labour of love that has taken years to complete. The new release is a New […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Anna Burch – If You’re Dreaming

March 27, 2020 Lee Campbell 0

The second album from Detroit songstress Anna Burch is on the surface, a bright and melodic alt-pop excursion, but on closer inspection, it is tinged with an undercurrent of melancholy; lyrically dark and revealing in […]

ALBUM REVIEW: The Orb – Abolition Of The Royal Familia

March 25, 2020 Ben P Scott 0

32 years after its formation, The Orb follows the genre-hopping 2018 treasure No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds with this equally cerebral new LP. Abolition Of The Royal Familia is the Alex Paterson helmed unit’s […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Brian Fallon – Local Honey

March 25, 2020 Daniel Lynch 0

On his third solo album, we catch up with a Brian Fallon more mature and comfortable in himself than we’ve ever known. Long gone are the days of The Gaslight Anthem’s punk rock. Fallon has […]

Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’ Turns 30

March 19, 2020 David McElroy 0

Usually, when reviewing an album for XS Noize, I’m obliged to give a rating out of ten to reflect how I feel about it. Whenever I am considering how an album rates on that scale, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: The Slow Readers Club – The Joy Of The Return

March 16, 2020 Sandra Blemster 0

Manchester’s The Slow Readers Club are back with a fourth album, The Joy Of The Return, out on March 20th via Modern Sky UK. It’s recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool and produced by […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Dunts Live at SWG3, Glasgow

March 16, 2020 Fionn Crossan 0

Despite not being very familiar with the Dunts music before the evening of their headline show at SWG3 in Glasgow, it was clear the room was filling with young teenagers ready to sing back every […]

BOOK REVIEW: The Golden Sheep (part three) By Kaori Ozaki

March 15, 2020 Michael Barron 0

After three months the wait to find out what happened to Tsugu, Sora, Yuushin and Sally (Asari) is now finally over. Music lovers were hooked line and sinker from the opening scene in part one […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Morrissey – I Am Not A Dog On A Chain

March 15, 2020 Michael Barron 5

When Morrissey released his last album, California Son, there was much hype around this release. The hype did not centre on the collaborators who joined Morrissey on this cover album such as Billie Joe Armstrong (Green […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Hunter Complex – Dead Calm and Zero Degrees

March 15, 2020 David Ham 0

Hunter Complex is the Dutch musician and composer, Lars Meijer. He’s well-known in the Netherlands underground electronica scene. He has been composing electronic, synth-based music for other 30 years. In the late 80’s he began […]

LIVE REVIEW: Morrissey Live at Wembley Arena

March 15, 2020 Michael Barron 0

Amidst the packed Wembley arena, it is hard to believe that we living in a coronavirus pandemic or that the ongoing boycotts against Morrissey were taking place. There was no support act, instead, fans watched […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Ultraísta – Sister

March 12, 2020 Lori Gava 0

After a long wait the Indie, Super Collaboration Ultraista launches their second release Sister on March 13. It can be hard to believe that 8 years have passed since the release of Ultraista’s self-titled debut. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Orchards – Lovecore

March 12, 2020 Gareth O'Malley 0

It’s been almost 7 years since Brighton band Orchards planted the seeds for what would eventually grow into their debut album. It took them a little bit to establish themselves, too, but there’s a clear […]

REVIEW: New Pagans – Glacial Erratic

March 10, 2020 Lee Campbell 0

Belfast alt-rockers New Pagans deliver new Indie-pop EP with a punch. As I put electronic pen to paper for this one, International Women’s Day has just wrapped up for another year. It is apt timing […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Snarls – Burst

March 6, 2020 Gareth O'Malley 0

Have you ever stopped and thought about the fundamentals of being alive? You’re a single person, trying to make your way in the world just like everyone else – a place that feels increasingly fragmented […]

ALBUM REVIEW: ROCH – Via Media

March 5, 2020 Gareth O'Malley 0

Kate Miller has always known what she’s about. The process of creating her opening statement as an artist may have taken a while, but it’s something the 24-year-old Londoner has been focused on for years. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Baxter Dury – The Night Chancers

March 5, 2020 David Ham 0

“The Night Chancers” released by Heavenly Records, is Baxter Dury’s 6th album. It continues the long term collaboration with producer Craig Silvey. The pair are purveyors of sleazy, alternative pop music. Soaked in synth strings […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Honey Harper – Starmaker

March 4, 2020 Lee Campbell 0

Cosmic cowboy Honey Harper sprinkles a hat full of star-dust on this extra-terrestrial debut. Born William Fussell and raised in the southern states of Georgia & Florida, he now resides in London under the pseudonym […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Porridge Radio – Every Bad

March 1, 2020 David Ham 0

Formed in Brighton in 2015, Porridge Radio are a New Wave, Post Punk, Alternative Pop quartet, fronted by lead vocalist and guitarist Dana Margolin. The punk DIY ethos burns fiercely bright in Porridge Radio. A […]