The XS Noize team review the latest live shows from bands/artists on tour.
A moniker like Pixey invokes certain expectations: petite, spirited, mischievous, fond of dancing. Witnessing a performance and chatting with the artist Pixey reveals all of the above, as well as drive, dreams, and a solid […]
It’s very rare to find two Norwegian schoolchildren who began their musical adventures through the forum of rap to go on to form a guitar music folk duo whose debut album title Quiet Is the […]
In March, XS Noize’s Lee Campbell caught up with The Levellers frontman to discuss many things, including the success of the Levellers 2020 LP Peace, being requested by Neil Young personally to support him, and […]
The Shakespeare’s Globe theatre is so old and famous that the two original buildings (1599 and 1654) featured on postage stamps in 1995. Slightly younger is Damon Albarn, aged 53, whose 1994 LP Parklife was depicted […]
Ahead of the Future Past album release date, Duran Duran felt that it was only appropriate to celebrate the first album’s 40th anniversary in Birmingham, the very place where they started their career. For this […]
In 2005, a largely unknown Danish band Mew swept the international scene with their fourth album And the Glass Handed Kites. This band’s breakthrough was unique because this effort departed from their previously more accessible […]
It is fair to say that Rag‘n’Bone Man had some luck in his corner as he played out his third and final nights’ residency at the Jazz Café in Camden, London. England has just beaten […]
Whilst Lily Allen’s short-lived “In the Name Of” record label, which Sony Music backed, was noted for an absence of quantity of successful artists; this label nonetheless left an impressive legacy of quality artists in […]
Since the split of Oasis over a decade ago, the debate has continued on just who made the era-defining band what it was. While Noel Gallagher’s development and experimentation as a solo artist brings a […]
“What a weird time to be alive,” says Frank Turner, flanked by his bandmates but separated from them by huge sheets of perspex. With all touring cancelled. Turner has used his considerable platform over the […]
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 […]
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 […]
You know a band has made it when following the release of six LP’s and a greatest hits album they can embark upon a series of arena dates. Like their debut album The Back Room, […]
The Strokes became hard to see at just the moment that they became hard to listen to. Their two early 2010s offerings, Angles and Comedown Machine fell a long way short of capturing what had […]
Last year XS Noize had great pleasure in reviewing BRITs Week who together with O2 has brought some of the renowned acts including Ed Sheeran, alt-J and Enter Shikari who blew away the 500 capacity […]
Striding out to the menacing music of ‘The Terminator’, Kevin Jones and Andrew Davie from Bear’s Den, ironically are two of most unintimidating characters in the business. Perhaps, that’s why they chose that particular intro […]
Being on the cusp of becoming a quarter of a century old and three years and counting since they released an LP; people would naturally question if the Boston boys would be coming back. However […]
A 10 pm arrival on a Saturday night. A well-oiled, sold-out crowd. The echoes of an opening half-hour set from Bo Ningen vocalist Taigen Kawabe’s hip-hop side project still permeating the air. Two years of […]
As the crowd entered the seven hundred and fifty capacity Evolutionary Arts Hackney venue one could not miss a slogan deliberately laid down on the stage: “No Music On A Dead Planet”. It was clear […]
Howie Payne’s gigs of late have been one-man shows. So when Howie announced that he was doing his first full-band live show at the one hundred and eighty capacity venue, the Old Queens Head; this […]