The XS Noize team review the latest live shows from bands/artists on tour.
When I heard Squeeze and The English Beat were touring in the New York area, my face started to resemble an over excited emoji. The Paramount Theater in Huntingon, was the place were I and […]
Subscribers to the mailing lists of Los Angeles venues The Hi Hat and The Satellite–both known for booking excellent emerging rock bands–received a somewhat cryptic email blast a few weeks about a new band called […]
So it’s been raining in Houston for something like 400 days it seems like. My first Free Press Fest begins with some cool but random interviews with Doug from Built to Spill, and local Houston […]
Its Facebook page cites: “Great bands, great people, no rip off festival prices and a damn good vibe…a big, big love” and this is what I was expecting for this event. I’d been wanting to […]
After her submission to the XSNoize Unsigned showcase, I have been following Kelly Oliver with interest and tonight, I finally managed to catch her live (albeit as a support act) at a venue as humble […]
Devon boys Muse returned to rock Belfast on Tuesday night with their ambitious Drones tour. They had played the Ulster Hall just over a year ago, but this was the first time they had played […]
After a three year wait for his debut album Telluric, which came out in March, Matt Corby and his band have set out to tour the album. Last Night saw Matt Corby play his debut […]
The Cult returned to Belfast to play the Mandela Hall on Sunday night. It’s their first time in Belfast since they played the Ulster Hall in 1991. The Mandela Hall was packed to the rafters […]
It’s the first time I’ve walked along Oxford Street since Tottenham Court Road Station has been reopened. It’s a stark contrast to its former self and reminds me how rapidly the face of London has […]
Since making his name as a solo songwriter and releasing numerous albums, City & Colours latest album, If I Should Go Before You, saw Dallas Green pick up the electric for the first time since […]
For Suede’s latest live outing, Irish fans are treated to a show of two halves, a cinematic experience and an energetic live performance on the same night. Barely visible glimmers of the static band appear […]
Frank Turner made his return to a Northern Irish stage for the first time since 2013’s Cut The Transmission Festival, and any frustration that was built awaiting his return was certainly released at Thursday’s sold […]
Clerkenwell, London isn’t a district famed for its music scene, but The Slaughtered Lamb is beginning to change that with it’s little basement music lounge full of candle-lit table-a-deux. The freshly built stage is to […]
In June of 2014 I witnessed James Bay hypnotize a Hotel Café audience of less than 200 people into a state of reverent rapture with his golden pipes and crimson vintage Epiphone Century guitar. Heading […]
U2 – SSE ARENA, BELFAST 18 November 2015 U2 last played as a full band in Belfast during the Pop Mart tour when the people of Belfast welcomed them with open arms to play Botanic […]
It’s a strange notion that a show in a sold out arena is a small affair for a band, but when you consider that the world’s stadia are U2’s usual stamping grounds, shows in the […]
The fog is so thick tonight that flights in and around London have been cancelled, Autumn is most definitely here. As I stroll up to the pub-come-music venue, The Lexington on Pentonville Road, London, some […]
Do the demonic clergymen from Sweden hold the key to the salvation of metal, or the entire world? When Ghost entered the Internet’s collective consciousness* with their tongue-in-cheek Satanism and incense-filled rituals (please don’t call […]
In London it’s a drizzly and dark Autumn evening, but that will do little to dampen my spirits as I wander north from King’s Cross Station to the stunning St Pancras Old Church. Tonight, this […]
Justin Hawkins stands at the ready with a guitar pick in his hand. “Who would like this cool yellow piece of plastic, with The Darkness emblazoned upon it in the very cheapest possible ink?” We […]