The XS Noize team review the latest live shows from bands/artists on tour.
Still basking in the glow of yet another successful US tour, Catfish and the Bottlemen are currently on their biggest UK tour yet: one which sold out within a matter of minutes when tickets initially […]
Yo La Tengo brought the material from their new covers album, ‘Stuff Like That There,’ to Dublin with great success as well as playing a range of other covers and stripped back versions tracks […]
There were small chatters around the crowd while waiting for Billie Marten to begin her set at Manchester Academy 3, she walked onto the stage and jumped straight into her first song after introducing herself. […]
Catholic Action are the first support band on at The Ritz in Manchester, their quartet consists of 3 guitars backed by a drummer, with an intensifying sound that builds up to a slower melody when […]
This gig sold out, got upgraded and then sold out again! Already the night is off to a fantastic start at The Ritz in a cold, rainy Manchester for Lisa Mitchell and headliner Bear’s Den. […]
When I told my friends I was going to a Raleigh Ritchie gig they looked at me like “who is that?” but as soon as I said ‘Grey Worm’ from Game of Thrones and showed […]
When Jon Fratelli smiles it appears, he knows a secret. Perhaps it’s entwined with the knowledge that with the band dropping their fourth studio album “Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied” they have once again increased their song […]
It’s mid September and getting autumnal, but that doesn’t stop London’s Camden from thriving day and night. It’s late by the time I get here, but Billy Bibby (former Catfish and the Bottlemen Writer and […]
It’s a wet evening and Tottenham Court Road Station is still closed for the cross rail development making it a bit of a trek across from Holborn to The Borderline. Fortunately, this diversion necessitates a […]
I biked down with my camera in my back pack to Telfords Warehouse, Chester anticipating a huge bank holiday weekend crowd and I was highly disappointed, it was quite odd for it to be this […]
Rough Start to The Script’s Gig Doesn’t Stop Them I was part of the parade that led The Script to the stage at Tennent’s Vital as they headlined the Sunday night slot, and what can […]
The Shacklewell Arms is a tricky pub to find, but as tonight they play host to Du Blonde tonight, I made it my prerogative to find it! The venue is a tiny dance hall at […]
Tonight, Hackney’s Olso plays host to psychedelic legend Anton Newcombe and the smouldering vocals of Ontario’s Tess Parks. The tour marks the release of I Declare Nothing, Newcombe and Parks collaborative LP which was released […]
Mogwai, Scottish Post-Rock pioneers, are currently on a tour of shows celebrating their 20th anniversary of being a band. As part of this tour the band came back to the Olympia Theatre in Dublin for […]
Swans are notorious for being one of the loudest and most brutal live acts ever and while they have greatly differentiated and softened up over the past thirty years, they show absolutely no sign of […]
Manchester’s Gigantic Indie All Dayer brought generations of Indie music to the stage in a day of musical mayhem, combined with a real ale and cider festival in the afternoon with a sizeable range of […]
Tonight, an unimposing London pub on an obscure Islington side street play host to Gothenburg’s finest – Pale Honey. When I arrive, there’s lots of chatter in the bar, Tuva and Nelly are still in […]
Northern Ireland’s Indie Prog-Rock quartet, And So I Watch You From Afar play a sold out Islington Assembly Rooms in London on 1st May. Verdict? Utterly Awesome! Suitably warmed up and ready to rock, the […]
Debuting tracks from his Arizona LP, Henry Kohen AKA Mylets lays waste to the Victorian one man band at London’s Islington Assembly Rooms, in support of And So I Watch You From Afar. A skinny, […]
Before this gig, I’d never had the chance to see Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds live, so I was part over excited, part intrigued about the prospect of a Cave solo show. The show […]