Reviews

There are a few albums that can instantly transport me to my youth in just a few opening notes; Sparkle In the Rain is on that short list. As an American heavily in to U2 […]

Woman’s Hour are happy to announce the official release of their much loved cover of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing in the Dark’ on Record Store Day. For some, this inimitable rendition will have been the first […]

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, […]

New drummer, new label, and new music…big changes for any band and only the most resilient artists can navigate that kind of change. Cincinnati’s Benjamin Davis is one of those artists and The Mess Remade […]

Unveiling the second track of their double A-side single release Orlando Seale & The Swell have just uploaded ‘All Of The Dogs’ which is to be released alongside ‘Filthy Hope’ on 23rd March. At two […]

Ahead of his sold-out London show at the Barbican tomorrow, Squarepusher reveals a second track from his forthcoming album. “Through this record I aim to explore as forcefully as possible the hallucinatory, the nightmarish and […]

SEARCHING FOR THE SUPERTRUTH (The title is borrowed from cosmic evolution theorist Rich Blundell) is a distinctive and diverse follow up to their acclaimed debut BROTHERS IN BROOKLYN and while it will continue to attract […]

It’s been fascinating watching Courtney Barnett’s journey over the past few years, in the way that it’s grown in such an organic way that I don’t think I’ve seen in my time. Originally releasing two […]

Northern Ireland’s outsider three piece Therapy? return with their 14th studio album Disquiet. In spite of their misfit status, they have outlasted a great number of their peers and yet remained tangibly underground, sticking to […]

Paradox are an Alternative Rock/Grunge Outfit from Cork, Ireland. Formed in 1996 by brothers Pete Mac and Mike Mac the early Paradox sound was heavily influenced by the Grunge Era of the 90’s. The band […]

Modest Mouse fans have had a long agonizing wait for new material. It has been eight long years since the extraordinary album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank was released in 2007. Wait no […]

Two Gallants hale from San Francisco and have been recording since 2004, We Are Undone is their fifth studio album. They are yet another two person band (which seems to be flavour of the month) and yes […]

Following the news of their debut album My Love Is Cool, London’s Wolf Alice have now unveiled the video to new single ‘Giant Peach’. Directed by S’blood, the video to ‘Giant Peach’ is a true […]

Spector are back with their new single ‘All The Sad Young Men’ out NOW!. The track is taken from their upcoming sophomore record, the follow up to their Top 20 debut ‘Enjoy It While It […]

Glasgow’s Errors return with a new album that was recorded on Jura in the Hebrides and that fact, when coupled with the album’s cover art, might lead you to conclude that the post rock electronics […]

With their sixth album ‘For All My Sisters’ nearing its release on March 23rd, The Cribs have shared a new track ‘Different Angle’. Written whilst demoing tracks for the album, ‘Different Angle’ – arguably most […]

Ahead of the release of their new album ‘Cavalcade’ The Slow Readers Club return with a new single ‘I Saw a Ghost’. The Manchester based four piece produce brooding and mesmeric indie electro, drawing comparisons […]

What does it take to top the Billboard ‘Emerging Artists’ chart, earn MTV ‘Artist To Watch’ status, and rack up over 20 million streams? There’s no magic formula, but it takes a band that sets […]