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Cowboy Junkies are one of those outstanding bands that just get on with what they do and quietly slip under many people’s radars. The Timmins siblings & bassist Alan Anton are now into their fifth […]
In 2019, XS Noize was invited to see some of the most specular live music the Royal Albert Hall had to offer that year in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. They provide specialist care […]
Colorado-based alt-rock/pop-punk/pop-rock outfit releases their debut album, The Blur, an 11-track collection of contagious songs rife with savours of retro alternative and emo pop-punk. Made up of Linden Jackson (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jonah Bartels (drums, […]
This review has been one of the more difficult ones I have ever sat down to write. Not because I did not enjoy the album, far from it, Aldous Harding’s fourth offering is a captivating […]
Australian punk rock band The Chats brought their explosive energy to the Rock City. Two fellow punk rock bands – Dennis Cometti and Chubby & The Gang – warmed up the crowd before the headliners […]
Vocalist and guitarist Brian Molko and bassist Stefan Olsdal who make up Placebo, return, this time as a duo, following the departure of drummer Steve Forrest in 2015. It’s been almost nine years since they […]
Known as the up and coming London band included in MTV Push’s Ones To Watch 2020 shortlist after supporting the Foals 2019 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost World Tour in Russia and Ukraine. Sea […]
In support of the new album Ignorance and How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars, The Weather Station are currently on a whistle-stop tour of the UK & Ireland as part of […]
Despite band members joining and re-joining in recent years, this four-piece folk-bluegrass band has made it through to see their tenth year, release new EPs, and most importantly, return to the UK to perform a […]
Québécois folk-pop artist Geneviève Racette releases her brand-new album, Satellite, a nine-track collection of songs revealing tales of contemplation and self-discovery filtered through the progression of love. Her third LP, Satellite, stirs up echoes of […]
Rodney Cromwell, the alter ego of Happy Robots label boss Adam Cresswell, returns this week with his long-awaited second album, Memory Box. It picks up from where its predecessor, Age Of Anxiety, left off. With Memory […]
Being asked to remix Kraftwerk must be a daunting experience. How do you improve upon the works of a band who are arguably as influential as The Beatles? Legendary producer Francois Kervorkian got involved with […]
Kris Barras Band released their new album “Death Valley Paradise” on the 4th of March 2022. Their tour will continue through the UK during March, and people around the country will have a chance to […]
In the lead up to 2020 Feeder were on something of a roll – 2017 saw the release of the bumper compilation The Best of Feeder, which reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, and […]
The Coral’s self-titled debut LP contains the top 20 hit single “Dreaming of You”, which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize turns twenty in August. Ahead of this significant milestone, the Skelly brothers and […]
The award-winning Scottish band Franz Ferdinand is releasing their greatest hits album, Hits to the Head, on March 11th. The release is chocked full of what has made the band so successful for twenty years, […]
Bangor four-piece The Florentinas played a headline Belfast show at the Ulster Sports Club supported by Casual Riots on Friday 4th March 2022. The Show was a fantastic spectacle. Bernie Mc Allister was there to […]
Jenny Hval’s career to date is rich and vast, just like each and every song she creates. Listening to her work makes you question if you should use the word cosmic to other music outside […]
PALE WAVES played an amazing show at Limelight, Belfast as part of their biggest UK and Irish headline tour. The tour is the band’s first since Covid struck and follows their second album WHO AM […]
The long wait is over for Johnny Marr fans as the legendary musician releases the final segment of his much-anticipated double album, Fever Dreams Pts 1-4. This ambitious project was rolled out with three prerelease […]