Reviews

It can come as a shock to realize that Joe Jackson one of the quintessential Angry Young men of Contemporary music has amassed a career spanning 40 years. It seems like only yesterday he burst […]

London-based future pop outfit Nimmo today share their new single ‘No More’. The track is the first to be shared from the duo’s forthcoming debut album, being independently released in May of this year. ‘No […]

Sounding wicked this week is the new track from synth-punk group Oranj Son. Originally from Ellesmere Port, they cite influences from the lies of Suicide and The Teardrop Explodes. The band comes good with “Blu […]

Since the high profile reunion of The Stone Roses in 2011, it’s been all too easy to forget how long it’s been since Ian Brown’s last solo album. Nearly ten years on from 2009’s My […]

Released via UZ’s own trap label Quality Goods Records is “The Rebirth” LP (Remixes). The producer, DJ and taste-maker delivered the original version back in the summer of last year, and now it sounds completely […]

Snow Patrol came to Bournemouth on a winter Sunday night as part of the second leg of their Wildness European tour. The International Centre was packed out early to see support from Roe a talented […]

In All Summer Long, music and summer are the main themes, but neither Woodstock or Bryan Adams or “69” find a home here. The latter may well be omitted because this graphic novel is aimed […]

Wozniak, one of the leaders in the second wave of Shoegaze bands, is releasing their delicious third EP The Space Between The Trees on February 9th. This record is a splendid slice of sonics that […]

Last year XS Noizereviewed the best of In the Round which saw The Levellers triumph, performing an elated acoustic rendition of their hits spanning across a career which is now over thirty years old. In […]

Described as “the most famous bluesman of all time”, Robert Johnson was not only the first and founding member of the “27 club” (where other famous musicians including but not limited to Kurt Cobain, Amy […]

Breaths of synth add foreboding to this cracking new track from new wave/synth pop electronic five-piece Model Depose who hails from the Netherlands. Bombs Are Falling is a taster of the band’s sophomore album to […]

To critics of the London band Toy (including myself) a few songs aside, there has often been something about their music that’s never quite clicked into place. However, after a four-year absence, the group’s fourth […]

In 1986, McDermott’s 2 Hours was founded by Nick Burbridge. Two years later, The Levellers, who cite McDermott’s 2 Hours as a “major formative influence”, formed. The Levellers would cover McDermott’s 2 Hours “Dirty Davey” […]

Hannah Grace has released her brand new single ‘With You’ through Never Fade Records. Already proving a radio hit as a current feature on the BBC Radio Wales A-List, ‘With You’ is a bold demonstration […]

There is definitely something special about Beirut and the way frontman Zach Condon holds his band together. At just twenty years old “bloggers and industry types” had hyped his first New York show at the […]

Lost under Heaven (a.k.a. LUH) is the project of former WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Dutch visual artist Ebony Hoorn. Love Hates What You Become (released through MUTE) is the follow-up album to […]

The brilliant label Waakan has just released a new sound from Liquid Stranger. The US producer has teamed up with the gifted singer/songwriter Leah Culver for ‘Burn Like The Sun,’ which warms us up nicely […]

FUDGE. are a young band from Leeds with confidence, attitude and an edge of danger. They possess an ability to write songs that will hit you like a hammer to the guts and the same […]