Track of the day: The best current tracks from all the current bands / artists from all music genres recommended by xs noize daily.
As a trailer for Unloved, the ‘Guilty Of Love’ EP is a breathlessly evocative roll of the title sequence, a glimpse behind the cinema curtain, a run through the rushes of their musical ‘film noire’. […]
Sweet Billy Pilgrim have unveiled a dramatic short film for ‘Slingshot Grin’, taken from the highly praised new album Motorcade Amnesiacs out now on Kscope. Directed by acclaimed TV and film director Julian Simpson, and […]
World-renowned singer, songwriter and performer City and Colour (aka Dallas Green), has revealed another track ‘Lover Come Back’, from his brand new debut album ‘If I Should Go Before You’, released October 9th on Dine […]
‘Menton’ is the new six minute indie-psych epic from Danish-Australian duo Palace Winter. ‘Menton’ follows debut single ‘Time Machine’, a barrage of rhythm highlighted by soothing melodies, described by NME Magazine as “a five-minute wonder”. […]
Grassfight have premiered their brand new track ‘Please Don’t Tell’ (taken from the forthcoming EP of the same name). Sitting on their amps in a Christmas-lit storage unit in Denton back in 2010, Nathan Forster, […]
Nashville’s finest purveyors of febrile root-work psychedelia, Promised Land Sound have unveiled their second single “Otherwordly Pleasures”. Their highly anticipated second album, For Use And Delight is out October 2nd via Paradise of Bachelors. When […]
Following the recent release of his standout LP Perpetual Motion People on Bella Union, Ezra Furman has debuted an amusing egg-filled video for his swinging track ‘Lousy Connection’. The video sees a playful and artistic […]
Persuasion is a trio of new tracks by Blondes. The duo’s first offering since Swisher, Persuasion furthers the extemporized themes explored on that album but reveal Sam Haar and Zach Steinman to be as dexterous […]
Priest – Waiting For The End To Come Taken from the Orlando duo’s self titled debut album, Waiting For The End To Come shows Priest at their best. Taking their trademark synthpop (think Chvrches without […]
Nottingham’s Kagoule release their debut album Urth this Friday and are streaming the self-made video to their BBC Radio 6Music playlisted single ‘Made of Concrete’. Devised, shot and edited by the band in one day, […]
For the first single from Future Elevators self-titled debut, frontman Michael Shackelford found inspiration watching old episodes of Carl Sagan’s legendary documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The celestial visuals—planets spinning in space, clusters of stars […]
No Devotion are back with their second single since last years “Stay”. ‘Permanent Sunlight’ pulls no punches. The band formed with former members of ‘LostProphets‘ and singer Geoff Rickley from American rock band ‘Thursday‘. This track comes […]
Hurricane #1 formed in Oxford in 1996 by Andy Bell, formerly of Ride, and vocalist/guitarist Alex Lowe. The band also consisted of Will Pepper on Bass and Gareth Farmer on the sticks. They released their self-titled album […]
Dilly Dally have shared the video for their new single “Desire”. Directed by Benjamin Dabu (who also directed Dilly Dally’s video for “Candy Mountain”), the footage was shot in and around the band’s native Toronto. […]
Emerging from the murk and dirt of their Cardiff home, Chain Of Flowers have lifted the lid on new track ‘Crisis’, along with details of their long-awaited debut album. Recorded at Monnow Valley Studios in […]
Destroyer shares his latest single ‘Times Square’, taken from what is already one of this year’s most critically acclaimed records, Poison Season, out worldwide August 28. Whereas previous singles two singles ‘Dream Lover’ and ‘Girl In […]
Abandcalledboy are a four piece pop-infused noise-rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland who used to be band called ‘Boy’. Having gained the attention of the music press in the UK and Ireland with features in […]
As regular readers probably know, I have a bit of a soft spot for Glasgow six piece The Insomniac Project. Combining disco, electronica and synthpop (think of LCD Soundsystem versus Giorgio Moroder), the band caused […]
Halo Tora are a five piece union of progressive rock burgeoning from Glasgow, Scotland. A bond formed through years of writing and live shows supporting the likes of Jamie Lenman (Reuben) and My Vitriol as […]
What a year it has been for The Twilight Sad. The release of their stellar album, “Nobody Wants to be Here, and Nobody Wants to Leave “ in late October of 2014 catapulted them onto […]