Answering calls from his fans since the ‘Curser’s Lament’ demo surfaced online in 2016, artist Cosmo Pyke shared the single in its final form on 29th March – the title track of his new EP […]
MUNA is magic. After releasing their now viral, life-affirming, queer anthem “Silk Chiffon,” featuring the band’s new label head Phoebe Bridgers, the band took 2022 by storm. MUNA, the band’s self-titled third album, is a […]
Influenced at a formative age by the passion and integrity of Irish folk icons such as Damien Dempsey and the contemporary indie/rock sound of bands like Snow Patrol, Oscar Blue is an emerging artist and […]
The notion of issuing a monthly 7” single is, of course, not new to The Wedding Present – they did the same thing with the ‘Hit Parade’ in 1992 – but ‘24 Songs’ shows that […]
Local legends The Undertones are pleased to announce headline Belfast & Derry shows at The Telegraph Building, Belfast, on Saturday, November 25th and the Millennium Forum, Derry, on Friday, November 24th 2023. The shows will […]
In episode #127 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly to discuss his debut solo album, The Strange Order Of Things. Nathan Connolly has been the guitarist with the […]
Noah Reid has earned a permanent place in the music industry as a result of his powerful vocals and honest delivery. Evident on his debut album Songs from a Broken Chair (2016), sophomore album Gemini […]
Following the success of their recently released and highly acclaimed Sundowners album, The Answer are thrilled to announce a further 5 new UK dates in November and December this year. Manchester, London, Wolverhampton, Glasgow and […]
The North East’s fastest-rising new star, 22-year-old singer-songwriter Andrew Cushin, has announced his biggest Uk shows to date, the Waiting For The Rain Tour, which takes in 18 cities across the UK in October and […]
Peter Doherty, the Millennial Jean Genie/Jean Genet, played Limelight, Belfast, on his first solo acoustic tour in ten years. Peter performed a selection of nuggets from his back catalogue, including classics from The Libertines, Babyshambles […]
The Raven Age have released their brand new single ‘Serpents Tongue’, the latest song to be taken from the forthcoming album Blood Omen out July 7th via Music For Nations/Sony Music. The album is available […]
Two brothers, Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll, aka Orbital, brought their special electronic music show to Nottingham. The legendary duo wore their signature head torch glasses and played their most popular hits, such as Halcyon, Belfast, Chime, […]
Impossible though it may seem, it’s been twenty years since Busted bounced into the charts with the irrepressible pop-punk energy of their debut single ‘What I Go To School For’. It kick-started a succession of […]
Teenage years may be fleeting, but it seems ‘Teenage Dirtbag’ is for life, as Wheatus’ debut single popped up yet again in 2022, making itself known in a way never seen before in the form […]
US Rock band Blackberry Smoke are pleased to announce a headline Belfast show at The Telegraph Building on Wednesday 29th March 2023. On their latest album, You Hear Georgia, the follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed […]
International chart-topping hitmakers Kodaline are pleased to announce a headline Custom House Square, Belfast show on Friday 11th August 2023. Fresh from the release of their stripped-down live album Our Roots Run Deep and 2022 […]
By the time a band gets 20 years into their career, you probably think you’ve got them pegged, right? You hear the name Skindred and you think of those Newport ragga-punk-metallers that have forged a […]
Picture This announces their long-awaited fourth studio album Parked Car Conversations, to be released on 29th September 2023 (via RCA Records, Germany). This album announcement follows the release of two new singles from the band, […]
British singer-songwriter JP Cooper released his first new album in five years, SHE, via Island Records in February 2022. Speaking more about the album release, JP says: “I can’t believe it’s been four years since […]
The Derry four-piece recently released their new single ‘Hand to Mouth’, their first since their Northern Ireland Music Prize-winning album ‘Stability’. The track is a bruising blast of pent-up vitriol, driven by jagged guitars and […]