Classic Albums
Classic Album Revisited: U2 – Achtung Baby
How time flies, in the Fall of 2021 U2’s Achtung Baby will be thirty years old. For myself and many others, this album not only represented some of the best of U2’s creative abilities but […]
Brian Eno
Interviews
INTERVIEW: with Nick Hemming of The Leisure Society
UK rock band The Leisure Society play a headline Belfast show at Duke Of York on Wednesday 18th September 2019. On the 10th anniversary of their first-ever single ( The Last of the Melting Snow), […]
Classic Albums
U2: No Line On The Horizon – Revisited
U2’s release of its 12th album “No Line on the Horizon” in 2009 ended a long five year wait for U2 fans hungry for another helping of U2 goodness. At the time it was the […]
Gigs
JAMES Unveil video for ‘Many Faces’ taken from the recent ‘Living In Extraordinary Times’ album
JAMES has revealed a video featuring the track MANY FACES, taken from their #2 album LIVING IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, released in August this year and produced by Mercury and Brit Award winner Charlie Andrew [whose […]
Features
INTERVIEW: Howie B discusses producing U2 on 1997’s POP album.
Howard Bernstein AKA Howie B is Scottish musician and producer, who has worked with artists including Björk, Robbie Robertson, Elisa, Tricky, Mukul Deora and The Gift. When U2 were looking for a new sound for […]
New music
COLDPLAY Celebrate History of American Immigrants in New Video for ‘MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL)’
Coldplay have premiered a new lyric video for Miracles (Someone Special), the collaboration with Detroit rapper Big Sean from their new five-track Kaleidoscope EP. The video – which you can watch BELOW – was directed […]
Album Reviews
Review: U2 – THE JOSHUA TREE – 30th Anniversary Edition
Once upon a time in long ago 1986, U2 stood on the precipice of international acclaim. The band had scored solid critical praise for their prior albums “War” and “The Unforgettable Fire” and had amassed […]
New music
Brian Eno Announces New Ambient Album ‘Reflection’ Due For Release 1st January
Brian Eno discusses Reflection – Reflection is the latest work in a long series. It started (as far as record releases are concerned) with Discreet Music in 1975 ( – or did it start with […]
Classic Albums
Classic Album Revisited: U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
In 1984 the four young men from Dublin who comprise U2 found they had come a long way in a relatively short period of time. With the release of their third album War in 1983, […]
Podcast
XS Noize Podcast: #13: Irish singer and actress Bronagh Gallagher talks about her album ‘Gather Your Greatness’
On this weeks XS Noize Music Podcast is the very talented singer and actress Bronagh Gallagher. Rightly regarded as one of the great soul voices in Ireland, Bronagh Gallagher was raised in Derry and now lives […]
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: BRIAN ENO – THE SHIP
Brian Eno, founder of Roxy Music, notable Bowie collaborator, pioneer of ambient music. The lists of Eno’s accomplishments are endless after a career spanning 4 decades. The last release we saw from Brian Eno was […]
New music
Listen To Fickle Sun (iii) I’m Set Free from BRIAN ENO’S forthcoming album THE SHIP
We can now reveal the track “Fickle Sun (iii) I’m Set Free” as the lead single from Eno’s forthcoming album, The Ship. Since announcing the album, this cover of The Velvet Underground originally penned by […]
New music
BRIAN ENO To Release New Album THE SHIP, Released 29th April
The Ship, the new album by Brian Eno, will be released on Friday 29th April 2016 via Warp Records. The Ship is Eno’s first solo record since 2012’s Grammy-nominated LUX. Originally conceived from experiments with […]
Album Reviews
A look back at the U2 / BRIAN ENO collaboration – PASSENGERS: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS 1
For those too young to have been there and for those of us getting too old to remember, I want to pause a moment and go back to a time when U2 was not only […]
Gigs
TRACK OF THE DAY: JEFF WOOTTON – ‘The Eternal’ – Listen
Manchester born guitarist Jeff Wootton will release his debut single ‘The Eternal’ on 6th November 2015 on Sympathy For Vinyl. The release of ‘The Eternal’ comes on the back of a prolific creative period for Jeff […]
New music
BRIAN ENO TO RELEASE 4 DISCS OF RARE AND UNRELEASED MATERIAL IN DECEMBER
Brian Eno readies 4 bonus discs of rare and unreleased material for All Saints Records solo reissues in December Expanded editions of Nerve Net, The Shutov Assembly, Neroli and The Drop out December 1st Each […]
