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...
Flood
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: Jehnny Beth - To Love Is To Live
Accomplished French singer/songwriter Camille Berthomier, better known as Jehnny Beth, has been the frontwoman for the English band Savages since their formation in 2011 and one half of the Lo-Fi duo John and Jehn. On...
News
JEHNNY BETH shares 'Heroine' from debut solo LP - out June 12th
Songwriter, singer, and multi-disciplinary artist Jehnny Beth has released a new single -- titled “Heroine” and produced by acclaimed producer Flood – from her forthcoming album, To Love Is To Live, which has a new...
Classic Albums
Depeche Mode's 'Violator' Turns 30
Usually, when reviewing an album for XS Noize, I’m obliged to give a rating out of ten to reflect how I feel about it. Whenever I am considering how an album rates on that scale,...
Interviews
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...
News
FINK - Release their sixth studio album, ‘RESURGAM’ in September - Listen to track 'Cracks Appear' HERE
‘Resurgam’ is the eagerly-anticipated sixth studio album from UK-born, Berlin-based singer-songwriter musician Fink, real name Fin Greenall, alongside long-time bandmates Tim Thornton (drums, guitar) and Guy Whittaker (bass). The record, released on 15 September 2017,...
Album Reviews
Album Review: Ed Harcourt - Furnaces
Ed Harcourt has been releasing solo material for well over a decade.He has worked and collaborated with the likes of (among others) Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Graham Coxon, Libertines, Marianne Faithfull and The Magic Numbers. In spite...
Album Reviews
ALBUM REVIEW: PJ HARVEY - THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT
The ever dynamic PJ Harvey is releasing her much anticipated follow up to 2011’s Let England Shake. On April 15th her ninth full length recording The Hope Six Demolition Project arrives at the usual musical...
Classic Albums
CLASSIC ALBUM REVISITED: U2 - POP
In March of 1997 U2 released their much anticipated ninth studio album POP, for fans and critics alike it quickly became their most polarizing release. There is a prevailing feeling that POP has become the...
