The XS Noize Podcast

On this weeks XS Noize Music Podcast Mark Millar talks to music legend Shaun Ryder and Producer Danny Saber to discuss 21 years of Black Grape's debut album 'It's Great When You're Straight… Yeah' and loads more. Black Grape was founded in 1993 by legendary Happy Mondays Shaun Ryder and Bez, who recruited former Rap Assasin Paul 'Kermit' Leveridge, Carl 'Pyscho' McCarthy, drummer Ged Lynch and gui...

On this weeks XS Noize Music Podcast Merchandise's Carson Cox chats to Mark Millar about the bands new album 'A Corpse Wired For Sound'. Tampa art punks Merchandise will return with their 5th album A Corpse Wired For Sound. on September 23rd. Formed nearly a decade ago, galvanized by Tampa hardcore and noise, A Corpse Wired For Sound signals a new chapter for Merchandise. Following 2014's After Th...

On this weeks XS Noize Music Podcast Larry Love from The Alabama 3 talks to Mark Millar about the bands new album 'Blues' and 20 year anniversary. Alabama 3 are set to release brand new album on the Hostage Music label on the 28th of October 2016. 'Blues', is their thirteenth long player and was recorded and co-produced with Wizard (Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, X-Press 2, Wiley, DJ Fresh, M.I...

Since then her music has alternated with film roles (Pulp Fiction, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Sherlock Holmes) plus theatre work (War Horse, The Street Of Crocodiles) and TV drama (Pramface, The Street, You Me And the Apocalypse). However she maintains a special place for singing, writing and performing music. Bronagh has recently released her 3rd album of new material called Gather...

A little while ago, not many people outside of a small Scottish town had heard of singer songwriter Michael Forsyth. That changed when his second album 'Stop For the World' reached number one in the UK iTunes Singer Songwriter chart and began climbing the charts in America, Lithuania and Nepal with similar success, all through word of mouth. For Michael Forsyth, its only ever been about the music....

Dodgy were originally together for seven years and in that time, released three albums totalling over a million sales worldwide and had 12 Top 40 singles, including Staying Out For The Summer, If You're Thinking Of Me and Good Enough. On 2nd September 2016 Dodgy are to release their new album 'What Are We Fighting For' on Cherry Red Records. 'What Are We Fighting For' is the fifth album from the o...

With over 540k Spotify streams and 190k plays worldwide, experimental-pop trio Beaty Heart are back with their follow up to 2014's Mixed Blessings, 'Till The Tomb', released July 29th . After an extensive tour through 2015 with friends Jungle and working on this album with David Wrench (FKA Twigs, Caribou) Beaty Heart have returned with a new take and direction for their music. Support from radio...

Tom Hingley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets. After six successful years, Inspiral Carpets split in 1995 and Hingley started performing as a solo artist. Hingley joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007. Tom Hingley's memoir Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets charts his time with the b...

Simon Wolstencroft is among the many near-mythical figures of the Manchester music scene. Si parted ways before The Patrol became the Stone Roses and he turned down The Smiths. Right place, right time, wrong choices? Timing is everything. Spending an unlikely 11 years in The Fall and hooking up with old mate Ian Brown during his solo days, his memoir 'You Can Drum But You Can't Hide' reflects on a...

Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles formed in the North Wales and Chester, UK area in autumn of 2015. The band's first 6 months together have been incredibly busy and productive: a debut EP and over 30 gigs across the UK, from Inverness to Brighton, from Swansea to Doncaster, and many places in between. Billy Bibby joins Mark Millar to tell him all about it while also unveiling an exclusive first play of...

Terri Hooley is a legend among the Belfast music community and beyond. During Northern Ireland's troubled dark times Terri Hooley's Good Vibrations record shops and label survived in countless locations around the city, selling and putting out amazing music. Terri Hooley has recently been the subject of a book 'Hooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations' and the critically acclaimed movie of his li...

Hailing from Wales Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress is a woman of numerous talents; a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and PhD holder. She lists among her musical credits co-producing with Paul Draper, being a member of Simple Minds on their recent tour, and a member of the Scottish super group The Dark Flowers. Catherine Anne Davies, released her debut album, the brilliant 'Confessions of...

Former Mansun front-man Paul Draper recently released his first solo recording 'EP ONE' on Friday 10th June on KScope. Paul recently had a chat with XS Noize Editor-in-Chief Mark Millar to talk about the new record. Also Mark Millar talks to staff writer and Depeche Mode expert, David McElroy about the Depeche Mode album 'Black Celebration' which is 30 years old this year. This weeks unsigned band...

XS Noize Editor-in-Chief, Mark Millar talks to resident photographer Cortney Armitage about the highs and lows of gig photography. "Ever wondered what it's like to work in the music business? What happens in the studio? How do those magic tracks come to life? Danny Saber has worked in the biz for decades. A former member of Black Grape and Agent Provocateur, a prolific LA Club DJ and revered produ...

XS Noize Editor-in-Chief, Mark Millar talks to staff writer and photographer Tom Day about how unsigned bands/artists can feature on our 'XS Noize Unsigned Showcase'. After battling cancer, Hurricane #1 front man Alex Lowe has emerged triumphant and resurrected his old band with a new line up. In 2015 Hurricane #1 released their first album in 16 years, "Find What You Love And Let It Kill You" to...

XS Noize Editor-in-Chief, Mark Millar talks to staff writer and Radiohead expert, Lori Gava about the new release from Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool. Wendy James needs no introduction, she enjoyed massive success in the 80s and 90s with Transvision Vamp having huge hit singles and selling out venues. When the band folded Wendy recorded her solo albums which included working with Elvis Costello an...