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xsnoize.com is an online music magazine & podcast. Featuring daily music news, interviews & album reviews. Vuelio Top 10 UK Music Blog 2026.
Dea Matrona’s "Hate That I Care" feels like the sound of a band becoming more fully themselves. Mollie McGinn and Orláith Forsythe discuss self-producing, vulnerability, masking emotions and refusing to be boxed in on the XS Noize Podcast. Listen: linktr.ee/xsnoizemusic...
Danny McNamara on the madness of Embrace breaking through with "The Good Will Out" — from struggling to get local gigs to Radio 1 being asked to stop playing them so much. Full XS Noize Podcast episode — listen / watch here: linktr.ee/xsnoizemusic...
Danny McNamara says Embrace are 30 years in — but he has never felt more inspired. In this XS Noize Podcast clip, Danny talks about 'Avalanche', still having something to prove, and why Embrace are “on fire right now.” Full episode in comments.
@thehoosiers.bsky.social discuss their new album Compassion on the XS Noize Podcast — and why they see compassion as a tonic to toxicity. Full episode in comments.
XS Noize Podcast #286: Robert Arkins — Jimmy Rabbitte in The Commitments — reveals that Van Morrison auditioned for the role of Joey “The Lips”, even though he didn’t play trumpet. Full interview in comments. #TheCommitments #VanMorrison #RobertArkins #JimmyRabbitte #XSNoizePodcast
Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene join the XS Noize Podcast to discuss their new album "Remember The Humans" — how a dad joke about AI became the title, and how grief, friendship and creative chaos helped shape the record. Listen/watch: bit.ly/4nKBbru Stream: bit.ly/4v0NXEI
Deb Googe on bringing The Golden Thread to Belfast as an immersive live event — with da Googie + Cara Tivey’s music, visuals and lighting coming together in the room. “Interesting, captivating and a bit different.” Full interview / tickets: www.xsnoize.com/deb-googe-ca...
Cara Tivey on bringing "The Golden Thread" to Belfast as an immersive live event — where da Googie + Cara Tivey’s music becomes visual as well as sonic. Full interview / tickets: — link in the comments below.
XS Noize Podcast #282: @glenhansard.bsky.social reflects on what busking really teaches you — reading people, earning attention, and finding out very quickly whether a song is connecting. Full Glen Hansard interview — link in the comments below.
XS Noize Podcast #282: @glenhansard.bsky.social remembers the Bob Dylan cassette that changed his life — and the surreal moment Dylan walked into The Frames’ rehearsal room in Dublin. A great story about music, timing and influence. Full interview — link in the comments below.
Damon Minchella recalls the moment he told Paul McCartney his guitar take was “sh*t”. This clip comes from my full XS Noize Podcast interview with the former Ocean Colour Scene bassist. Watch the full interview here: xsnoize.com/damon-minche...
@sleafordmods.bsky.social Jason Williamson on The Demise of Planet X: “It feels like we’ve been annihilated… and are waking up to the same world — just more rotten.” Full chat on XS Noize Podcast #264. Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/11rK... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Steve Lillywhite on the new EP featuring a never-before-heard live “Fairytale of New York” — recorded at the Barrowlands, the first time The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl ever performed it live. Full chat on XS Noize Podcast #262. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: linktr.ee/xsnoizemusic...
‘Johnny Come Home’ changed everything. Roland Gift looks back at the moment Fine Young Cannibals exploded onto the scene. Hear the full interview on the XS Noize Podcast: Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/4wBN... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Martin Blunt reflects on 35 years of The Charlatans and their uplifting new album, "We Are Love." Hear the full interview on the XS Noize Podcast Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/1lHf... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
XS Noize Podcast #256 out now. “The Power of Four.” Mani on the magic of being back in the room with The Stone Roses — and why nothing compares to that chemistry. Hear the full interview: Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/5Har... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
XS Noize Podcast #256 — Monday Mani — The Stone Roses / Primal Scream. The groove, the chaos, the resurrection. Full episode drops Monday. Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/1Tt04km... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... #Mani #TheStoneRoses #PrimalScream #XSNoizePodcast
XS Noize Podcast #254: @glenmatlock.bsky.social — the original @sexpistolsofficial.bsky.social bassist — on reclaiming his story in “I Was a Teenage Sex Pistol” Hear the full interview here: Spotify → open.spotify.com/episode/4dtY... Apple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
Neil Hannon returns to the XS Noize Podcast to talk about the new Divine Comedy album "Rainy Sunday Afternoon." This is one of his most revealing conversations yet. 🎧Listen to the full episode: linktr.ee/xsnoizemusic...
XS Noize Podcast #242: @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social talks about his new book "Live Forever: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Oasis." Listen to the full episode here! linktr.ee/xsnoizemusic...
