The XS Noize Podcast

In episode #76 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with significant new songwriting talent Andrew Cushin. Two indie songwriting icons have championed Andrew Cushin in the shape of Noel Gallagher and Pete Doherty, who recently signed the young musician to his Strap Originals label.

In this interview, Andrew talks about the release of his debut EP, 'You Don't Belong', Working with Noel Gallagher and Pete Doherty, songwriting, upcoming shows and more.

In episode #75 of the XS Noize Podcast, Daniel Lynch caught up with Jonny Woods and Melyssa Shannon from Wynona Bleach. The band has just released their debut album, Moonsoake, on Fierce Panda Records.

The album was recorded in 2019 when the band packed their entire studio into a van, drove to Portugal and set up in an abandoned warehouse. They'd planned to release in 2020 but shelved those plans when Covid-19 broke out.

In the interview, Jonny and Melyssa tell Daniel about the recording process, working with Bill Ryder-Jones and returning to gigging with a hometown show on March 24th.

In episode #74 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Russell Marsden, one half of Band Of Skulls duo Marsden & Richardson. Russell Marsden and Emma Richardson first started writing songs together in their teens after meeting at school in their Southampton hometown. Forming Band of Skulls 17 years ago with drummer Matt Hayward, they made five acclaimed studio albums together.

The pair have temporarily stepped away from Band of Skulls to focus on a new musical project they've been dreaming about since their earliest songwriting days.

In this interview Russell Marsden talks about meeting Emma, Band Of Skulls, writing and recording their eponymous debut album and much more.

In episode #73 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Donovan Woods.

Along with his work as an in-demand songwriter, whose work has been recorded by the likes of Tim McGraw ("Portland, Maine") and Lady A's Charles Kelley ("Leaving Nashville"), and co-writes with a diverse group of songwriters, such as Tom Douglas, Lori McKenna, Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Dustin Christensen, Femke Weidema, Steve Robson, and Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), a budding truth about Woods has emerged. As respected as he is as a solo artist, he's evolving and upending our expectations of how his music sounds. His songs have grown more dimensional, emboldened by new sonic landscapes, reminding us that classic songwriting transcends genre.

In this interview, songwriter Donovan Woods talks about his new Big Hurt Boy EP, songwriting, his love for Oasis, and more.

In episode #72 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Grant Nicholas from Britrock veterans Feeder about their new album Torpedo.

Torpedo is the follow-up to 2019's Tallulah which peaked at #4 on the Official UK Albums Chart, becoming their highest charting album since 2005's Gold-Certified Pushing The Senses. They've hit upon a run of three consecutive Top 10 albums and On Torpedo we find the band emerging from one of the most inspired periods of their career. The last year's downtime gifted the band extra time to play with demos, experiment with textures and re-discover what they loved about writing music together again. They return inspired by the new - and craving that feeling of excitement of being a band again.

In this interview, Grant Nicholas talks about their brand-new album Torpedo, songwriting, upcoming shows and much more.

In episode #71 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Ocean Colour Scene singer Simon Fowler and drummer Oscar Harrison about their extensive acoustic tour for Spring 2022. Following Ocean Colour Scene's sell-out UK tour in 2021, Simon and Oscar will play relatively intimate seated venues, creating the perfect stages for acoustic performances of all their big hits and anthems, including The Riverboat Song, The Circle, Traveller's Tune, Hundred Mile High City and The Day We Caught The Train.

In their first podcast interview, Simon and Oscar talk about the upcoming shows, their Britpop heyday and much more.

In episode #70 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Simon 'Sice' Rowbottom and Tim Brown from The Boo Radleys about 'Keep On With Falling,' their first album in almost a quarter of a century. Made up of the three original members, Sice, Brown and Cieka, the quarter of a century between Creation Records' money-burning approaches to recording and marketing and the new age of independence puts The Boo Radleys in a new, perfect state of freedom. Democratic writing processes and the gift of home technology as powerful as any residential studio of the nineties has set the band on a new path, closer to the targets the trio had in mind all along. In this interview, Sice and Tim talk about the new album, their 90s heyday, being on Creation Records, splitting up, upcoming shows and much more.

In episode #69 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Luka State frontman Conrad Ellis to talk about their debut album 'Fall In Fall Out', new single' Oxygen Thief', upcoming shows and more. The Luka State is poised for big things in 2022 as they look to build upon everything they achieved following their debut album Fall In Fall Out last year. Not letting a pandemic hold them back, they played 35 shows across Europe in just two months, including two laps of UK gigs supporting The Reytons, as they performed to a combined audience of 20,000 people and appeared on French TV's Taratata. In this interview, The Luka State frontman Conrad Ellis talks to me about their debut album Fall In Fall Out, the new single Oxygen Thief, upcoming shows and more.

In episode #68 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Skinner Brothers' Zac Skinner to talk about their new album 'Soul Boy II'. With swaggering indie anthems such as 'Iconic' and 'Put Me Down As A Maybe' plus huge reactions when supporting Kasabian and The Streets, The Skinner Brothers spent 2021 establishing themselves as an essential new hope for British rock 'n' roll. Highlighted at #5 in The Sun's Artists to Watch in 2022, the band capitalise on their rising status with the release of their new album 'Soul Boy II'.

In this interview, Zac talks about making the album, stories behind the songs, his love for the American rock band Kiss, and more.

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In episode #67 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Lumineers' singer-guitarist and co-founder Wesley Schultz to talk about their new album Brightside.

Brightside marks The Lumineers' first new music in more than two years, as well as the band's most joyous and spontaneous piece of work thus far. In this interview, Wesley talks about making the album, stories behind the songs, the Brightside World Tour, and more.