The XS Noize Podcast

In episode #45 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Bluetones' Mark Morriss to discuss the 25th anniversary of The Bluetones' debut album Expecting To Fly.

Hailing from Heston in West London, The Bluetones (Scott Morriss – bass, Eds Chesters – drums, Adam Devlin – guitars, and Mark Morriss – vocals) arrived on the scene in 1995 with their debut single 'Are You Blue Or Are You Blind?'. They followed this up with 'Bluetonic' and then 'Slight Return', which reached # 2 on the UK singles chart.

The debut album 'Expecting To Fly' was released in February 1996 and went straight to # 1. To celebrate the album's 25th anniversary, a 3LP blue vinyl lift-off lid box set will be released. The box contains the original 1996 album, a 12-track LP of non-album A- and B-sides, as well as the collection of pre-fame demos 'The Early Garage Years'.

In episode #45 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Northern Irish artist Conchúr White to talk about his stunning new EP 'Dreamers'.

Hailing from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, Conchúr White achieved notable success in Ireland with his previous band Silences, who split in 2019. Upon parting ways, Conchúr felt an outpouring of creativity and began working on solo material - with Conchúr's 2020 debut 'Bikini Crops' EP the initial result of those writing sessions.

EP 'Dreamers' is set to shed further light on that period of his life. Recorded across various different studios in the UK and US, Conchúr worked with producers including Kevin McMahon (Frightened Rabbit, Real Estate) and Simon Dine (Paul Weller), with EP finally being mixed by Matt Wiggins (London Grammar, Glass Animals, The Horrors).

In episode #44 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Lee Campbell catches up with LoneLady to talk about her third album, Former Things.

Former Things was written, performed and recorded entirely by LoneLady. Whereas previous albums at least allowed the appearance of another human, the soundworld of Former Things was entirely crafted by LoneLady during her time spent in Somerset House Studios Rifle Range, an 18th-century shooting range that has now been adapted into an experimental performance space. The album was inspired by a seismic move for LoneLady, who left her native Manchester, decamping to London's Somerset House Studios in search of a new cityscape to inspire her poised machine funk.

In episode #43 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with AJ Dean-Revington, Tara Wilcox and Chess Whiffin of The Wandering Hearts about their new album and upcoming tour.

After shooting to the forefront of the UK folk/Americana scene with their debut album 'Wild Silence', The Wandering Hearts headed to the genre's spiritual home of Woodstock at the start of 2020 to work on a follow-up. The result is their forthcoming self-titled album, which will be released on July 30th.

In episode #42 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with James multi-instrumentalist Saul Davies to talk about their 16th studio album 'All The Colours of You'. Since the release of Sit Down, their breakthrough single in 1991, James has released 15 studio albums, selling over 25 million copies in the process, and performed at countless headline shows and festivals across the world. They continue to be a huge live draw, having sold 60,000 tickets for their UK arena tour in November and December this year, a tour that has sold faster than any previous James tour.

In episode #41 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with The Killers' founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning to talk about his second solo album, A Mild Case of Everything, the origin of The Killers and much more.

The 16-track album - a mix of dynamic guitar riffs, 80s synth-pop and melodic alt-rock - was written throughout 2020 and recorded by Dave in his San Diego home studio. Because of the wealth of material he's written in the last year, Dave felt it was important to get as much music out as possible and shared three of the tracks with Rolling Stone - "Ends Of The Earth," "Bad Instincts," and "No One Is Calling You A Liar".

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On episode #40 of The XS Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with the iconic Gary Numan, who is set to release his brand new album 'Intruder' on May 21st.

'Intruder' is Numan's 18th solo studio album and follows 2017's 'Savage: Songs From A Broken World', which became his highest-charting set in almost forty years when it debuted at #2 on the Official Albums Chart. That commercial success was complemented with wide-reaching critical acclaim.

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On episode #39 of The Xs Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Alice Merton. Born in Frankfurt and raised in the USA, England and Canada, Alice achieved so much in the first chapter of her career: her breakthrough track 'No Roots' topped the Billboard rock chart, exceeded 400 million streams and shot to the Top 10 all across Europe.

Alice Merton's recent single 'Vertigo' is #1 Most Added AAA and Top 5 Most Added at Alt Radio with 680k Streams Worldwide After 5 Days.

Mark Millar caught up with Alice Merton to talk about 'Vertigo', songwriting, being a judge on The Voice and more.

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On episode #38 of The Xs Noize Music Podcast, Mark Millar sits down with New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham to talk about their new Bluray, CD release 'Education, Entertainment, Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace), his musical influences and Sea-Fever and more.

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On episode #37 of The XS Noize Music Podcast Mark Millar sits down with Mark Emmerson of The Lucid Dream to discuss the bands' fifth album - The Deep End. Check out www.xsnoize.com for daily music news, interviews, live dates and more.

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