The melodic Irish pop-rock band Bell X1 started out as Juniper, a group which also featured schoolmate Damien Rice. But when Rice departed after one EP, the band pressed on, changing its name in ...

But Paul Noonan, of Bell X1, did exactly that in his new song “Better Band.” “I’m a failing restaurant, all expectant and sad,” he writes of his own flagging muse. It only makes him feel ...

It's easy to compare Bell X1's artfully constructed songs and offbeat lyrics to those of Talking Heads, but don't tell that to Paul Noonan. He's heard it, and he's sick of the comparison.

Irish rockers Bell X1 commanded the sold-out crowd at New York's High Line Ballroom three nights before St. Patrick's day as they powered through favorites from "Flock" and new album "Blue Lights ...

FOLLOWING on along the lines of Modest Mouse and The Engineers, Bell X1 are trying to capture an audience where the others have seemingly failed. This brand of industrious pop, with well-written ...

Bob Marley's band The Wailers, Newton Faulkner and Bell X1 will play this year's Stendhal Festival, organisers have announced. Fun Lovin' Criminals frontman Huey Morgan, ex-Portishead DJ Andy ...

That old trope of the "difficult second album"? It's not true – at least not in Bell X1's case. The "difficult seventh album", however, sounds a little more familiar. Paul Noonan, Dave Geraghty ...

Bell X1 have announced their live return with an initimate acoustic show in London. The Irish band have announced a one-off concert at the Union Chapel in Islington on December 19. Tickets go on ...

Aside from U2, Bell X1 is the Irish band with the most airplay in their native country. The group has a hybrid sound informed by several styles of... Aside from U2, Bell X1 is the Irish band with ...