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Dollars to Pounds: Kirk Spencer

San Francisco-born Kim Taylor Bennett fled to Europe at 11, lived for a spell in London and once played guitar onstage with Green Day. She’ll report on new British music every other week. Kirk Spencer … read more »

POSTED April 4, 2013 11:20AM IN DOLLARS TO POUNDS TAGS: , ,
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Interview: Big Boi

Today marks the release of Big Boi’s third (if you’re counting 2003′s Spearboxxx) solo album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, named after the title of a book Big says his late grandmother planned to write … read more »

POSTED December 11, 2012 10:30AM IN MUSIC INTERVIEWS Comments (1) TAGS: , ,
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The xx: What We Were Feeling

After a surprising ascendence, The xx learn to balance sensibility with popularity. The xx is spread out across two circular wooden tables in the drab lunchroom of Music Bank, a large warehouse in an industrial … read more »

POSTED August 14, 2012 7:30PM IN FEATURES Comments (3) TAGS: , , , , ,
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See Beyonce Work Prince and Kings of Leon at Glastonbury

In last week’s New Yorker, Sasha Frere Jones called Beyonce, “a quiet meritocrat, celebrating the pleasure of doing things well and not making a particularly big deal of it.” Last night, attendees at England’s Glastonbury … read more »

POSTED June 27, 2011 10:23AM IN MUSIC NEWS, MUSIC VIDEO Comments (1) TAGS: ,
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Gold Panda “MPB” MP3

According to the infinite monkey theorem, if you put a million monkeys in a room, they’ll produce Shakespeare. We’re not likening Gold Panda’s new track “MPB” to Twelfth Night or anything, but the multiplicitous sounds … read more »

POSTED June 22, 2011 11:30AM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: ,
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FEATURE: Jamie XX Might Have Something to Say

Sometime around 3AM in rainy Boston, the girlfriend of the guy who let us have an after party in his apartment gets curious enough to ask what band we are in. JB says, “The XX,” … read more »

POSTED December 17, 2010 11:38AM IN FEATURES Comments (4) TAGS: , , , , , , , , , ,
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Video: Hostage, “Roll” and Free EP

Scottish bass producer Hostage is not subtle. His name is fricking Hostage, for example, and he actually set the stage on fire during his set at Glastonbury while DJing “Fire” by the Prodigy. Not subtle! … read more »

POSTED August 20, 2010 4:15PM IN MUSIC VIDEO Comments (1) TAGS: , ,
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Watch Shakira Cover The XX Live

Last month we posted a snippet of Shakira’s cover of The XX‘s “Islands,” which she’s repurposed into “Explore.” Performing this weekend at Glastonbury Festival, she performed the cover in its entirety, while smiling extensively and … read more »

POSTED June 28, 2010 5:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , ,
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Greenmoney, Gold Ru$h Mix MP3

Greenmoney‘s Gold Ru$h EP is out today on Fool’s Gold, so now we’re fully prepared for the party to light up like Mickey Rourke’s enraged electricity arms. Equipped with a knowing sense of humor and … read more »

POSTED June 22, 2010 3:15PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , , , , , ,
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Interview: Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz

We sat down with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the masterminds behind the ever-expanding Gorillaz, and two affable chaps with great taste in footwear. They’d just arrived in New York after a volcano-depleted but still … read more »

POSTED April 30, 2010 11:45AM IN MUSIC NEWS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , ,