Tagged: The xx
The XX Announce Their Second Album
To the delight of 8,684 people and me (as of 11:30 AM EST), The XX have begun work on their second album, pinning our greatest hopes to a blog featuring highly pixelated photos (maybe they’ve … read more »
Everything But The Girl Cover The XX
For The xx cover compilation that never was, Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt reunited after nearly a decade-long dormancy to cover “Night Time.” The song is now being released on Thorn’s … read more »
GEN F: The XX
The XX burn with the lovely pain of youth. Their debut XX—so named to celebrate the band’s members all turning 20 this year—is sparse but unsimple, haunted but hopeful. Every crafted sound drops with the … read more »
Stream: Hercules and Love Affair, “Shelter (XX Cover)”
The “Shelter” Romy, Oliver and Jamie made was a ballad between one woman’s voice, a guitar, and the vast and dull sound of wide open distance. Now our savior “nu-disco crew” Hercules and Love Affair … read more »
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 »
Interview: Jaime-James Medina on The XX Photo Zine + Exclusive Shots
Jamie-James Medina has been following around The XX, taking their pictures. The end result of this is the first issue of The Tourist his series of half book/half zines. Limited to 500 copies, The XX: … read more »
The XX, “Shelter (John Talabot Remix)” MP3
Do you think The XX listen to all the remixes of their music and go, “Oh shit if only we had been born in a country that really liked soca maybe those breakup songs would … read more »
Video: Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX, “New York is Killing Me”
Earlier this year, after four years of planning and pruning, Gil Scott-Heron released I’m New Here, his first album in over a decade. Produced by Richard Russell, owner of XL Recordings, who also released the … read more »
Video: Tyler, The Creator Covers Ciara + Bonus XX Content
This is probably feeding fuel to an actually sort of awesome fire made out of tweets, Noz blogs and internet popularity graphs that look like hockey sticks, but, uh it’s pretty rad/weird that Tyler is … read more »
Interview: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Producer Fantastic Mr Fox, a Manchester-based recent university graduate and all around dude, returned home this month from a three week mega-tour of our beloved USA. As a DJ (with Ableton!), he opened for The … read more »
