The XX

http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/v/?rows=45&cols=36&id=VXS3n94XPjI%20%20&startZoom=1

plax, that first one is fucking choice

my favorite song from this record gets a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2eO_mNM88

my favorite too!

Don't know where this photo came from but I like it:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4425816124_acf6629633.jpg

the matthew dear remix of that is kinda good

what an awesome looking band making such shit music

^^^love this guy

vcr is xx at their most fey which is a bad thing imo

this is sixth form common room music

maybe by the 250th time a variation of that criticism is posted it'll actually make sense

my 17 y/o cousin says that it's their fave right now, evidently not early adopters

clearly it works well in that context

there are a few good songs on it for sure

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/thexx452____.jpg

does their dj booth remind others of x factor or britains got talent's judging panel booths?

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix//2008/04_02/JudgesITV_468x282.jpg

thread is tl;dr but I really like the album after expecting to hate it from the youtubes. on good headphones the album sounds really spacious, and they do a good job of varying the melodies just enough to keep it poppy without making it too overt.

has this been mentioned yet?

http://www.myspace.com/theootheoo

Japanese tribute band: The OO

the u_u

was expecting the revive to be for the biggie-xx mashups

post

my new project, Freon Indian, will be putting out its debut record, "Psychotic Spasms," this summer

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the songwriting on this album is a lot like when teenagers learn to play guitar and everything they write sounds jack johnson. still good on the whole, but the production and aesthetic carry it so so so so far.

http://waitwhatmusic.com/files/notoriousxx.html -- only you can't get it anymore. i recommend you investigate looking for it via the rapidshare search engine of yr choice : |

http://soundcloud.com/wait-what/sets/the-notorious-xx

or do that

Young and modern: Introducing the xx - CNN.com

despite the fact that goldenvoice, who are truly, truly terrible people to the core all the way down to the their awful listladies (pathetic, pathetic, pathetic... i tried to explain to them very carefully a situation i had as a member of the press, but their list lady was such a, dare i say, awful person, that it made me think carefully enough not to let it effect my concert going experience... fuck it, goldenvoice is such a shit company, i don't give a fuck, someone needs to say something... i felt unwelcome and like I was the bad person... is there a thread for bad goldenvoice experiences) the xx were ok tonight. The xx were, ok, even though i missed half the show because of goldenvoice. the xx were... i wanted them to be good, except goldenvoice made me so mad, they really ruined my night. blah. goldenvoice sux. can we make this thread about how shit goldenvoice is, because they suck. ask me about it, i will elaborate. ad nauseum. damn. golden voice. sux.

that is my xx live review.

but they have nice fog and stuff, the xx do. and catchy jingles. wish i wasn't so put off by the hectic reception i got despite it being a simple case of having a different photographer with me. else i'd actually have been able to listen and absorb the music, which i definitely tried to do. by the end of the show, the xx sounded quite good. like the semi-indiepop band they are. as if they were trying to hide from their young marble giants influences with thick chunks of pains of being pure at heart. or something. i don't know cuz i didn't see the whole show.

wtf r u talking abt?

The xx were good.

What happened?

I went to see The xx, posted to ilx, and then got drunk, in that order.

wait waht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8CoijUMWs4

Shakira covers song by someone else HOW DARE SHE

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

hahaha I love that she's turned it into this breezy, bouncy summer jam

she should actually record and release this, it's totally her type of thing

Yeah I like it, it's just not something I'd expect her to cover in the first place.

That said -- it works.

always interesting to hear a competent pro session outfit take up amateur, homemade material

I don't think XX's arrangements are particularly amateur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PElhV8z7I60

holy hell

great fuckin video

Oh yes.

Saw this! had already been enjoying Shakira, surprised and delighted when she did this. Then went to see the XX straight after - fantastic, even enjoyed Florence turning up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QFoW5yLXM&feature=related

... huh

there's a whole biggie/xx mash up album

their set up at glasto looked really different -- jamie was playing a marimba and they had a new girl doing live drums during the florence rmx -- but i havne't been able to find any videos of them playing their own songs

based on ^^^^ I desperately want to hear that XX/Biggie mashup album (although going by comments looks like the dude who did it got sued into nonexistence)

dan, you can hear the whole thing here http://soundcloud.com/wait-what/sets/the-notorious-xx

no lie, you are a fucking awesome dude

it's a shame the choreography isn't better in that video. conceptually it's quite strong but it's nowhere near as good as e.g. this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VseWA1f6D1o

there was some buzz around that cover in may - don't know whether it'll be officially released
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=tU1ELfjmxJY