The 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

oh wow, it's kind of embarrassing how much better Ma$e is than, like, every recently famous/popular emcee I can think of other than T.I.

hey shakira does justice to that song, good fit imo

ma$e was dope

a lot of people thought so but, as is well documented, I hate him

(...but secretly LOVE him)

just listened to Shakira's xx cover and man -- studio version ASAP plz

uh the clunky diy sleekness is their whole appeal, i don't get y anyone wants a glossed up vers.

yeah I thought the shakira version was competent but doesn't have a patch on the original imo

uh the clunky diy sleekness is their whole appeal, i don't get y anyone wants a glossed up vers.

I get that the arrangement is part of the appeal, but it's a good song apart from that, and it's fun to see songs put in different sonic contexts.

^^^

shakira's forte isn't really glossiness, "she wolf" notwithstanding.

yeah, good covers are always enjoyable. they don't take anything away from the original.

also: though it took me a while to get the gist, i eventually succumbed to the xx and love them still nearly a year later. it's been a while since i actively listened to the full album, but i'm always happy when a song pops up on random. have recently noticed a lot of ILM backlash, though, to the point where hating the xx has become a kind of punchline in itself. which strikes me as weird, cuz i don't see this as an offensively ubiquitous or vapid album. surprised that it would prove divisive.

It's one of those records that 10 albums-a-year art school punters in denim button-ups won't shut up about.

"Don't judge a band by its fans," anyone?

it's just the circle of life with ilx, like freak out about the band and record four months before it's out, then once it's out and gets popular and a good review on pitchfork, you gotta start making it a punchline for indie joeks

ppl on ILX hating an indie album for no good reason shocker

it's also a total dinner party album!

how awful

but dinner parties are great.

oh i thought you were knocking it!

yes, who could object to a dinner party.

I exclusively play Cobalt and late 90s alt rock hits when I have ppl over

no that was def a compliment. have heard it at many a dinner party and it's always been appreciated

liked this better when it was slowdive and without the shitty visual aesthetic