The XX

New: Jamie xx – “Touch Me”

In a recent Young Turks takeover of Australia’s FBi radio cast, Jamie xx premiered the latest incarnation of “Touch Me,” a steel drum-led song we first heard about a year…

New MP3: The xx – “Open Eyes” (demo)

Probably our favorite of all of the Christmas gifts music’s given us this weekend was the xx sharing a new demo, our first taste of what’s to come. The band…

Radiohead – “Bloom” (Jamie xx Rework Part 3)

Radiohead have released three new King of Limbs remixes that apparently did not make it onto their freshly released TKOL RMX 1234567 remix album. One of the new remixes is…

New: Rihanna x the xx – “Drunk on Love”

Here’s the track we’ve all been waiting for – Rihanna’s the xx-sampling “Drunk on Love”. We should have known she was going to go with “Intro”. Listen below; Talk That…

The xx Start Working on New Album

A message from the band:

MP3: Jamie xx – FACT mix

For the next three weeks, FACT Magazine is allowing you to download the unbelievably awesome mix Jamie xx made for them. It’s a half hour long and without a tracklist. We hear…

Snippet of a New-Old Song from The XX

At some point last night, I was surprised to find a snippet of a new song by the xx on my Reader. As with any “snippet” or “early demo”, take…

REC’D: Jamie xx – “Far Nearer” & “Beat For”

Jamie xx has been keeping himself busy while his main gig — working as one third of the xx — has been on pause, releasing a remix album with the…

Hercules & Love Affair – “Shelter” (The xx Cover) / “Painted Eyes”

Passed from the xx, the royal family of sexy minimalism, to their counterparts, the dukes and duchesses of sinister, cold house music behind Hercules and Love Affair, “Shelter” is a…

Jamie xx – “Far Nearer” / “Touch Me”

The tropical island sensation that is Jamie xx‘s “Far Nearer” was first posted in October of last year when a radio ripped version leaked. Now the prolific DJ/producer has dropped…

Jamie xx – “Beat For”

It seems Jamie xx is everywhere he can be these days. His latest reworking of Gil Scott Heron’s I’m New Here, dubbed We’re New Here, is out this Tuesday and…

ALBUM REVIEW: Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – We’re New Here

B- | XL | 2.22.11 | MOG | AMAZON | INSOUND On “I’ve Been Me,” the penultimate track of Gil Scott-Heron’s fantastic 2010 album I’m New Here, he states it…

jj – “Money On My Mind” Music Video

When The xx first came out with their stellar debut album in 2009, it slightly irritated me that they did not add vocals or elaborate on the dope melodies that…

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – “My Cloud”

Jamie Smith, the xx’s resident electro-shuffle genius, has churned out a great remix a week for the last little while, and the latest offering from his incongruous but fascinating attempt…

Gil Scott-Heron / Jamie xx – “I’ll Take Care Of You”

There might not be two people on this earth as different as spoken-word and soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie Smith of British electro-ambient trio the xx, which makes Smith’s…

HIGHLY REC’D MP3: Jamie xx – In The Mix for BBC Radio 1

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, where would we be without BBC Radio 1? Well, we’d still have that excellent remix Jamie xx (you know, of the…

REC’D: Adele – “Rolling in the Deep” (Jamie xx Remix)

Originally posted on December 1, 2010. Reposted because of the official announcement of its release. Jamie Smith, the xx’s prolific beat-maker, has had a busy few weeks, he has recently…

The xx – “Night Time” & “Basic Space” (Surveillance Session)

Atmospheric UK trio the xx partnered up with Pitchfork TV to kick off the website’s new series “Surveillance,” featuring great bands playing great songs through simulated surveillance cameras. The band…

CREEP / the xx – “Days”

Move over Salem and oOoOO, there’s a new witch house outfit in town. The female duo of Lauren Dillard and Lauren Flax, hailing from Brooklyn NY, are producing chilly, goth-like…

MP3: Jamie xx at the Boiler Room Live

A couple of days ago we posted a video of The xx’s beatsmith Jamie Smith premiering a new remix of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” (the video has since been…

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