The XX

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…

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – “NY is Killing Me”

Between recording sessions — both solo and with his the xx bandmates — and dates from a world tour, Jamie xx has kept pretty busy. Most recently, it has been…

Gorillaz – “Crystalised” (The xx Cover)

For BBC’s Radio 1, Gorillaz turned in a set of tunes from 2010’s Plastic Beach and a piano-heavy, swooning cover of the xx’s 2009 single “Crystallized.”

MP3: Nosaj Thing – “Fog” (Jamie xx Remix)

Jamie Smith, head beatmaker for UK minimalists the xx, pays back LA-based “musical moderator” Nosaj Thing for his remix of the XX’s “Islands” with this spacey, dubsteppy reworking of “Fog.”…

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