Happy Monday from Jamie XX
Posted by Anupa in Music on 29. Nov, 2010 | 0 Comments
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX – NY Is Killing Me (via MVMVMV) I’ve discussed many times The XX’s inability to translate the awesomeness of their solo record live, but methinks all of that is being funneled into Jamie XX’s (of The XX) work instead. The kid is a beast with his dub-steppy/trippy/chillwave-y remixes (enough buzz [...]
Show & Tell: The XX – Islands
Posted by Anupa in Concerts, Music on 21. Apr, 2010 | 3 Comments
Definition of a staaaacked bill? The XX and Hot Chip. That’s where Simon and I were last night; part of an excited ultra-hipster-y crowd listening to two of the most interesting bands to come out of England in the past decade. An interesting juxtaposition too considering The XX are mostly mellow—except for when they remix [...]
Show & Tell: Phantogram – When I’m Small
Posted by Simon in Show & Tell on 31. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Blending myriad influences, upstate New York duo Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel manage to sound instantly recognizable yet undeniably unique as Phantogram. Although album opener “Mouthful of Diamonds” might not seem out of place on a Starbucks CD, Phantogram’s debut LP Eyelid Movies actually fluctuates heavily between the melodic XX-like lo-fi of Diamonds and some serious Portishead [...]
The Morning Dump: Arcade Fire’s case for Haiti, the IRL death of @diditleak, The xx’s ability to depress people live, and the New Yorker on Neil Gaiman
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 23. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
The earthquake in Haiti has surely brought out the generosity in many people, and no small amount of celebrities have pitched in their fair share. What we haven’t seen though is this, a beautifully written article in the U.K.’s Guardian by Régine Chassagne, a Haitian and member of Montreal’s Arcade Fire. She deals with her violent past [...]
Show & Tell: The XX – Shelter (Them Jeans edit)
Posted by Anupa in Music, Show & Tell on 05. Oct, 2009 | 0 Comments
The XX: fighting pretentiousness one programmed blip at a time The XX are the kind of band that hits you over your head with their youth. Like, when I listen to them I’m like “Damn, this is good. Why the hell couldn’t I be this prolific at 20?” Impending quarter-life crisis aside, England’s doing some [...]
