Recent blog posts about The xx from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/xx/ 2012-02-14T07:22:38+01:00 text/html 2012-02-14T11:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4060075/southsidehurricane-2012-besttigt-neben-mumford-sons-the-xx-und/
Auch das Southside und Hurricane Festival 2012 gibt heute neue Bands bekannt. Mit Mumford & Sons, The XX, New Order, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Madsen, Thees Uhlmann & Band, Bosse, Jennifer Rostock, Boy, Bat For Lashes, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, M83, The Vaccines, Less Than Jake, My Morning Jacket, The D, Adept, [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]> text/html 2012-02-13T18:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4057850/album-review-give-up-the-ghost-by-polica/
Polica's first album is strong and edgy electro-pop from the members of Gayngs.]]> text/html 2012-02-11T10:37:03+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4053905/rhye-open/
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Hello friends and others. I am off on a mini-vacation tomorrow (see above picture). When we get back from Mexico the plan is to finish packing up our house and move to Vancouver...finally. Life will be pretty wild over the next few weeks so I highly doubt that there will be much new music posted up here. As a present, here is a playlist that I will be listening to while sitting by the pool, eating tacos, drinking chi-chi's and playing some serious Scrabble. Till then... 1. Dirty Gold - California Sunrise [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-10T05:18:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4051750/friday-five-baby-makers-part-2/
Last week we brought you some throwback songs for sex, including the infamous Clarence Carter, Al Green, and the sexy shower master D'Angelo. As much as we appreciate lusty songs of the generations from whence we came, it's time to turn our attention to sex-charged track of the present. Check out the list below for some frothy, climactic tracks for this Valentine's Day. And don't worry; we promise not to judge if you use this over the weekend before the actual holiday. It just *might* be necessary. xoxo [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-08T03:39:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4045482/magic-wands-space/
El duo de Los Angeles que nos conquistara el 2009 con su EP Magic Love & Dreams, est de regreso. El prximo 24 de abril saldr su primer LP titulado Aloha Moon y el primer sencillo se llama Space. Magic Wands - Space extra: Magic Wands - Warrior (The xx remix)]]> text/html 2012-02-03T18:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4035397/sasquatch-and-primavera-sound-announce-2012-line-ups/
What joy we festival lovers received today! Aye, the line-ups for two of the best festivals of the summer, Sasquatch and Primavera Sound, were released, and are they ever a gift from the festival deities on high. Both are absolutely stuffed with bands that we love and have been geeking out over for months if not years. Sasquatch, one of our favorite line-ups from last year as well, boasts artists that will sound breathtaking in the Gorge. The dreams you have about seeing Bon Iver under the stars and surrounded by landscapes as picturesque [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-03T11:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4034541/creep-animals-alpines-remix-free-download/
Catchy little remix of Brooklyn-based duo CREEP's 'Animals' from Alpines.]]> text/html 2012-02-02T19:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4032642/thursday-music-news/
photo by Dave Lichterman Real Estate have announced a Spring tour and will be playing at Neptune Theater on April 20th. While they haven't officially announced an opener for their Seattle show yet, most American dates are being backed by Melbourne band Twerps . If you haven't checked out Real Estate's excellent 2011 release Days yet, do so now. On Tuesday, Young Turks, the label responsible for The xx , Chairlift , and SBTRKT guest hosted on Australia's [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-02T17:59:03+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4032301/listen-to-the-new-jamie-xx-track-touch-me/
The new Jamie xx track 'Touch Me' premiered yesterday on the Young Turks takeovershow for Australia's 94.5 FBi Radio. Skip to the 48:55mark and you will hear the familiar ring of steel drums... and if you're interested, stick around for a mix courtesy of Romy from the xx . Heck, you might as well download the entire show! New Jamie xx aside, there's plenty of other quality tracks from the likes of Zomby, Julia Holter, Arthur Russell, and Chairlift. Go ahead, give it a whirl: [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-02T14:28:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4031923/mr-west-gets-mashed-against-the-xx-in-this-track/
Mr. West gets mashed against The xx in this track by Carlos Serrano. Touch the Sky vs Intro. Dope.]]> text/html 2012-02-02T13:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4031729/jamie-xx-tiene-una-nueva-pista-touch-me/
Este chico sigue estrenando temas. Bastante despus del Progress que presentaba en el ltimo tercio del ao, pero tan slo unos das de que pudieramos escuchar su remezcla del Bloom de Radiohead, Jamie xx vuelve con una cancin completamente nueva, Touch Me , la cual ya est disponible gracias al milagro de SoundCloud. El tema ha sido estrenado en la radio australiana FBi, en el das 94.5 donde aparecieron algunos de los artistas del sello Young Turks. El stream que podis escuchar abajo dura aproximadamente hora y media, [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T20:24:01+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4030376/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 ago , but back then it featured vocals from one Yasmin . Check it out below: Continue reading: New: Jamie xx - "Touch Me" Read more articles like " New: Jamie xx - "Touch Me" " on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Jamie xx , The XX]]> text/html 2012-02-01T17:58:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4030034/jamie-xx-reups-his-cover-of-rui-da-silvas-touch/
The Londoner unveils a new track.]]> text/html 2012-02-01T15:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4029675/jamie-xx-touch-me/
New glimpse of Jamie xx solo material. Last night Young Turks had a takeover of Aussie radio station, FBi, and in it they premiered "Touch Me." It's a direct successor to "Far Nearer," only because both songs heavily use steel drums and it is very, very hard to make songs featuring that instrument sound differently. The devil is in the details. Check out the track for yourself, buried in the mix at 49 minutes in. ( Fader )]]> text/html 2012-02-01T15:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4029616/jamie-xx-touch-me/
At about 49 minutes on the embed below, the xx's sonic architect, Jamie, shares the latest iteration of his by now practically patented steel-drummed/florid-house dance music. There's a disassociated vocal sample offering instruction in rhythm, there's the reverberating sounds of an island getaway and tropical cocktails, and there's the underbelly of a mid-tempo beat for reasonably paced shagging. Hear it, along with a mix from bandmate Romy, and other Young Turks treats, in this <a href=" http://theyoungturks.co.uk/"Yo ung Turks radio show for Australian Radio 94.5 FBi , below. It is also downloadable, if you'd like to do that and [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-01T12:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4029313/young-turks-takeover-fbi-radio-new-jamie-xx/
This week the Young Turks label have taken over Sydneys FBI Radio for an hourlyinstallmentevery day. They are in Australia touring with the national Laneway Festival that is spruiking many acts from their roster including Glasser, Bullion, SBTRKT, John Talabot and Chairlift. With three of the segments down a number of exclusives have already been played including new material from Jamie XX , Bullion and even a mini-mix from Romy XX. The never-heard-before instrumental from Jamie surfaces on the Tuesday show about midday through. Having [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T16:32:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4024173/ms-bandas-al-primavera-sound-2012/
Con la adicin de Demdike Stare, Death Grips, Lee Ranaldo, Beirut, John Talabot y Refused, el cartel del Primavera Sound 2012 cada vez toma mejor forma. Entre las bandas que ya haban sido anunciadas para el festival estnJeff Mangum, Yo La Tengo, Wilco, The Drums, Guided By Voices, The xx, Neon Indian, Josh T. Pearson, Death In Vegas, Veronica Falls y Mudhoney. Ac pueden ver el lineup completo del festival .]]> text/html 2012-01-30T00:18:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4022457/sts-downhill/
STS continues to tease his track-flipping GOLDRush collection (dropping Feb. 29th) with latest installment "Downhill", an introspective bent powered by the oft-sampled gloomy indie pop of The xx's "Shelter" . As producer Eric Hahn adds a subtle knock to the track's dreamy, nocturnal melancholy, "Downhill" sees STS stewing within the muted excitement of being thisclose to his superstar dreams coming true ("It's feelin' like we finally winning...") while prematurely worrying about having to sustain the heights ("Hope I don't lose control/ Or lose my pants, or lose my soul/ Once you reach [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-29T19:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4022501/most-anticipated-albums-of-2012-part-two-n-z/
Tweet January has come and gone. In some parts of the world Lana Del Rey s Born To Die has already been released to mixed reviews, nowhere near making as big a splash as was anticipated by some. Ive given it a listen, its fine, but, as I expected, nothing remarkable. In not-LDR-related news, there have been plenty of good releases so far in this past month, with Cloud Nothings , [...]]]>