Blog: BrooklynVegan

The xx @ South Street Seaport in August ( more by Chris La Putt ) "Strongly influenced by modern R&B-- the [xx] made hay with an early cover of Womack & Womack 's "Teardrops", while UK copies of xx come packed with their version of Aaliyah 's "Hot Like Fire"-- the xx use a drum machine to complement their copiously tidy compositions. Unlike contemporary R&B fetishists Hot Chip or Discovery , who have clearly spent long hours internalizing Timbaland , the Neptunes , and other radio [...]