Tagged: xlrecordings

Musicians trying to make a name for themselves in the age of Web 2.0 often find the Internet to be a double-edged sword. There's no denying that with Bandcamp, Twitter, Facebook, and the blogosphere, every up-and-coming band now has the potential to reach a wide audience and share their music with the world. But that very levelling of the playing field ushered in by the democratization of technology means fiercer competition - and much, much more of it - than ever before. Moreover, with anonymous megaphones freely available to any malcontent with Internet access, bands and artists can find themselves the [...]

It's destined to be a classic along with their debut, and will be an anthem record for the summer.

Watch Vampire Weekend on Jimmy Fallon, performing two songs from Modern Vampires of the City. Vampire Weekend performed on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" last night. The band performed "Ya Hey" as part...

The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (XL Recordings, 2004) Arte: House & Cook. La entrada The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (2004) aparece primero en Noiselab .

Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires Of The City XL / Terrícolas Imbéciles, 2013 Calificación: 9.5 Cómprenlo en: iTunes Por: @SoyVelez En 1989, al grito de “Modern vampires of the city, hunting blood, blood, blood”, el jamaicano, Junior Reid ,  logró un éxito con un himno de unión, una canción que recuerda que debajo de la piel todos somos iguales, pero sobre todo, sufrimos los [...]

Oooh what a surprise this was. Didn't expect anything like this kind of sound as I pressed the play button. Glass Animals just signed to Kaya Kaya (on XL recordings) and have delivered some pretty impressive stuff on their Soundcloud profile. Self Blown got a hold of  them on HumanHuman and got us turned into a frenzy ever since, especially this 'Black Mambo' track we totally recommend : Glass Animals' is the first signing to the new imprint kaya kaya records via xl. They are the perfect collision [...]

• Glass Animals - Black Mambo
• Glass Animals - Cocoa Hooves

Kirin J Callinan releases NSFW video for "Embracism". Kirin J Callinan will release his new album, Embracism, on July 2nd through Terrible Records in a partnership with XL Recordings. We previously featured a...

Can't wait until next Tuesday for Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City ? Well neither can we, even though the band's done a damn good job at leaking nearly half the album in some form before its release next week. But luckily there's iTunes, which is currently streaming the album in its entirety for free through its app. However, be wary that iTunes' pre-release streams only last for a few days, so enjoy it while it lasts. Click here and enjoy! Modern Vampires of the City [...]

Vampire Weekend share full stream of their new album, Modern Vampires of the City. Modern Vampires of the City is scheduled for release May 14 on XL Recordings. The new album is the...

Os Sigur Rós  estão encarregues da banda sonora de um episódio da mítica série The Simpsons, que passará nas televisões americanas já no próximo dia 19. Para além de música original a acompanhar a viagem de Homer e companhia até à Islândia, a banda irá também apresentar uma versão para o tema original da série. Matt Groening, o criador dos The Simpsons, confessa-se fã de longa data dos Sigur Rós e orgulha-se desta colaboração sem precedentes com a banda. Kveikur ,  o sétimo álbum dos islandeses,   chega a 18 de Junho com [...]

As Vampire Weekend gear up for the release of their highly anticipated third studio album Modern Vampires of the City, the band have unveiled a lyrical video for brand new track "Ya Hey,"...

Still counting down the days until Modern Vampires of the City (we're at 11, now), and today Vampire Weekend gives us another glimpse into the album. Below is their latest lyric video, for their track called "Ya Hey" which was heard in their live sets as well as during their AmEx Unstaged performance. The song features another interesting twist, using vocal alterations to create a chipmunk-like chorus accompaniment. Have a listen below, and pre-order the album at the group's website by clicking here .

It's been quite the week for Vampire Weekend , having just performed live for Amex Unstaged, directed by actor Steve Buscemi, and played two new cuts "Obvious Bicycle" and "Everlasting Arms" for the first time. Tonight their performance on Later With Jools Holland aired where they played a rousing version of first single "Diane Young" as well as "Unbelievers" , previously aired on late night TV a couple [...]

Durante la presentación que tuvo anoche Vampire Weekend en Nueva York y que se transmitió por Internet, la banda estrenó en vivo dos de las canciones pertenecientes a su nuevo disco Modern Vampires of the City . Miren los videos a continuación y disfruten de "Obvious Bicycles" y "Everlasting Arms". Su nuevo disco llegará a las tiendas el 14 de mayo a través de XL Recordings y Terrícolas Imbéciles en México .

Last night, Vampire Weekend played the Roseland Ballroom for an Amex Unstaged show that was webcast live online and directed by Steve Buscemi. During their set, the band played two new song named "Obvious Bicycle" and "Everlasting Arms" from their forthcoming LP, Modern Vampires of the City , out May 14th via XL Recordings . Check out the videos below.

Last month, Sigur Rós announced news of a new studio album, Kveikur. Self-produced by the three members of Sigur Rós – Jón Þór Birgisson, Georg Holm and Orri Páll Dýrason – Kveikur will...

Vampire Weekend have confirmed a Saturday, September 28 headline show at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets to the band's return to the iconic amphitheater featuring support from special guest Beirut will be on sale...

XL Recordings have finally come out and released a statement confirming what we all kinda already knew, and had been expecting for days, that Jai Paul had a number of tracks leaked online without his permission. Last weekend, the label's most elusive musician seemed to drop his long-awaited debut album  as a mixtape via a mysterious Bandcamp page , only for it to be announced days later that what people paid £7 for was actually  an “illegal leak” . Speculation ensued online after [...]

As you no doubt are aware by now, over the weekend we posted what appeared to be the entire debut album by   Jai  Paul , the mysterious and elusive London producer who made his name on tracks "BTSTU" and "Jasmine" . We also posted about all of the possible reasons as to why it might not be his actual album, or why it might actually be his album. It turns out that whilst the music was in fact his, it was stolen from his laptop and uploaded two [...]

Over the weekend, Jai Paul 's supposed debut album hit Bandcamp and fans of the reclusive musician couldn't scoop up a copy fast enough. But just as it was selling like digital hotcakes, people started wondering whether or not it was legit. Sure enough, Paul created a Twitter account Monday morning to reveal that the album wasn't legit and promised a proper statement would follow. Well, a few days later, his label XL Recordings has issued a statement that pretty much says what a lot of us were thinking: It was a leak [...]