Ohmyxx. The xx are clearly in the holiday spirit of giving because today they are giving us so much. First, the band did a cover of my FAVORITE Christmas song ever, "Last Christmas," by Wham! While my longtime favorite version of this has been the Jimmy Eat World cover (and I swear not just because it was on the O.C. Chrismukkah Soundtrack...), I think even 20-something Seth Cohen would approve of this new version. ALSO, The xx released a three-part documentary featuring some performances and some behind the scenes glimpses. Directed by Jamie-James [...]
The xx are one of the last band's I would expect to release a Christmas song, but there is always something of a quiet longing in their music which seems appropriate for the holiday. "Last Christmas" is a cover of the 1984 WHAM! song of the same name, though it sounds like it could have been a bonus track on either of their albums. They did the cover for BBC12s Live Lounge, but hopefully there will be an xx version of the wonderfully eighties music video that accompanied the original. Download the song [...]
Nothing say ho ho ho like a classic Xmas cover, does it? That's right, The xx have only gone and covered Wham!'s "Last Christmas" for Radio 1's live lounge. continue reading >>
Wham!'s " Last Christmas " is one of the all-time great cheesed-out holiday songs, but it's got a simple, heart-heavy longing at its core, and so maybe it's not such a shock that the xx would consider it worthy cover material. At a recent session in BBC Radio 12s Live Lounge, the xx recorded a characteristically stripped-back, murmuring version of the song, and even though it's live-in-studio, it sounds like Jamie xx might've spent weeks working on the mix. Listen to it below. Read More...
Es navidad, y The XX también se quieren unir a la fiesta. Hoy se han vuelto a pasar por la BBC, y han dejado una cover a "Last Christmas" de Wham . Por cierto, hoy el Primavera Sound ha anunciado que estarán el 2 de mayo en Barcelona.
Barcelona's dank Balearic beat maker John Talabot and countryman/house producer Pional have already collaborated to great effect twice this year - see " Destiny ," from Talabot's murked-out afterhours club record ƒn , and "Braves," their triumphant theme song for the Spanish marathon - so here's one more before it's all over. On the xx's " Chained ," the Spaniards turn that track's hushed intimacy into an eight-and-a-half minute zoned-out, druggy house track. You may recognize the stuttering synth loop from the Streets " Blinded By The Light ," at which point you'll understand this remix's title [...]
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Words: Saam Das I found it slightly perplexing that BASTILLE failed to make it onto either the BBC Sound Of 2013 longlist or the Blog Sound Of 2013. With a debut album set to drop next year, rave live reviews and a following numbering 50,000 Facebook fans - it seemed inevitable. Regardless, BASTILLE are giving us the gift of a new film-inspired mixtape/EP. Sample it below. 'Other People's Heartache Part 2' [...]
Ultimamente nos hemos acostumbrado a cerrar y abrir semanas con Chromatics , para no romper tradiciones, Johnny Jewel , una de las cabezas más visibles del grupo nos dejó un nuevo mix, en el que se incluía una increíble cover de Chromatics a Joy Division . Además, de alguna forma cerramos el año publicando las listas de los mejores discos internacionales y nacionales . Han vuelto Beach Fossils [...]
Listen to Jamie xx 's sprawling, cavernous remix of Four Tet 's " Lion ":
Earlier this year, the great British electronic producer Four Tet released Pink , an excellent and somewhat underrated collection of dance singles. In the past, Four Tet has remixed the xx's " VCR " and " Angels ," and now the xx's production mastermind Jamie xx returns the favor, reworking the Pink track " Lion ." Jamie xx's version of the track has a skittering 2-step drum pattern and a great foghorn dub-bass melody. Hear it below. Read More...
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Soft Served is an irregularly-updated, eclectic collection of tracks to listen to before bed, in the rain, or while the sun is rising. Forrest Forrest on: SoundCloud | Facebook | Twitter Cashmere Cat [...]
You may already be familiar with producer Recycle Culture from his perfect, trance-y official Elite Gymnastics remix/cover (or from his stellar re-works for Korallreven, Grimes , and Julianna Barwick ). Here, on this breathlessly uplifting and cathartic rave-ready remix, he injects some hopeful energy into the xx's heartbreaking " Chained ," somehow maintaining all of the feeling the xx conjured on their spare/intimate original while taking the opposite approach. Download it, and his recent Chromatics night bus remix , below: mp3: the xx [...]
The xx - Sunset ( Volta remix) [ mp3 Facebook] the perfect track for sunset raves
TWO OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, AND MOST ESSENTIAL, RELEASES IN RECENT MEMORY ARE BY THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL MOTHERFUCKERS, WHO GO BY ONE NAME ∆AIMON . BOTH AMEN & THEIR INCREDIBLE NEW RECORD FLATLINER CONTAIN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL/YEARNING/BRUTAL/INTE NSE/SENSUAL/EMOTIONAL MUSIC I'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO LOSE MYSELF IN. BEYOND FANTASY, BEYOND HAPPINESS, BEYOND DESPAIR YOU'LL FIND THEIR MUSIC IN COMPLETE STILLNESS, IN THIS VACUME MY ENTIRE BEING IS AT THE WHIM OF ITS TIDES AND SHOCKWAVES, SOARING TO EXTREME HIGHS AND LOWS CREATING FLASH STORMS IN [...]
TWO OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, AND MOST ESSENTIAL, RELEASES IN RECENT MEMORY ARE BY THESE TWO BEAUTIFUL MOTHERFUCKERS, WHO GO BY ONE NAME ∆AIMON . BOTH AMEN & THEIR INCREDIBLE NEW RECORD FLATLINER CONTAIN SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL/YEARNING/BRUTAL/INTE NSE/SENSUAL/EMOTIONAL MUSIC I'VE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO LOSE MYSELF IN. BEYOND FANTASY, BEYOND HAPPINESS, BEYOND DESPAIR YOU'LL FIND THEIR MUSIC IN COMPLETE STILLNESS, IN THIS VACUME MY ENTIRE BEING IS AT THE WHIM OF ITS TIDES AND SHOCKWAVES, SOARING TO EXTREME HIGHS AND LOWS CREATING FLASH STORMS IN [...]
YouTube : Mumford & Sons folk up one of the finer tracks of Alt-J's An Awesome Wave , "Tessellate." CoS : A star-studded episode of Later...with Jools Holland features performances from the XX, Muse and the Beach Boys. AbsolutePunk : Mariachi El Bronx appear on the second episode of our new favorite talk show, the Gorburger Show. TLoBF : Sonic Youth are reunited with two modded guitars [...]
The other day BBC debuted this Four Tet remix of the xx's "Angels." Personally, I'm still "getting acquainted" with the album itself, but my love for this remix was immediate and visceral. Four Tet truly strips the track down to the basics with a twinkling and spare ambiance breaking apart into gleaming static and white noise. In the end the noise washes out and the pieces are reconnected into a gorgeous, simple melody. Pure love. Order Coexist from Insound . Thanks to Pitchfork for promoting this one.
Four Tet remixes the recent track from The XX . It made it's debut last night and you can stream or download his take on this beaut of a song. This chick has a soothing voice to vibe out to and you already know Four Tet can make sleepytime music with the best of 'em. THE XX - ANGELS (FOUR TET REMIX)
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