Video: The xx - Islands

Well, this is it folks. It's been fun solving these over the past couple months, but  Roo Clue #14  is going to be the last one. Bonnaroo's lineup announcement is happening LIVE on Tuesday  and, for the first time, the festival has confirmed that they'll be matching the Roo Clues with their answers this year (so you guys get to hold me accountable for my guesses)! The final Clue is a Thursday 3-parter, with lines coming from  Radio Bonnaroo , the  Bonnaroo App , and video below: [...]

Quasi tutti sanno che in "Drunk On Love" di Rihanna c'è il campione di "Intro", prima traccia contenuta nell'omonimo debutto dei The xx . Così come è nota la cover di "Islands" registrata da Shakira. Le due cose hanno in parte contribuito a far conoscere la band anche al di fuori del circuito indipendente (dove avevano mietuto comunque enormi successi), ma la verità è che il sogno segreto del trio è un altro... Beyoncé. Proprio lei. Oliver Sim vorrebbe scriverle una canzone . "Sarebbe un sogno", ha dichiarato ai microfoni di "Q" e ha aggiunto: [...]

With Euro 2012 having drawn to a close last night, you’d expect the youth of Poland to have a lot of spare time on their hands and thankfully Heineken Open’er Festival in Gdynia is sure to provide some much welcomed entertainment and solace. That is if all the locals don’t have a perpetual hangover from the last few weeks’ worth of lager on tap and whatever the Polish equivalent of the pork scratchings are. Some festivals on the continent are renowned for their diverse, sometimes haphazard line-ups, making Reading and Leeds seem like close-minded and monotonous [...]

If you’re anything like us here at The Wild Honey Pie, you’ve been waiting for this news for a really long time - about 2 years when you get down to it. So it's with great joy and anticipation that we say to you, THE XX  ARE FINALLY RELEASING A NEW RECORD! Yes, my friends, it is a joyous occasion, one that some of us were doubting would ever happen. Coexist will be released on September 11 for the whole world to hear and listen to non-stop for another two [...]

Foram hoje anunciados mais nomes para a edição portuguesa do Primavera Sound : Concertos:  The XX, Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions In The Sky, Spiritualized, Beach House, SISKIYOU e Numbers Showcases: Jackmaster, Oneman, Deadboy, Spencer e Redinho [em atualização] [...]

The XX - Islands

PROMO!!! Concorra a CDs do The xx Curtiu a matéria do Cleber Facchi sobre a música minimalista de  James Blake , jj  e  The xx  na primeira edição da Freak! mag ?  Pois bem! Em nossa primeira parceria com o selo LAB 344 , responsável pelos lançamentos mais bacanas da música alternativa no Brasil, vamos sortear algumas cópias do elogiado álbum de estreia do The xx . O disco foi considerado pela crítica [...]

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Rain and grey skies once again on today's menu but do not fret fellow festival goers, the sun shall return in kind this weekend. Timber Timbre @ Ukrainian Federation / 10pm [ ms ] The show to see this evening is without a doubt Timber Timbre @ the Ukrainian Federation. The trio led by Taylor Kirk, a Torontonian by birth, [...]

The Dance Party released their debut album TOUCH yesterday. I suggest you go buy it . If you have some sort of digital music phobia, then I strongly encourage you to come purchase a physical copy of the album this Friday night at Rock & Roll Hotel when we host a huge, crazy, out of control party with the band... In the meantime, check out the bands top 5 favorite videos of the year after the jump: The XX - "Islands" [...]

The xx have won the prestigious Mercury Prize, awarded to the best British album of the past year. The album finished second on our top albums of last year, behind Passion Pit's "Manners". We've compiled a list of video clips of their unbelievable tracks. The xx - Crystalized The xx - Basic Space The xx - VCR The xx - Islands

We all know this, right? And yes there has been some controversy and some comment over this, but we'll come out and say we love The xx - though we will admit we weren't 100% sure who to back. In fact, we were backing quite a few of the nominees (big up to the Mumford lads & Laura Marling - we believe you were 100% deserved too). I saw The xx rock Somerset House this summer, and I love their self titled album, so big congrats to those South West Londoners for taking the prestigious prize; [...]

After performing at Bonnaroo, and a slew of upcoming European festival dates and coveted slots at Lollapalooza and Central Park SummerStage on the horizon this summer, The xx will embark on a 12-city North American tour kicking off in Los Angeles on September 22nd. The jaunt will find the London-based band making stops on the West Coast, the Midwest, Canada, and the Northeast before its conclusion in Texas, notably performing at this year's Austin City Limits festival. In addition to the upcoming dates, the band will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on August 4th. [...]

[Birthday greetings this weekend to local rockers Michael Bauer ( Useless Keys ) and Annie Hardy ( Giant Drag ). Meanwhile:] One great thing about living in this neighborhood is that if you wait long enough, festivals come to you. Like this weekend — when eight of the acts who graced stages at Coachella 2010 are playing around town. First, you have LCD Soundsystem (tonight at the Palladium and Saturday at the Fox Theater in Pomona); the last of this week's four Miike Snow shows (tonight at the [...]

We were hoping for a Hot Chip cover , but we'll take this: Shakira covered The xx's "Islands," renamed it "Explore," and give it a bit more of an emotional punch than the original xx track's detached vibe. Listen to a one-minute snippet of the Colombian singer's version below. (We'll update with the full track when it drops.) Shakira - "Explore" (The xx cover) No word where this track will end up, but we like what we hear so far. In case you're [...]

This is brilliantly disturbing.

T he song is old. The video is new. Check it lest ye wreck it. And watch closely.

New vids this week from M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Broken Social Scene, Flaming Lips and more.  You can play them all continuously on the right, or individually below. LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls Broken Social Scene - Forced To Love Born Ruffians - What To Say Best [...]

Storybooks for Small Dogs from Ireland, debut in the charts in the number one spot for the band of the week chart 24th April 2010, which comprises bands from five different countries. Storybooks for Small Dogs Storybooks for Small Dogs Ireland (new-entry) Storybooks for Small Dogs | All These Animals by indiebands [...]

It'a a pretty awesome video, you'll have to watch till the end to see the story.