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Jamie xx “Touch Me” (Stream)

February 1st, 2012

Last night The xx’s Jamie xx and Romy xx took over Australian radio station FBi and debuted a brand new Jamie xx track featuring Yasmin on a cover of Rui da Silva’s “Touch Me.” You can hear it at the 49-minute mark. Also in the mix was Zomby, Chairlift, Arthur Russell, Toni Braxton, Fleetwood Mac, [...]

Tags: FBi, Jamie xx, Stream, The Wedge, the xx, Touch Me
Posted in Blog, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Cam |

MP3: King Krule “The Noose of Jah City”

October 4th, 2011

You would never know from listening to “The Noose of Jah City” that the person behind the song is a 17-year old boy. Archy Marshall, who goes under the moniker King Krule (formerly Zoo Kid), is from the UK and is readying his self-titled debut EP, which will be released on November 8 via True [...]

Tags: King Krule, Rodaidh McDonald, the xx
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone |

Tinie Tempah, The xx & Arcade Fire up for multiple BRIT Awards

January 14th, 2011

Nominations for the 2011 BRIT Awards were announced last night and leading the way with four nods is up-and-coming UK rapper Tinie Tempah. Tinie wasn’t the only multiple nominee: The xx, Arcade Fire and Mumford & Sons all came away with three, while Ellie Goulding, Take That, Plan B, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Eminem [...]

Tags: 2011 Brit Awards, arcade fire, brit awards, the xx, Tinie Tempah
Posted in Blog, Brit Awards, News | Posted by Cam |

Drake to work with Florence Welch and The XX’s Jamie Smith

January 13th, 2011

Drake seems pretty connected in the world of hip-hop, but for his next album, Take Care, he’s branching outside of expectations. One unlikely candidate he’s brought in to help produce his new album is The XX’s Jamie Smith. “The praises I’ll sing most is definitely The XX and Jamie, and we’re working on Take Care [...]

Tags: drake, Florence and the Machine, florence welch, Jamie Smith, the xx
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Cam |

The XX, Grizzly Bear and DeadMau5: Sarah updates us from Lollapalooza day 2!

August 8th, 2010

Day 2 updates: – Miss Liz Trinnear is even more amazing than I had expected as she agreed to do interviews with Dragonette and Morning Benders (love them) so I could watch grizzly Bear and The XX. – The XX kind of put me to sleep in a beautiful gentle way largely because of their [...]

Tags: chrissie hynde, Deadmau5, grizzly bear, lollapalooza, rusko, the xx
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concerts & Events, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Maddy |

LiLo Goes To Jail: Much Worthy Matrix July 20

July 20th, 2010

It’s the Much Worthy Matrix. Every day we will rate the stories you will see on MuchMusic that day from A-List to D-List and Cringe Worthy to Brag Worthy. Let us know if you agree or disagree with where we place the stories on the matrix at @MuchNews!

Tags: Dr. Dre, drake, Foals, justin bieber, lindsay lohan, miley cyrus, obama, the xx
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F |

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go.

April 26th, 2010

Coachella. Wow. You gotta go. I did. Check out my review on this year’s Coachella Festival after the jump! *Blog post by Darren Bourne

Tags: B.O.B., beyonce, Coachella, David Guetta, De La Soul, Deadmau5, Fever Ray, flea, Gorillaz, Hot Chip, jay-z, Josh Hartnett, Julian Casablancas, Kaskade, kristen stewart, Matt & Kim, Mike Snow, muse, passion pit, phoenix, red hot chilli peppers, Richie Hawtin, Sly and the Family Stone, the xx, them crooked vultures, thom yorke, Tiesto, Tom Morello, twilight, will.i.am, Yeasayer
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Concert Reviews, Concerts & Events | Posted by Guest Blogger |

Celebs rock out at Coachella

April 19th, 2010

The celeb sightings were a’ plenty at this weekends Coachella Music Festival in California. Everyone from Zac Efron to Katy Perry to Paris Hilton to The Hills stars showed up for the three day music festival. This year’s stellar line up included heavy hitters like The xx, The Gossip, Wale, She & Him, MGMT, Them [...]

Tags: Adrien Grenier, Beth Ditto, beyonce, Coachella, dead weather, Dita Von Tess, flea, Hayden Panettiere, Jason Statham, jay-z, katy perry, Kellan Lutz, kelly osbourne, kristen stewart, Kristin C, lindsay lohan, MGMT, Michelle Rodriguez, mischa barton, Nicky Hilton, paris hilton, Penn Badgley, She & Him, Solange, The Gossip, the hills, the xx, them crooked vultures, Vanessa Hudgens, whitney port, zac efron
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, News, pics | Posted by Allison |

The xx @ Phoenix

April 5th, 2010

There aren’t too many bands that sound as polished live as they do on their records. Vocals can be off, strumming patterns are messed around with…it can just be a messy situation. The xx? They’re an exception to the rule. Being one of the most buzzed bands of 2009 and jumping into 2010 with a [...]

Tags: concert reviews, concerts, correspondents, phoenix, reviews, the xx, xx
Posted in Concert Reviews | Posted by Mehek - Correspondent |

Matt’s Weekly Tunes

February 19th, 2010

Friday!!!!! Hi everyone. Welcome to round four of my weekly segment. Your favourite segment. The segment. Segment. A short (but nothing less than fantastic) list of tunes that’s been playing on my compootar non-stop for the past week. “Daylight” – Matt & Kim (Grand, 2009) “Islands” – The xx (xx, 2009) “Bury This” – Amy [...]

Tags: Amy Millan, Death From Above 1979, Matt & Kim, the xx
Posted in Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent |