L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx make music about seemingly opposite subjects. Scott-Heron's long career in spoken word and proto-rap anticipated hip-hop's rage, and his exquisitely bedraggled tone is its own evidence for the toll of urban decay. Jamie x... more info

Nialler9 — Jamie XX follows up his amazing Benji B mix, his Newsnight remix below, the Gil Scott-Heron remix album and a Boiler Room session with this latest mix for 6 Mix. Download it at Core Music. During the mix, Jamie admits Adele didn’t like his remix at... more info

Abeano — BBC 6 Music handed over the Sunday night Mix to Jamie XX. Jamie played some of the biggest tunes of the year from his collaboration with Gil Scott Heron plus the tracks that have influenced the record and him personally. “These are the thi... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)There can be few albums more eagerly awaited than the next release from south-west London's purveyors of intimacy, the xx. But while the Mercury prize‑winning trio's second album is still very much under construction, various x's have been limb... more info

The Telegraph — In excavating new gems from its source, We're New Here is a success. Rating: * * * more info

The Telegraph — CD of the week: In excavating new gems from its source, We're New Here is a success. Rating: * * * more info

Abeano — Thom Yorke showed love for Julio Bashmore, Jamie XX, Ramadanman, Morgan Zarate + Untold. Thom Sent Us said his fans as they flocked their Youtubes. We got loved up with Jessie Ware + Sampha and Two Inch Punch. “Bestill our hearts“http://ww... more info

Guardian Music — (XL Recordings/Young Turks)Jamie xx's perceptive reworking of I'm New Here, Gil Scott-Heron's first album in 16 years, finds the pair united via the spiritual lineage of "music to dance by, to jump up and down on", as Heron intones on Jazz (Interlude... more info

KEXP Seattle — Greetings, Michele Myers here, producer of KEXP Documentaries. Our current series, “Poets & Music” explores the interplay between the beat and the word with profiles on poets who record with music like William S Burroughs, Saul Williams, Gil Scot... more info

DrownedInSound — While Jamie XX uses this album as an outlet to explore a variety of different styles, importantly he never loses sight of the source material. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info