L.A. Times - Entertainment — What do people look for when they go to raves? Is it just the obvious - sex, drugs, loud music and the chance to set aside your day job? Or is there something else, some kind of communion with every dance music fan who wanted to feel something new fo... more info

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Stereogum — Jamie xx gets played a whole lot on Apple’s Beats 1 Radio; the internet radio station treats him the way most pop radio stations treat Katy Perry. That’s a good thing, especially when it means we get a whole new Jamie xx DJ mix out of it. This pa... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, we found out that Jamie xx was commissioned to create a composition for the National Gallery’s latest Soundscapes exhibition in London, where musicians and sound artists create sound instillations based on a selected painting fr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Seattle's annual Capitol Hill Block Party returns in 2015 from July 24-26. This year's lineup includes Ratatat, TV on the Radio, The Kills, Father John Misty, Jamie xx, Toro y Moi, Built to Spill, Wye Oak, The... more info

Stereogum — “Way Up” is the perfect name for a Popcaan song, because it’s an approximation of what’s happened to his profile in the US over the course of the last 18 months or so. The Jamaican singer singlehandedly smuggled dancehall onto one of the year... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — San Diego's CRSSD Festival will return this fall for a second installment, and the lineup is both bigger and a bit less dancey than before. more info

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Stereogum — Last month, Tim Sweeney’s Beats In Space WNYU radio show shared a brand new John Talabot remix of Jamie xx’s “Loud Places.” The song premiered at the end of Swedish house music DJ Axel Boman’s BIS mix. It begins around 1:05:35 with an excit... more info

Stereogum — Jamie xx was commissioned to create a composition for the National Gallery’s new Soundscapes exhibition, which opens tomorrow in London. The aim of the exhibit is to “encourage visitors to ‘hear’ the paintings and ‘see’ the sound.” Each... more info