Music For Ants — Whether it’s covers, remixes, side-projects, tv commercials, or Mercury Prizes, British minimalist indie pop band The xx have managed to stay in the spotlight ever since their sensational debut album in 2009, which is both a testament to their over... more info

Stereogum — Her retro early-’90s-style club banger “We Found Love” has already blown the fuck up, and now we’re learning more and more about Rihanna’s forthcoming album Talk That Talk. A bunch of clips of album tracks have leaked, and perhaps the most ... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to *The Antlers* (http://www.antlersmusic.com) cover of *The xx* (http://www.myspace.com/thexx)'s track "VCR" here (http://www.soundcloud.com/the-405/the-antlers-vcr-the-xx-cover). more info

Stereogum — Last month, we posted our list of the 10 best xx covers, and it included the Antlers’ live version of the xx’s “VCR.” On their Twitter, the Antlers responded, letting us know that we’d hear the “REAL version” soon. Well, today we hear i... more info

Altsounds — The xx have launched a new blog and have announced that they are recording a second album. "We have started recording our second album! We have also started this blog where we will post our inspirations + pictures + favourite songs. We hope you e... more info

Chorus.fm — *The xx* (http://xx-xx.co.uk) have entered the studio to record their new album. Follow their progress on their new blog (http://xx-xx.co.uk). Submitted by Holly HoX! more info

Stereogum — Today the xx announced (via @youngturks) that not only has the group begun work on a new album, but they’ve also established a new website/blog on which they’ll be documenting their inspirations and their thoughts. Rad. So what’s the line on ho... more info

NME — Band also start a new blog to document the recording process more info

Gigwise — The band reveal in blog... more info

Stereogum — The xx’s music is fertile ground for imaginative covers, thanks to the space that the band creates and maintains within its own songs. Inspired by yesterday’s Everything But The Girl cover of “Night Time,” we’ve collected nine more of the b... more info