Nialler9 — Albums of interest to stream this week: David Byrne & St. Vincent – Love This Giant The pair’s album with brass at its core is contrasting enough from their own material to mark it out as a singular project. An … Read More... → The post Lis... more info

Prefix — During their first performance at the Isle of Wight's Bestival music festival in 2010, The xx brought the ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-the-xx-perform-angels-at-bestival-2012/68874/ more info

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Nialler9 — I’m still digesting The xx’s Coexist as an album so I haven’t got a fully formed opinion on it yet but it’s creeping into my pores (‘Swept Away’ and ‘Fiction’ in particular). Their live set conveys the minimal atmospheres of … Read ... more info

Guardian Music — Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of WightBestival is, the lead singer of Django Django robustly notes, "the first festival we've played in Britain this year where it isn't pissing down". As is so often the case, the weather seems to have affected the wh... more info

Guardian Music — The xx, On tourA lot of groups talk about going back to basics, but the achievement of this London band was to purge their sound of superfluous elements before they recorded a note. The vocals are allowed to morosely intone tales of emotional drama a... more info

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Guardian Music — (XL)On their second album, the xx face the challenge offered to all bands who emerge fully-formed, with a distinct and instantly recognisable musical aesthetic: what to do next? The London trio's answer is to take their already skeletal frame and fur... more info

78s — “My heart is beating in a different way” singt Oliver Sim auf “Coexist”. Eine Songzeile programmatisch für eine ganze Band. The xx waren und sind immer noch anders als der ganze Alternative Mainstream ihrer Zeitgenossen. Und genau darum hör... more info

Prefix — The xx's massively awaited sophomore album, Coexist, found its way online earlier this week, and I sincerely hope ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-xx/reconsider-coexist-itunes-bonus-track/68712/ more info