DrownedInSound — Eurockéennes, or ‘Les Eurocks’ (should you wish to appear down with les Fronch) is a music festival in Belfort, near the Swiss border. Jay-Z, Missy, Fuck Buttons, Hot Chip, The XX, Janelle Monae, LCD Soundsystem, Health and Mr. Julian Casablanca... more info

KEXP Seattle — Austin City Limits announced their 2010 lineup. Among the acts include classic acts such as The Eagles and Phish along with M.I.A., The XX, Yeasayer, Monsters of Folk, David Bazan, and Balmorhea. Check out the full lineup. Austin City Limits happens ... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Photo by Owen Richards Jamie Smith, the beatmaker for the xx, made an hour-long mix for French clothing label Colette, which Abeano Music has made available for download. The mix leans heavily towards dubstep and UK garage-- grab the mix and check ou... more info

Abeano — Following his inescapably brilliant reworking of Florence And The Machine and equally compelling remixes of The XX’s own ‘Basic Space’, here is Jamie XX fullest and frankest expression of love for beats, dubstep and all things wobbly.... more info

Idolator — We were hoping for a Hot Chip cover, but we’ll take this: Shakira covered The xx’s “Islands,” renamed it “Explore,” and give it a bit more of an emotional punch than the original xx track’s detached vibe. Listen to a one-minute snippet ... more info

Stereogum — Hot Chip did that cover of Shakira’s “She Wolf.” Now the Colombian warbler’s dipped filtering the work of some British folks with keyboards through her distinctive post-Alanis sound. Instead of returning Hot Chip’s favor and giving us “On... more info

Addict Music — Wild Beasts have just announced they will be performing a co-headline show with The XX at the Roundhouse in London on the 12th July, as part of the iTunes Festival. more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Tonight I will be in deepest Brixton to see LCD Soundsystem. A great gig for sure but a nice support band is the icing on the cake and YACHT will be providing their most unique and off-kilter topping possible warming up for James Murphy et al.Here we... more info

Persona Sauna — Enjoy the new video for the third single, "Islands,” off the XX's self-titled debut, directed by Saam Farahmand. more info

MTV.co.uk News — Wandsworth's finest The XX are back with new single Islands - and you can watch the video first right here, only on MTV. WATCH 'ISLANDS' IN HIGH QUALITY HERE  The video is directed by creative... more info