The Vinyl Villain — Being a blog that is largely of the retro variety, I'm not all that fussed about publishing a rundown of what I reckon to have been the best songs/albums of the year/decade. Yes, I do admit to making a few suggestions last month of stuff that you mi... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pixies – Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix) The XX – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) Evolve – Bushwhacked Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Big Stereo — The XX seem to be very flavour of the month, and there’s no doubt going to be a stack of people doing covers. Canada’s Vitaminsforyou has done a brilliant mellow electronic version of “Shelter.” Soothing stuff. vitaminsforyou- “Shelter” more info

8/1 — 1 - Brett Anderson – Wilderness2 - Patrick Wolf – Bachelor3 - PJ Harvey & John Parish A Woman a Man Walked By4 - Bat For Lashes - Two Suns5 - Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light6 - Wild Beasts - Two Dancers7 - Richard Hawley - Tr... more info

My Old Kentucky — Swedes-on-the-rise, jj cover Akon's Troublemaker. jj will play the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, opening for The XX, on April 6th.jj - Troublemaker (Akon cover)[via/via]--------------------------------------------------------Official Site ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Afternoon Saints: "Round Trip Trinket" [mp3] from The Shirley Jangle other Afternoon Saints posts at Largehearted Boy Hellvete: "Vleermuis Armen" [mp3] from De Gek Hellvete: "In Den Beginne" [mp3] from De Gek... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — 1. The XX- xxWhere so many bands fill their space with noise and layers these four teenagers from London showed that less can indeed be more. Set to a musical backdrop of trip-hop, two step and dub dual vocalists Olliver Sim and Romy Croft open their... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Unfairly or not, there's that uncontrollable part of me that shies away from listening to or writing about quote/unquote 'buzzbands'. If I hear too much hype before I actually hear any of the music, well, I may not ever hear it. Silly, I know, but ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pavement Coachella 2010 Aeroplane Pavement Perry Farrell As Tall As Lions The Big Pink Craze & Klever Devo Dirty Projectors El Gran Silencio * Hockey Hot Chip Miike Snow Muse The xx Zoé MP3: Pavement – Box Elder MP3: The XX – Basic Space The... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — On sale now: The XX (DJ set) and VHS or Beta (DJ set) at (le) Poisson Rouge on January 2. Tickets The Drums and Surfer Blood at Bowery Ballroom on January 13. Tickets Julian Casablancas at Terminal Five on January 14. Tickets Prefuse 73 at Music Hal... more info