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

NME - Radar — Did anyone else used to get serious willies from The Teddy Bear's Picnic? What's with making songs for tiny children with creepy rumpy-dumpy minor chord progressions about loitering around woods? I mean, look at the dude that wrote it Henry Hall u... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pettina Gappah's short story collection An Elegy for Easterly has won the Guardian First Book Award. Eye Weekly profiles The XX. Though most critics describe the band’s icy guitar parts and bleeding-heart synths as decidedly Young Marble Giant... more info

8/1 — 50. Max Richter – Waltz With Bashir OST49. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt II48. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid47. Bruce Springsteen – Working On a Dream46. The Black Crowes – Before the Frost…45. Cate... more info

Music is Art — so glad to have been able to finally witness long island, ny’s glassjaw live with brand new. coming soon a review of their show by my friend mike fox! [mp3] glassjaw -- ape dos mil (worship and tribute, 2002) Related posts:video :: i met the walr... more info

Guardian Music — Florence And The Machine hit, recently remixed by The XX, has a long and convoluted historyThe XX's terrific, chilly two-step remix of Florence And The Machine's You've Got The Love is one of the defining tracks of 2009. It's also probably the only e... more info

Guardian Music — Ever wondered what Chris Martin would sound like singing over demos of the last Portishead album? Then you'd better investigate this electro duo ...Hometown: London.The lineup: Samuel Chase (vocals) and James Cameron (electronics).The background: The... more info