
The Xx premiered a brand new glossy music video for Islands today, complete with interpretive choreography. Simple yet effective…I like it! Check out the video below! mp3: Wait What – Dead Wrong Intro (The Notorious B.I.G vs. The Xx) [alt]

#2: Happy Friday! It’s been quite a hectic week of shows and continuing the move the site over to our own server (http://tlc-blog.com) but the great music doesn’t stop pouring in. Check out a few of my favorites from over the course of the week below. Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack and female vocalist Melina Mepris [...]

Last night The Xx’s female vocalist Romy Madley Croft spun records for her headlining 2AM DJ set at the West Village’s Le Poisson Rouge. Finger on the Pulse and VHS or Beta packed the dance floor with their pounding DJ sets before handing the decks off to Romy. Quite different from what you’d expect to [...]

The wait is officially over! With a brand new studio album One Life Stand out on February 9th 2010, Hot Chip are coming back to US + Canada for a short 5-city tour. They’re bringing along one of the hardest working bands The Xx (now a trio), don’t miss out on this highly anticipated tour! [...]

Last week Jess and I were discussing how The Xx makes the most out of their time in New York. Back in August the band played about 6 shows in a week (See: TLC Spotlight: The xx Take on NYC) and last week played about twice as many shows in New York during CMJ including Thursday [...]

The xx are a South London-based quartet comprised of lead singers Oliver Sim (bass) and Romy Madley Croft (lead guitar), Jamie Smith (drum machine, sampler) and Baria Qureshi (guitar and keyboard.) The xx have described their influences as “everything from Aaliyah to Cocorosie, Rhianna to The Cure, Missy Elliott to The Chromatics and Mariah Carey [...]