At about 49 minutes on the embed below, the xx's sonic architect, Jamie, shares the latest iteration of his by now practically patented steel-drummed/florid-house dance music. There's a disassociated…   Read Story »

Jamie xx is, it would seem, a true perfectionist. The xx's producer has already released two remixes of Radiohead's King Of Limbs track "Bloom," and now there's a third out there. His latest take on…   Read Story »

The xx have started recording a second album and today posted a demo from these sessions on their blog xx-xx.co.uk. The track's called "Open Eyes" and comes with a hazy video. Download and/or watch…   Read Story »

UPDATE: Also below, check out the full version of Rihanna's "Drunk On Love," the new track that samples the xx's "Intro." Rihanna's new album Talk That Talk is imminent, and we've already heard…   Read Story »

Her retro early-'90s-style club banger "We Found Love" has already blown the fuck up, and now we're learning more and more about Rihanna's forthcoming album Talk That Talk. A bunch of clips of album…   Read Story »

Last month, we posted our list of the 10 best xx covers, and it included the Antlers' live version of the xx's "VCR." On their Twitter, the Antlers responded, letting us know that we'd hear the "REAL…   Read Story »

Today the xx announced (via @youngturks) that not only has the group begun work on a new album, but they've also established a new website/blog on which they'll be documenting their inspirations and…   Read Story »

The xx's music is fertile ground for imaginative covers, thanks to the space that the band creates and maintains within its own songs. Inspired by yesterday's Tracey Thorn w/ Ben Watt cover of "Night…   Read Story »

Everything But The Girl principal members Tracy Thorn and Ben Watt reunited recently to record a cover of the xx's "Night Time" that the xx had commissioned for a compilation. Though that compilation…   Read Story »

The last time out, we had a rip-off that tread into a bit of a gray area thanks to a key change, but this recent ad for Nokia in India is way more of an open-and-shut case. This is totally the same…   Read Story »