Shot and directed by photographer and film-maker Jamie-James Medina (who also happens to be the founder of XL’s sub-label Hot Charity), this 3-part documentary follows The xx on the three major cycles of their creative process. Time in the recording studio, in rehearsals and then finally performing live is documented, ending in the last episode […]

The remix collective Urban Noize released this collection of their works reinvisioning tracks by the potent trio of Jay-Z, Kanye and Adele. Titled Brooklyn. Chicago. London. (The Urban Noize Remixes) in honor of the artists’ hometowns, the 8-song album features some nice production work from the Florida natives. Stream the Brooklyn. Chicago. London. mix below, […]

Hailing from the eastern shores of Sydney, Australia, Sherlock’s Daughter‘s psychedelic twist on the dream pop sound immerses you into a world of lush, melancholic thoughts. Led by Tanya Horo, the frontwoman’s angelic, at times twee voice is backed by two bandmates bound to create a soundscape that matches her melodies — one often flourished […]

The latest vid from Traverse City, Michigan witch house trio Salem, for their latest single “Sick” off of King Night. If you like what you hear, check out their Mother Always mixtape we posted a couple weeks back…

You have to love any band who’s favorite person to take a long train ride would be Uncle Buck and Yoko Ono. And those are two of the three first-ballot ride mates of Austin, Texas’ Love Inks — as they explain in our Q&A below. The trio play simple dream pop, stripped down indie united […]

Kenneth James Gibson is one of Los Angeles’ most prolific house producers. Guy has more production aliases than you can shake a stick at, including Premature Wig, dubLoner, Reverse Commuter, Eight Frozen Modules and [a]ppendics.shuffle, and his work has graced some of the top labels in dance music today. Hallucination, Adjunct, Leftroom, Superfreq, Trapez and […]