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 […]

Last week we posted the most excellent Jamie xx Boiler Room Mixtape, which we played on repeat all weekend. Well another mix the Boiler Room crew have in their arsenal is Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ back-to-back set with Friendly Fires, all performed at the W Hotel London live on November 14th specifically for Boiler Room TV. […]

Jamie xx joins the league of superlative DJs who’ve graced the decks of one of the underground scene’s most exclusive parties. The Boiler Room are quickstrick events thrown across the world (Los Angeles, Berlin, London and New York) growing in reputation rather quickly for their well curated throwdowns broadcast live to the entire interwebs. Naturally, […]

Created in collaboration with VICE‘s The Creators Project, The xx release the latest video from their sophomore album Coexist. The video clip was directed by Young Replicant, and is essentially a watery essay on light and mood. Nice.

We’ve kept close tabs on the hyperly anticipated second album from The xx, and its time has (almost) finally arrived. While you’ll have to wait till next week to purchase Coexist via iTunes or Amazon, the fine and awesome folks at NPR have set up the entire album for streaming. Yaye! We’ve previewed as much […]

The xx return with the latest track off their hyperly anticipated sophomore album Coexist. “Unchained” continues the Elliot School dropouts’ gorgeous productions, and suggests they have not slipped a note — as much as their first Coexist leak, “Angels” also suggested (peep that video after the jump in case you missed it first time around). […]

It’s no secret we’re big fans of The Weeknd, so when we heard one of his producers, Illangelo, was working on a new project our ears pricked up. The Toronto producer has teamed up with upcoming post-R&B crooner TALWST (pronounced “Tall Waist”) for a seven-track EP titled Alien Tentacle Sex — an album born of […]

San Francisco dubstep producer MiM0SA released his debut full length Sanctuary today, where it debuted at #8 on the iTunes Electronic Chart. So to promote the album and accompanying US tour, MiMOSA and his label False Idol Musik are releasing a September 2011 Mix to let y’all know what to expect when he comes to […]