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The xx @ Festival Hall
0 Comments. 418 Views. Posted 9 Apr 2013 @ 2:07pm.
Selling out two Festival Hall gigs, the crowd poured into venue like moths to a flame. The standing area was soon filled to capacity. Eventually, The xx filed onstage. Jamie XX manned about eight different pieces of equipment/instruments including his turntables, keyboards, drum machine and what seemed to be an glockenspiel.  Opening with Try, both Oliver and Romy were able to exercise... Read More
The xx
0 Comments. 882 Views. Posted 4 Apr 2013 @ 8:38am.
The xx’s music has a hushed and intimate quality, and it often sounds like a private conversation between two lovers in the small hours of the morning. They are best appreciated late at night, but unfortunately, that’s not how festival timetables work, and when they toured Australia a few years ago, they found themselves paying shows in the scorching afternoon sun. “I remember feeling very... Read More
Jamie xx Announces Solo Show
0 Comments. 485 Views. Posted 5 Mar 2013 @ 8:13am.
One of the world's hottest producers and a third of indie UK trio The xx, Jamie xx has announced some solo shows this April.  The announcement comes following the success of his intimate headline dates in July 2012 – with all shows selling out in under one minute. The dates come as part of The xx’s previously announced Australian tour, which has seen almost instant venue sell-outs and... Read More
The xx Announce Support, Release Extra Tickets
0 Comments. 463 Views. Posted 25 Feb 2013 @ 9:42am.
The xx have revealed the support act for their upcoming Australian tour. Joining UK three-piece will be Sydney duo Jagwar Ma, on the back of their latest single The Throw, which we described as "ghostlike vocals bubbling within a melting pot of disco and psychedelia, along with a few hints of acid house and nu-rave added for good measure."   Furthermore, a final batch of tickets has been... Read More
The xx : Sunset
0 Comments. 184 Views. Posted 23 Jan 2013 @ 2:29pm.
The second single from Coexist features the same shared male and female lead vocals that made the first XX album so distinctive. There’s an added depth here though, a soulfulness or honesty less glassy and detached than their debut. The bass thuds like a heartbeat, while Romy and Oliver’s quiet conversation draws you in close. Read More
The xx Announce 2013 Australian Tour
0 Comments. 987 Views. Posted 14 Jan 2013 @ 7:30am.
After a fleeting 2012 visit to our shores, red-hot UK three-piece The xx have announced their return to Australia for their biggest tour yet. This April will see Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith bring their striking aural palette around the country once again.   This will be The xx's first Australian tour since the release of their sophomore LP Coexist, which we described as "... Read More
The xx : Coexist
0 Comments. 948 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2012 @ 3:55pm.
The xx’s music has a hushed and intimate quality, like a private conversation between two people. It’s as if you’re not just listening to the songs, you’re intruding on them, hearing secrets that weren’t really meant for you. The songs on The xx’s self-titled debut were built around a bare minimum number of elements – murmured vocal interplay between Romy Madley Croft and Oiver Sim, spooky,... Read More
The xx
0 Comments. 916 Views. Posted 5 Sep 2012 @ 6:29am.
It’s a few hours until The xx take to the stage at The Forum and showcase tracks from Coexist, the band’s follow-up record to their all-conquering self-titled debut. We’re at the freshly relaunched Ding Dong Lounge (which is still undergoing sporadic bursts of renovation-associated noise), guitarist-vocalist Romy Madley Croft is setting up for a filmed interview on the sunshower-illuminated... Read More
The xx : Angels
0 Comments. 595 Views. Posted 8 Aug 2012 @ 12:21pm.
The xx release Angels ahead of sophomore album Coexist, out September 7. Their trademark minimalism hits a golden new height here, thanks to Romy’s voice. Her rich, aching, understated song is barely dressed, but for the occasional shimmer of cymbals and the faintest whisper of bass and guitar. This is magic, like dusk, holding your breath while the light fades, too-strong emotions still trapped... Read More
The xx @ The Forum
0 Comments. 1,218 Views. Posted 24 Jul 2012 @ 1:12pm.
People were pretty bloody excited to catch The xx tonight. Rightfully so, as this was the first of two relatively intimate Australian promo shows, of which tickets were distributed by lottery system – and consequentially, by eBay system. It resulted in a weird atmosphere – the air of exclusivity encouraged many to spend the whole set engaging in conversation with their friends, as the main... Read More
The xx Promise Bigger Tour In 2013
0 Comments. 3,524 Views. Posted 22 Jun 2012 @ 1:16pm.
Here next month for only two dates, London trio The xx have promised to return to Australia in 2013 with a more extensive set of shows. The shows in Sydney and Melbourne sold out almost immediately, fans eager to get the first taste of the band's incoming second album, Coexist. Jamie xx's intimate solo performances also sold out within minutes. Promoters Handsome Tours thanked The xx fans for... Read More
Jamie xx Solo Show
2 Comments. 1,892 Views. Posted 14 Jun 2012 @ 10:11am.
After The xx's Melbourne show sold out in a matter of minutes, Jamie xx has announced a solo show to appease fans. The past two years have been meteoric for Jamie xx, who has earned a name for himself as one of the world's hottest producers. In 2011 he crafted the underground hit Far Nearer and collaborated with Gil Scott-Heron on the album We’re New Here, a re-envisioned version of Scott-Heron'... Read More
The xx Tour
0 Comments. 2,747 Views. Posted 4 Jun 2012 @ 9:02am.
The xx have announced this morning that they'll be returning to Australian shores for a short two-stop tour. The xx last visited Melbourne for the 2010 St. Jeromes Laneway Festival, and this morning wrote of their Facebook:   "We are very excited to be returning to Australia soon for two small shows... To try and stop touts getting all the tickets, there is a lottery system which you can... Read More
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