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Wednesday, February 23 2011

Waveform: New Highlights in the Electronic Underground

To pair Jamie XX’s interest in this territory with a musical figure like Gil Scott-Heron makes even more sense than perhaps the original conceit of I’m New Here.


Wednesday, November 17 2010

ACL Music Festival Day 2: 9 October 2010 - Austin, TX

Day two of our three day coverage of the ACL Music Festival, and fatigue still runs high, while Black Lips and LCD Soundsystem shine. M.I.A, unfortunately, is a different story.


Monday, May 10 2010

The xx: iTunes Live from Soho-EP

It's not that the songs from the xx's iTunes live session aren't top-notch, it's that they're redundant renditions of the album originals.


Thursday, April 22 2010

Big Ears Festival: 26-28 March 2010 - Knoxville, TN

For Knoxville music and arts fans, it was time to show the rest of the world that we’ve got a pretty hip little town on our hands, and the Big Ears Festival is a perfect mission statement.


Thursday, April 1 2010

The xx + jj + Nosaj Thing: 31.Mar.2010 - New York

The music of the xx, jj and Nosaj Thing seems best enjoyed on a stoner’s record player rather than the stage of a 1,400 person capacity music hall.


Thursday, February 4 2010

The xx - Mini Mix for Annie Mac (mixtape / MP3)


Thursday, October 22 2009

CMJ 2009: Day 2 - Javelin + The xx + Saul Williams/Afro-Punk Tour

The CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival invades New York City this week. Here's the latest from PopMatters' writers on the beat. Words and Pictures by Stephen Stirling


The xx: xx (Reviews) [8.Oct.09]
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Early Summer 2012 New Music Playlist (Mixed Media) [Fri, 12:00 pm]
Paranormal (Radio)Activity: 'Chernobyl Diaries' (Short Ends and Leader) [Fri, 11:00 am]
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'The Witcher 2' Does the Exposition Dump Right (Moving Pixels) [Fri, 6:00 am]
  1. The Top 10 Overplayed Songs You Hate by Artists You Love (Sound Affects)
  2. Beach House: Bloom (Reviews)
  3. Tea with 'Sherlock': Investigating the Investigators (Features)
  4. Sunk? This 'Battleship' Stunk! (Short Ends and Leader)
  5. Top Ten Lost Midwest Punk Singles (Sound Affects)
  6. Tenacious D: Rize of the Fenix (Reviews)
  7. 20 Questions: Kate Bornstein (Features)
  8. 10 Pieces of Cinematic Art That Require Revisiting (Short Ends and Leader)
  9. Like 'Doom', In Heels (Moving Pixels)
  10. Punk Rock's Pet Sounds: An Interview with Bomb the Music Industry! (Features)
  11. Counterbalance No. 82: U2's 'Achtung Baby' (Sound Affects)
  12. She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer (Features)
  13. 'Albatross': A Not-So-Weighty Coming-of-Age Meets Mid-Life-Crisis Film (Reviews)
  14. This Is All There Is: The Boredom of Lessened Expectations (Short Ends and Leader)
  15. Go Goth!: Ranking the Burton/Depp Collaborations (Short Ends and Leader)
  16. We Will Avenge Them Or… Be Avenged?: The Individual in the US Experience (Features)
  17. The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer (Features)
  18. Best Coast: The Only Place (Reviews)
  19. The Best Canadian Records of the Year? The Fun Agony of Voting for the Polaris Prize Long List (Sound Affects)
  20. Counterbalance No. 83: The Stooges' 'Fun House' (Sound Affects)
  21. Something’s Wrong with the Black Widow! (Graphic Novelties)
  22. Flash Points: Mommy's Breast, Marriage Equality and Why Chipotle Is King (Features)
  23. Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death (Columns)
  24. Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music (Reviews)
  25. Sherlock Holmes, Dirk Gently and the Case of the Eccentric Detective (Columns)
  26. Willie Nelson: Heroes (Reviews)
  27. The Cult: Choice of Weapon (Reviews)
  28. Like a Jack London Story on Steroids: 'The Grey' (Reviews)
  29. 'People's Pornography': The Mundanities of Pornography and Surveillance Culture (Reviews)
  30. In Support of Supports (Moving Pixels)
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