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The xx marks the spot at Showbox SoDo

Music & nightlifeThe band The xx returns to Seattle to play the Showbox SoDo on Monday, April 12.

Published: 2010-04-08 Provider: Seattle Times

Rolling Stone’s Texas Takeover: “Historic” Portraits From SXSW

Photograph by Candice Lawler for RollingStone.com. Photographed with permission from the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Rolling Stone stayed busy at SXSW this year, tweeting 100 band reviews @RollingStone (catch up on all the reports — and check out video — here), and seeing the biggest shows by Muse, Hole, Stone Temple Pilots and more. We also helped some of the fest’s hottest rockers into exhibits at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum — so Patrick Stump, the xx, Surfer Blood, N

Published: 2010-03-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, SXSW

Breaking: 2009’s Best New Artists

Rolling Stone has named the 25 Best Albums and 25 Best Songs of 2009, and our readers have weighed in with their own year-end picks. Now’s the time to look back at the year’s great new discoveries: our 45 Breaking Artists from 2009 and five Artists to Watch. A few of these folks — including Dirty Projectors (video above), Girls, the xx, Grizzly Bear, the Big Pink, Avett Brothers, Dawes and Drake — managed to land on our year-end countdowns. Read their full stories and watch videos for each band

Published: 2009-12-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Breaking

Breaking: The xx

Who: Britain’s coolest new band the xx, fronted by singer-bassist Oliver Sim and singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, who uniquely blend sultry boy-girl indie pop with austere, icy post-punk and dub grooves. After hitting it big back in the UK with their debut xx, the trio — producer/beatmaster Jamie Smith rounds out the line-up — was named the MVP of this year’s CMJ Festival in October. Sounds Like: On their debut, Sim and Croft’s hushed voices come together with a me-and-you-against-t

Published: 2009-12-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Breaking, Rock News

Radiohead Respond To Miley Cyrus and Kanye West’s Post-Snub Tantrums

Photo: Getty We’ll be honest, we kind of expected both Miley Cyrus’ and Kanye West’s feuds with Radiohead over backstage snubbings to just fade away considering Thom Yorke and friends aren’t usually ones to stir the pot. We were wrong, however: Yorke took the band’s Dead Air Space blog to issue one last parting jab before the band embarks to South America. “Wish us all a safe journey if you still like us and you’re not one of those people i have managed to offend by doing nothing xx,” Yorke wrote. Both Cyrus and West publicly complained that Radiohead ignored them backstage at the Grammys. West was so hurt that he “sat the fuck down,” as Kanye said on VH1’s Storytellers when Radiohead took the stage to perform “15 Step” with the USC Marching Band. Meanwhile Cyrus threatened to “ruin” Radiohead for refusing to meet with her backstage. Surprisingly, the In Rainbows quintet issued a statement to Us Weekly, saying, “When Miley grows up, she’ll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement.” Unfortunately for Miley, the statement did not come with a definition for the word “entitlement.” Cyrus dragged Radiohead’s name through the mud last week when she went on the radio to complain about the band’s snub. “They’re like, my rock god. I am obsessed with them. This is the only person I would probably cry over. I would cry,” Miley said. And cry Miley did after a rep for Radiohead told Cyrus’ people that when it comes to meeting people, “We don’t really do that.” If Cyrus sticks to her promise to “ruin” Radiohead, she’ll have to act quickly: Radiohead plans to hit the studio and go out on tour this summer. Related Stories: • Miley Cyrus Snubbed By Radiohead, Vows to “Ruin Them” • Kanye West’s “VH1 Storytellers” Won’t Air Rapper’s Radiohead Diss, Chris Brown Support • Cover Story: The Future According to Radiohead

Published: 2009-03-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Radiohead

Listen To This: Only Double X But They're Thinking XXX

We have been sitting with this for a while now! And it's time to share! The XX's debut album is so good - and meant to be listened to as a whole - that it was really tough for us to single out just one track to feature. But, the one song of this band from [...]

Published: 2010-03-02 Provider: PerezHilton Keywords: Anglophilia, Listen To This

Trailer Trash Tracys @ Sonic Cathedral, London 10/26/09

In prep for tomorrow's sold-out show opening for the xx at London's Village Underground, shoegazy Spector-acolytes Trailer Trash Tracys played a short but sweet set at the Sonic Cathedral last night. The band has a terrific 7" out on No Pain In Pop featu

Published: 2009-10-27 Provider: StereoGum Keywords: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog

Jumpin' Jack Flash [Pic Of The Day]

[Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim from British band xx light up the stage at the Mercury Lounge last night at part of the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival. Image via Getty]

Published: 2009-10-22 Provider: Gawker Keywords: Pic Of The Day