[VIDEO] The xx | "Islands"

Notorious B.I.G. & The XX

tantalizing tunes conceived through unlikely duo 

Today's special: The XX

After reviewing the album I was over at [WAWSTSF] and found this awesome piece of mashed up pie. Wait What [yes, the name of the musician who mixed these artist] took a rather foolish inspiring question "What would "Juicy" sound like over "VCR"? as the basis of the project in which he becomes a surrogate baby mama for the XX and B.I.G. Even though Biggie has been utilized in a mash-up by almost any artist who combines music, this one still offers stints of syncopated British Alt/Electro Biggie. Here is a snippet from the promotion information:

The marriage, if you can call it that -- and really, you can't, given that it's about 43 minutes long, so he's more aiming for a really solid connection between two people just trying to feel something -- is admittedly unorthodox.Biggie's music can make anyone at the club feel like they're a rapper, and gets a dance floor going at most any party, whereas The xx are mostly consumed in iPod earbuds on public transit, sitting in isolation at home, or driving alone -- in many ways, the combination of the two is the extrovert meets the introvert.

Wait What's website has the album streaming through soundcloud.

Check out Wait What's rendition of "Basic Space" and "Hypnotize."


Check out a video for the "Juicy," "VCR" song "Juicy-r" after the jump.

The XX @ Cat's Cradle 3/25

UK band puts on a great show

¡As per usual, big thanks to Cameron Brown for awesome concert pics!

Now, I wasn't the biggest fan last year. I might have caught the last bit of the wave everyone was surfing all year. They left something to be desired with their debut release. That desirable piece of the XX missing from XX is a live performance. A live set completes the cycle of turning one from a listener into a fan. I can safely say that after this show, I am a fan of the XX. Whether it was the death stares from Oliver Sim [bassist] at Romy Madley-Croft [guitar] or the crazy light show [for a Cat's Cradle show, that is] or the music, the band rocked the stage at the sold out show. They sound wasn't impeccable, their thick British accents got  bogged down between mic and amp, but other than that, a sound performance. They played a planned encore, in which they turned on the lights in the back drop[pictured above]. They started the set off strong, knocking off their hits one by one until there weren't any hits left for the latter part of the show. If they haven't made it to your city yet, you'd be a fool to not snatch up a ticket right now. If they already came through your town, looks like you're S.O.L. on hitting up these UKer's first headlining US tour.

See the plethora of pictures Cameron took

It Ain't Always About What You Hear [VIDEOS]

Broken Bells - The High Road

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

The XX - VCR

Local Natives - Airplanes

[RECOMMEND] Forthcoming Local Shows

Cat's Cradle  [Carrboro, NC]

2/2 & 2/3 Citizen Cope
3/18 Black Lips
3/25 The XX w/ jj
4/2 The Big Pink
4/4 Yeasayer                      *nice bday present*
4/5 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
4/13 The Thermals
5/1 Beach House w/ Washed Out

--All tickets are on sale now, get 'em before they're gone--

Local 506    [Chapel Hill, NC]

3/7 Cymbals Eat Guitars w/ Bear In Heaven            *Spring Break*
3/22 Hockey w/ Solid Gold
3/23 The Ruby Suns w/ TORO Y MOI
3/26 Max Indian
4/16 Xiu Xiu w/ Tune Yards




Lincoln Theatre  [Raleigh, NC]

2/12 & 2/13 Drive-By Truckers

FREE SPIN 2010 PREVIEW DOWNLOAD

SPIN is giving away a 10 song download of acts they feel will break out of their shell in 2010. Some of these I might argue broke out in 2009, i.e. Neon Indian and The XX. But a few of these look pretty promising. The list includes

• Free Energy - Dream City
• The Soft Pack - Answer to Yourself
• Revocation - REaniManiac
• Cold Cave - Life Magazine
• The XX - Basic Space
• Owen Pallett - Lewis Takes Action
• Foxy Shazam - Bye Bye Symphony
• Nneka - Uncomfortable Truth
• J. Cole - Lights Please
• Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer