A dark and bewitching video and song with half-step dub beats and a growling synth line. Vocals are courtesy of Romy Madley Croft of The xx. It was directed by Warren Fischer of Fischerspooner with cinematography by Pete Konczal. Creep … Read More…
Enough time has passed now from when I was receiving a remix of The xx every bloody day (that’s how I missed the superb Matthew Dear remix – brain overload – hear below). But you can’t say no to a … Read More…
A live version of the remix of a cover. Video roundup via State. Florence and the Machine – You’ve Got the Love (The XX Remix)
Yes, it’s still list season. As State kicks off its Top 50 of the year, here are my own top 30 albums of the year in four-page epic form. 30. Channel One – Sound to Light 29. Clark – Totem’s … Read More…
A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. This week my highlights are Fuck Buttons, the State.ie Midnight Mass, Hunter-Gatherer’s album launch, Fight Like Apes in the wrestling ring, The XX (though it’s sold out), … Read More…
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~ Leopold Stokowski No other quote sums up The XX’s critically-acclaimed (and deservedly so) debut album. If you don’t have, get it right now. Sometimes, the notes … Read More…
MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 31 music bloggers (now taking entries from Greece, China, South Africa, Indonesia and India) across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. My Irish pick this … Read More…
Remember those archaic days when you picked up a magazine or a weekly music paper in your grubby music-hungry hands and read a playlist of what the publication’s writers were playing in the office that week? There is power in … Read More…
I’ve been following Magic Wands for about a year or so now. Their track ‘Black Magic’ was one of my favourite finds of last year yet they seemed to have stalled for a while. Now, they are cranking back into … Read More…
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