Here's a recap of the concerts announced for Toronto during the past week: Civil Twilight , The Garrison, Jun 20 Spirit Of The West , Sound Academy, Jun 23 The Melvins , Opera House, Jul 5 Shinedown , Kool Haus, Jul 10 And So I Watch You From Afar , Horseshoe Tavern, Jul 14 Bear Hands , Drake Underground, Jul 25 Blind Pilot , Opera House, Jul 25 The XX , The Phoenix, Jul 28 Blue Rodeo , Molson Ampitheatre, Aug 18 A Silent Film , The Rivoli, Aug 29 Zac Brown Band , Molson Ampitheatre, Sep 7 City and Colour w. Avett Brothers, Hey Rosetta! , Molson Ampitheatre, Sep 12 ...

Hay un asunto que, con puntualidad británica y encomiable fidelidad, ha venido acompañándonos durante los últimos meses: las confirmaciones festivaleras. Luciera el sol o nevara, hemos ido conociendo que nombres tan rutilantes como The Cure, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, New Order, The xx, Garbage, Suede o The Horrors se dejarán caer por algunos de los más [...]

Thanks to the UK-based blog MTHRFNKR, formerly known as postdubstep @ Tumblr, I’ve got my hands on some unreleased copies of The xx’s new songs from a live performance. No idea when they’re planning to release their next album, but I’m guessing in the next couple of months. The quality isn’t too terrible either. Not [...]

Today, we bring you the latest episode of Pitchfork.tv's  "Pitchfork Weekly" . In this week's installment, Kreayshawn talks about her music video for "Breakfast (Syrup)", and Baroness offer some wisdom  on how to progress as a group .  Subscribe  to Pitchfork's YouTube channel and stay tuned every Friday for new episodes of "Pitchfork Weekly." Other new Pitchfork.tv episodes on our YouTube channel this week included "Frames" with Carrie Brownstein , "+1" with R. Stevie Moore , and music videos for Sleigh Bells ( "Demons" ) and Eternal Summers ( "Millions" ). Pitchfork.tv also posted a Yours Truly performance by Sonnymoon . Below the ...

Get People’s “Something Better” is a super smooth jam that straddles a fine line between r&b; and electronic. With big nighttime beats and deep pop hooks, it’s quite a hit. Smooth vocals and beats that remind of the xx, create a sound that is begging to be heard in much bigger places. It’s taken from [...]

Gold & Youth From: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Time to Kill from Canadian quartet Gold & Youth sounds like the xx covering a long lost Deacon Blue classic.   Go Try   Time To Kill by Gold & Youth Go Visit Gold & Youth - Facebook : Website : Last.FM Go View Gold & Youth Daylight Colours

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: The xx, Lykke Li Song: YACHT - I'll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground Cover) [download here ] What's so good? I didn’t think it was possible to make the Velvet Underground sound even more badass than they normally do. But Yacht’s cover of the 1966 Nico-led classic is pure magic – synthy blips and and thrumming back beat add a cool modernity to the smokey, sexy track (following their cover of Bridgette Fontaine’s 1969 song “Le Goudron”). This version remains largely close to the original, with a more upbeat tempo and ...

Sharks recently covered “VCR” by The XX. Check it out below by clicking “Read More.”

tUnE-yArDs have teamed with the Roots '  ?uestlove , rapper  Akua Naru , and African singer  Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Fela Kuti 's "Lady", to be included on a new Fela tribute compilation , Red Hot + FELA from the Red Hot Organization  and the  (RED)  initative. Both not-for-profit groups raise money to fight AIDS through popular culture and consumer products, respectively. The single, out June 1 via iTunes, will mark the beginning of a ten-day fundraising and awareness campaign called (RED) RUSH TO ZERO , an initiatve to end mother-to-child HIV by 2015. Also on June 1, (RED) will launch  (RED) ROWS , where ...

Right now, there’s still very little information about the upcoming xx album, but we do know that the band will spend almost their entire summer on the road touring, most likely in anticipation for the album’s release. The xx will spend most of the summer playing at festivals around Europe before journeying to North America [...]

alt-J are streaming their debut album 'An Awesome Wave' online in its entirety - listen to it now. Occupying the position we do, new bands are flung at ClashMusic every day - however alt-J have something special. A series of wonderful live shows and the odd beautiful single have led us to this, their debut album. 'An Awesome Wave' is set to be released on Monday (May 28th) with early reviews tipping them for glory. Clash writer Joe Zadeh was suitably impressed, writing: "Like many felt when The xx released their eponymous LP, it seemed too complete and rounded to ever be ...

In anticipation of their yet to be titled sophomore album, The xx have announced additional North American tour dates in addition to their UK/Europe dates. You can view the upcoming tour dates below and be on the lookout for the band's newest LP later this year. Tour Dates: 05-29 Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher De Palmer 05-30 Toulouse, France - Le Phare 05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound 06-08 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival 06-09 Porto, Portugal - Primavera Sound 06-15 Aarhus, Denmark - Northside Festival 06-16 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival 06-22 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival 06-23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival 06-27 Haervic, Norway ...

The XX are stopping by North America for a brief stint following their European Festival tour. They will play NYC’s Terminal 5 on August 2nd, for $45. Boy, have the band grown. You can bet on hearing some new songs from their eventual sophomore album. Check out streams of 5 new songs over at Paste. [...]

The xx at Webster Hall in 2010 (more by Bao Nguyen) Gossip's headlining show at Terminal 5 tonight (5/22), that SSION & Creep are opening, not only still has tickets available, but will be streaming online at the Bowery Presents...

Following a handful of intimate home town shows, the XX have released their worldwide tour dates -- with a handful of stops in every major hotspot. They played a few new songs at the shows over in the UK, and will most likely continue this trend on their tour --...