The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s glossy adaptation of The Great Gatsby has become one of the most anticipated albums of the year so far, thanks to Jay Z’s involvement as ‘executive producer’ and an all-star cast that includes Beyonce (covering Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ with Andre 3000), Lana Del Rey, Jack White, Emeli Sande,…
This week’s single releases – 31 March Phil Lickley takes us through another batch of new single releases. Alison Moyet – ‘When I Was Your Girl’ [rating:3.5/5] Buy: When I Was Your Girl The first release from Moyet’s eighth album is much poppier than I’d expect from the classically trained singer. Sounding very much like…
The xx have today released a new EP as a free download from iTunes. The ‘xxmas EP’ is part of iTunes’ 12 Days of Christmas giveaway and features a new Jamie xx remix, or ‘edit’, of Coexist track ‘Sunset’, as well as a live video of previous single ‘Angels’ performed in Tokyo and the video for…
Just a day after claiming the top spot on the UK album chart with their beguiling second album Coexist, The xx have announced a 5-date UK tour for this December. The trio will begin touring North America next month, head to Europe in November and then be back for their UK fans on 6 December…
The xx have today announced their second album will be released on 10 September. The follow-up to their break out 2009 debut album will be called Coexist, and was once again produced by the bands Jamie Smith in their London studio. The xx, who you can see above performing debut album track ‘Crystalised’, released a…
