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the xx

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:02 pm
by iblamesummers
anybody into this band. i just found out about them. i saw a video on youtube where it's like two guitars, a bass & someone playing drums on an MPC drum-pad. i am pretty much a sucker/slut-piece for bands like teh Cocteau Twins (or JAMC...) that jettison drums for drum-machines. or use synth bass instead of a traditional bassist. just any little deviation like that.

anyway. discuss...

:)

Re: the xx

Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:14 pm
by Chumley
Well, I have no doubt I'd love them if I could, but me and my band is currently in pitched war against the Hipsters, and they've claimed The xx as theirs. At least we still have LCD Soundsystem... :picard:

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:49 am
by sev
I like them. They're not incredible. But, I like them.

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:45 am
by iblamesummers
i didn't knmow that they were a "hipster" band. if that were teh case you'd think i would've heard of them sooner?

i agree w/ sev. not mindblowing. but at this point anything that sounds half-way decent to me or doesn't sound like an abject cliche, gets me interested...

:)

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:43 am
by bobloblah
that's what so shocking about them
they're not really mind blowning
and yet i can't stop talking about them
mostly about how non mind blowing they are but, how i still really like them alot

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:45 am
by oinkbanana
bobloblah wrote:that's what so shocking about them
they're not really mind blowning
and yet i can't stop talking about them
mostly about how non mind blowing they are but, how i still really like them alot


thats such an odd yet completely accurate description of them
i hope they have lasting power.

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:05 pm
by hasblueshoes
It doesn't have to be mind blowing, but anything memorable? or that stands out? I have heard this band a few times but don't really remember it. If there's any particular tracks to check out I would give it another chance.

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:39 pm
by bobloblah
look up the video iblamesummers is talking about (crystlizsed?)
it's utterly hypnotizing

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:49 pm
by jrmy
Here 'tis:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI[/youtube]

I like their overall low-keyness. Not everything I listen to has to be mind-blowing. Well-put together and just plain good works just fine. There's a mumbly sexiness about the two vocalists that I find really appealing.

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:19 pm
by Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.
that was pretty cool. i dig. warms my heart to see peeps rockin an mpc.

Re: the xx

Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:15 pm
by Wizard
i get down with the xx. this girl i'm hangin out with listens to them constantly. i love chilled out jams so they definitely work, reminds me of early stars records.

Re: the xx

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:37 am
by archlilim
Yeah really liked the album.

Re: the xx

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:52 am
by sev
Here's them performing live.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqIcF2hpHWY[/youtube]

Re: the xx

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:27 pm
by ZombieTramp
I feel like the only person who dosn't like this band
I got the album and was like "Is this it?" :idk: sounds like they're all still learning there instruments or something imo.
I wish i liked them so i could be cool. :lol:

Re: the xx

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:52 pm
by iblamesummers
ZombieTramp wrote:I feel like the only person who dosn't like this band
I got the album and was like "Is this it?" :idk: sounds like they're all still learning there instruments or something imo.
I wish i liked them so i could be cool. :lol:


it's cool you don't like it. i tend to be drawn to more understated stuff anyway. i don't need to be blown away. i don't need instant gratification. i like to to be challenged.