Tag Archives: XL recordings

Sun, Sep 20 2009
The xx, <i>XX</i> 

The xx, XX 

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Words by Max Feldman You press play. Somewhere you’ve heard this before. It’s frighteningly familiar. You’ve heard this caged intimacy before on Tricky records. You’ve heard this mournful reverie... 

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Wed, Jan 21 2009
Two Door Cinema Club, <i>Something Good Can Work</i>

Two Door Cinema Club, Something Good Can Work

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Words by Josh Jones I was going to review something completely different today. I’d got an album from a band I thought sounded real exciting. But it was horrible – what a dirge. It was literally like... 

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Tue, Dec 16 2008
Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

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Terminal 5 New York City Photos by Diana Wong Continuing in their path for world domination- no seriously between our staffers we’ve watched ‘em from Cape Cod house parties and Bonnaroo to... 

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Mon, Jun 16 2008
Sigur Ros, <i>Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust</i>

Sigur Ros, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

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Five albums in and it’s inspiring to find Sigur Rós still up for a bit of experimentation. Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust or ‘With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly’ was recorded... 

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