“The xx”, Way Out West, 2010

BananaDaiquiri87 posted August 16, 2010

Intro ”The xx”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ8ilFt_jyw

• 16 August 2010

Lollapalooza 2010: The XX LIVE plus Interview

BillboardMagazine posted August 16, 2010

The XX perform at Lollapalooza 2010, and discuss how their music translates to a large festival environment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmQf5LnNuIg

• 16 August 2010

the xx - vcr (live at flow festival 2010, helsinki, 15.08.2010)

TheMusicandtravel posted August 15, 2010

our record of live gig of the xx in helsinki on flow festival 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX5Odn02QUM

• 15 August 2010

Alexander Wang

http://www.alexanderwang.com/

• 13 August 2010

THE xx - Interview @ FUJIROCK FESTIVAL ‘10

by Qetic Channel

http://vimeo.com/14086293

• 13 August 2010

Do You Mind?

jenij7 posted August 10, 2010

The xx @ Summer Stage NYC August 8, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCc6JyWonS8

• 11 August 2010

Intro and Crystalised

jenij7 posted August 10, 2010

NYC Summer Stage August 8, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4CR-0PQr2g

(I’ll upload more videos soon)

• 10 August 2010

Interview with The XX @ Tokyo May 2010

HTEmagazine posted August 09, 2010

http://hardtoexplain.jp/2010/07/interview-the-xx/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnEY3bKjx-c

• 10 August 2010

The XX ~ Basic Space, Central Park Summerstage, NYC, 8/8/10

deankeim |posted August 09, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_tSCkPCOR8

• 9 August 2010

The xx-VCR@Fuji Rock Fes. in Japan,7/31/10.avi

galantdo018 |postedJuly 31, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnKS9Exo6U8

• 31 July 2010

Dollars to Pounds: Boiler Room

FADER

story Scott Wright

Usually on Dollars to Pounds I find an amazing band and ask them a load of stupid questions, but this week is different because I went to an event and asked more stupid questions to a load of Dollars to Pounds alumni. The Boiler Room is run by Platform, a London-based online magazine that manages to be consistently informative and ridiculously funny. After you read FADER you should definitely read Platform. But in that order.

Platform is based in a secretish east London location. This is where the Boiler Room is broadcast from every week on Tuesday at about 9pm. It’s basically an extension, or even evolution, of London’s rich pirate radio culture. A small, sweaty room. Great DJs. The odd live performance. Red Stripe. Rum. They broadcast live via Ustream so you can see all the pals nodding their heads and then dancing, once the rum sets in.

Boiler Room #18 Young Turks Takeover by PLATFORM

Tuesday night’s Boiler Room was a Young Turks special. Kwes—who recently made an amazing mix for Dollars To Pounds—DJed, as did Jamie from The XX, who were the subjects of my first ever D2P. Also there were FADER buddies Mount Kimbie. “It’s great. We played here the other week,” Kai told me, “but it isn’t usually this full. And there are usually lights.” The Boiler Room isn’t, like you might expect: underground, in a boiler room. It’s on the second or third floor of a dilapidated old warehouse. I forget which: there was a power cut that night, so outside of the room, you were plunged into pitch darkness with only the faint light of your phone to help you around. That made it more awesome. The amazing Chalin [one of the brains behind the Boiler Room. In the videos, she’s the one in the white vest and denim shorts] guided me up the stairs to a huge room with a vaulted ceiling, the Boiler Room is nestled in the corner.

Blaise Bellville, Platform editor extraordinaire, [the gigantic, chiselled guy], explained: “when we moved into the warehouse, there was this amazing old boiler room that no one had been in since the 1930s, not even the landowner knew about it, it was one of those spaces you walk into and all you want to do is throw a party, just do something with it. Anyway it immediately occurred to me we could use the space for a proper proper Ustream show. In the end we couldn’t use that room, it was full of Asbestos! So we ended up in an empty room upstairs, but the name stuck.”

Belville says they treat The Boiler Room like a radio show, a chance to offer exposure to DJs and acts they love. “I want it to consistently have amazing guests, for our reach to grow internationally, to be hosting tiny sweat box rooms at the best parties and festivals, and to keep our once a week back of a warehouse thing.” Most importantly, he wants it remain fun. “It’s like a really, really good house party,” he told me. “I hope it feels like that when you’re watching it at home.î

The Boiler Room is broadcast every Tuesday at 9pm on Ustream. Future guests include Oneman, Benji B, Hudson Mohawke, Ben UFO and Brackles.

• 30 July 2010