The xx

Is Jamie xx of the xx working with Drake on a new album? Lady Gaga? Maybe Madonna?!

The dates for Sasquatch! 2013 were announced last fall, and now there’s a killer lineup to accompany it. The festival – set to take place at the scenic Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., on Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27 – boasts appearances by the Postal Service, Mumford and Sons, the xx and many more.

'Heaven' isn't too far away for Depeche Mode fans. The xx aren't done with North America just yet.

Last week, Florence + the Machine's cover of Wham's 'Last Christmas' landed on our tally of the all-time 10 Best Christmas Songs, and now the xx have recorded a version. Here, in the hands of these minimalist masters, the '80s classic gets a decidedly dark and spare reworking.

Every weekend we like to take one of our favorite new groups and find five other artists we think you might like too. Sometimes their connections aren't so obvious; other times that connection just might be based on a shared love of some obscure band from the past. Thi...

Sorry, East Coast rock fans. That killjoy Hurricane Sandy has forced more bands to postpone concerts. If you like the Walkmen, Father John Misty and live music, you're in luck.

"Spending two days underwater wasn't quite as easy as we thought," the xx say of their Young Replicant-directed video for 'Chained,' the second single off their sophomore album, 'Coexist.' "We love how it turned out, hope you enjoy too."

It started with just one fan, and since then, it's spread to many corners of the world. On Sept. 3, the xx gave one lucky listener a stream of their new album, 'Coexist,' a full eight days before today's (Sept. 11) official release date. They then instructed that fan to go ahead and share the album stream with friends and fellow fans, have those people pass it along to more, and so on and so forth

It's as good as you hoped it would be. That's the long story short on 'Coexist,' the xx's restrained and sensuous sophomore album.

Jamie Smith of the xx has been busy in the studio with Alicia Keys, and if bassist Oliver Sim gets his wish, the band will continue working with R&B acts -- in fact, he has one particular artist in mind.