Jamie xx, known for adding genre-jumping samples to his electronic tracks, announced the release of “F.U.,” a techno-warped single featuring Erykah Badu. Badu offers a handful of expletives in the opening notes, which originates from an ad-libbed performance during a Primavera Sound afterparty in 2019. Both Jamie xx and Badu …
Read More »The Best Things We Saw at Life Is Beautiful 2024: Day 1
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The 11th annual Life Is Beautiful Festival kicked off on Friday, but the downtown Las Vegas staple looked a little different this year. In previous iterations, the festival has taken over 18 city blocks of downtown Las Vegas — located …
Read More »Jamie xx Gets the Band Back Together on 'Waited All Night,' Featuring the xx's Romy and Oliver Sim
Jamie xx has orchestrated a mini-reunion of the xx, tapping bandmates Romy and Oliver Sim for his latest single, “Waited All Night.” The track marks the first time all three musicians have appeared on the same record since the xx’s 2017 album,See You. The single’s official release comes after the …
Read More »Jamie xx Teams Up With the Avalanches for 'All You Children'
The Avalanches introduced Jamie xx to “new ways of making music” — and they’re now joining him for a new song. On Tuesday, Jamie xx released “All You Children,” featuring the Australian electronic music group, from his upcoming LP In Waves. “All you children gather ‘round/We will dance and we …
Read More »Jamie xx Reunites With the xx, Performs With Robyn at Glastonbury
The xx reunited onstage for the first time in nearly six years Saturday as Jamie xx was joined by band mates Oliver Sim and Romy during his Glastonbury set. The trio stage a quasi-reunion on Jamie xx’s upcoming album In Waves on the song “Waited All Night,” which features both …
Read More »Robyn Gives Us 'Life' as She Joins Jamie xx on Latest 'In Waves' Single
Jamie xx has recruited Robyn for “Life,” the latest single off the upcoming album In Waves, the long-awaited follow-up to his 2015 LP In Colour. The electropop song, out Monday, is made to bring you to the dancefloor and is inspired by the club energy of Ibiza. “I just want …
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