Raving about this year’s HARD Summer Festival ft. Fisher, Chris Lake, Disclosure, Jamie xx Bailey Schroerlucke and Natasha Thussu Dhar August 10, 2024 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews After 40,000 steps, two missing scarves, and a shredded pair of boots, HARD Summer left us with an echo of beats in our minds and sore bodies from a weekend of dancing. It was acts including Fisher and Chris La...
Beginner’s Guide to the Subtle Star James Blake Jonah Thedorff March 20, 2018 Columns and Opinions James Blake has quite a year approaching. He’s currently completing his European tour with Kendrick Lamar, who he helped to produce the new Black Panther soundtrack, and working on a new album which is expect...
The xx and Sampha bring all the emotions to SF Matt Sater and Annie Nguyen April 21, 2017 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos, Reviews There’s one simple fact about the xx that gets overlooked so often that, frankly, it’s a little upsetting. Before any review of their live show can really begin, we must all accept this one mostly unspoken,...
The xx are invisible on I See You HR Huber-Rodriguez January 20, 2017 Album Review, Reviews, Uncategorized As the 2010s enter their eighth year, I’ve taken considerable time to reflect upon the decade’s most influential artists. Bands like Beach House came in strong, put out consistent LPs with only minor variat...
Jamie xx saturates the Fox in colour Conner Smith October 13, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews In Colour -- two words that encapsulate the sensational performance laid down by Jamie xx at the Fox this past Friday. This London producer has breathed -- or rather, jolted -- new life into the contemporary...
Jamie xx brings late-century rave music, In Colour to mid-century Bimbo’s 365 Club Joanna Jiang July 29, 2015 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews If any a place in San Francisco could conceal a Shoreditch club, it would be Bimbo’s 365. The mid-sized mid-20th century concert hall doesn’t often see electronic acts, so Jamie xx’s first Bay Area ap...
Field Notes: Electric adventures in London’s new undisputed reign Conner Smith June 17, 2015 Columns and Opinions 1 Comment London. Some call it the most expensive city in the world; others call it the land of deflated dreams and broken spirits. Some call it the hub of everything and anything exciting; a melting pot; a chaotic m...
In Colour: Jamie xx brings “Good Times” and vibes, vibrant on solo debut Joanna Jiang June 1, 2015 Album Review 3 Comments In more ways than one, In Colour doesn’t feel like a debut. Besides the fact that “Girl” and “Sleep Sound” were released last year, producer Jamie Smith’s tendencies are often described as nost...
Jamie xx and Four Tet Unveil Unreleased Tracks on Australian Radio Myra February 15, 2014 Multimedia, News College-mates Jamie xx and Four Tet spun some exclusive tracks in a back-to-back vinyl set on Sydney’s DBi Radio at the beginning of the month. In addition to several fresh-off-the-press Four Tet collaborat...