Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
I loved the earthy sound of Gil Scott-Heron’s poetry-and-music album “I’m New Here,” but I disliked the coldness of The XX’s “xx.”
Friday 24 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: The xx
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx — We’re New Here
A remix album that competes too much with the original
Eclectic
Stephen Carradini
I loved the earthy sound of Gil Scott-Heron’s poetry-and-music album “I’m New Here,” but I disliked the coldness of The XX’s “xx.”
Washed Out — Within and Without
Has a band's name ever better captured its sound?
Electronica
Matt Carney
Back in 2009, Ernest Greene recorded two of the year’s most widely praised EPs with cheap, airy synthesizers at his parents’ house in rural Georgia.
