Since you are interested in The xx, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times [ RCA Records / CD - released 30/Mar/2007 ] This is the third album from the rockin' American quartet. Consisting of three brothers and a cousin, the Kings of Leon mix their own brand of Southern Rock with touches of Garage, Punk and Alternative swagger - cool! |
Arcade Fire
Funeral [ Merge Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Their astoundingly literate and stylish debut album - encompassing chamber pop melodies, angular art-rock, lavish orchestration and post-punk vocals |
The Strokes
Is This It [ RCA Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2001 ] The debut album from The Strokes has been named the "Best Album of the Decade" by NME. "A document of a group seizing a moment and making it entirely their own... one of the best and most characterful debut albums of the last 20 years." |
The Black Keys
Brothers [ Shock Records / CD - released 17/May/2010 ] The sixth full length album from Black Keys includes the Danger Mouse-produced song "Tighten Up" and a cover of the Jerry Butler classic "Never Gonna Give You Up." |
Ghostpoet
Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam [ Brownswood / CD - released 21/Feb/2011 ] 'Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam' is one of the freshest sounding debuts since Tricky's 'Maxinquaye' - it's as beautifully complex as it is subtle and will command your attention again and again. |
Megafaun
Gather, Form & Fly [ Crammed Records / CD - released 27/Oct/2009 ] Megafaun are just as taken by quietly tortured dark-night-of-the-soul whisperings, lo-fi oddities, and shards of feedback shade as they are of banjos and summertime evenings... |