Jamie Smith

Music
April 11, 2013
Music Picks: Coachella, Merle Haggard, Spiritualized
Blogs
October 12, 2012
The Best Concerts To See in L.A. This Weekend: Oct. 12-14
Friday, October 12 Busdriver BOOTLEG THEATER Behold rapper Busdriver, the polysyllabic polymath who is truly, beautifully and persistently on his own thing, including collabs with DIY experimental punk bands and the routine dispensation of Can references. He first blinded minds with a wordcram MC ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2012
The xx are Grown Up and Still Lovesick on 'Coexist'
The xx were a rising young, Mercury Prize-winning indie rock band. After nearly three fast years on and off the road they had one thing left to do: move out and grow up. It's easy to forget that the London trio were still teens when this thing started, crafting whispery broodings on love won and los ... More >>
Music
October 11, 2012
Music Picks: Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Low End Theory Anniversary
Blogs
September 22, 2010
Tonight: The xx, Warpaint, Tommy Keene, Dntel, the Airborne Toxic Event
Timothy NorrisThe xxOur favorite first reaction to the music of The xx came from an obviously hopeless romantic we stood with at a South by Southwest show who deadpanned, "I don't know, I think I like my x's with o's." But that's tangential to the big news of the day -- the black-dressed thr ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Over the Weekend: The xx at the Wiltern
Timothy Norris[This is a review of their Sunday show at the Wiltern, the second of two sold-out shows in LA last weekend. For a slideshow of their Saturday show at the Music Box, click here.] Last Sunday at the Wiltern, the xx opened their set from behind a gauzy curtain, their signature le ... More >>