As is the case with NME lists, our The 100 Most Influential Artists piece in 2014 proved to stir some controversy. It was based on bands and acts influencing the scenes and sounds that define the ...

The xx's "Intro," the moody yet hopeful instrumental that opened their debut album xx (2009), appears to have been the model for fashion brand Hugo Boss' shady new sunglasses ad—watch and wince below ...

From the opening seconds of their 2009 debut album, The xx hinted that they would reveal little about themselves. The wordless “Intro” set the stage for a characteristic vagueness from the London trio ...

There’s been a great deal of speculation lately as to the nature of the new album by London trio The xx, the follow-up to their massively successful self-titled debut. Hot on the heels of a series of ...

Read any coverage of The xx around their debut and you’ll quickly learn that critics, media, and fans alike truly believed the soft-spoken then-four-piece to be Britain’s greatest export since ...

Will 2016 be the year that The xx finally release their third album and return to tour? Well, we can only hope so - as the 'Angels', 'Intro' and 'Coexist' stars have just revealed that they're back in ...

The XX, four young, sullen-faced youths dressed in black, have that alluring band-as-a-gang aura about them. They spent their youth at south-west London's Elliott School (fellow alumni: Four Tet, ...