We heard about The XX sometime last year, and their record has crept its way into our hearts. The guitar tone especially really grabbed me, really haunting and understated!
We just watched them win the Mercury Music Prize, so nice one guys!
Here’s their speech, filmed by The BBC ! Enjoy,
NewIslands
Inspirations!
Went to watch a new band from Nottingham last week called Dog is Dead, and there harmonies reminded us of Animal Collective, who we are rather fond of. They gave a passionate, and energetic performance down at the Tram and Social in South London! Check them out people!
In other news, Paradise will finally be available as a free download in the first week of November!
More news to follow…
NewIslands
Our friends, Citadels, have just sent us over a remix of ‘Paradise’ click HERE to have a listen!
NewIslands
FARM FESTIVAL 30/31st July 2010
We are very excited to be playing Farm Festival this year . Its a non-corporate festival in its fifth year, and it keeps getting bigger and better….
We drove past the site on the way to Glastonbury a few weeks ago, which served to whet our appetite somewhat.
There are a pair of tickets up for grabs here on the Topman website.
We are playing at 6pm on the main stage on Saturday evening, for the full line-up click here.
See you there.
The song that could go on forever….
true genius…
Post-Glastonbury
Ok, so we’ve just got back from the mother-of-all festivals and it didn’t disappoint.
Here are a few moments that we witnessed….
ORBITAL FEAT. MATT SMITH: DOCTOR WHO
We will be uploading video’s of our performance over the next few days.
Speak soon,
NewIslands
GLASTONBURY
NewIslands are playing Glastonbury BBC Introducing Stage this Saturday 5.35.
We are going to be making a video diary of what we get up to, which we will post online next week.
Check our our myspace for a new remix and track – http://www.myspace.com/newislands
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WE WILL NEVER BE ALONE
We popped into The Selector studio to record a live acoustic session. We played our debut single Out Of Time, Cold and Come Back To Me, a new song we only played live few times.
You can listen to the session again here.
Playlist – Show 455 Section 1 Example – Kickstarts (Data) Burns – Fourteen (2112 Records) Midimidis – There’s Just Too Much Going On Upstairs To Feel Comfortable With Myself (Josaka) Ty – Emotions feat Sarina & Shaun Escofrey (BBE) Babeshadow – Sea Serpents (White Label) Sunderbans – Might (Remix) (Young And Lost Club) Biggest Record In The UK Blur – Fool’s Day (Parlophone) Section 2 F Buttons – Olympians (ATP) Plan B – Traded In My Cigarettes (679) City Boy Soul – No Regrets (City Boy Soul) Tiffany Page Interview Tiffany Page – On Your Head (Mercury Records) Chima Anya – I Love Rap (White Label) Section 3 Hurts – Better Than Love (White Label) Florence And The Machine – Swimming (Universal Island) New Islands Session New Islands – Out Of Time (Live Recordings For The Selector) New Islands – Cold (Live Recordings For The Selector) New Islands – Come Back To Me (Live Recordings For The Selector) Sinden & SBTRKT – Midnight Marauder (Young Turks) Section 4 Goldierocks Mash Up Mix
Audio Bullys – Only Man (Reset Remix) (White Label)
Groove Armada – Paper Romance (Doorly Remix) (Ministry Of Sound)
Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth (Unknown Remix) (White Label)
Fake Blood – Fix Your Accent (Cheap Thrills Records)
Benin City – Boogieman (White Label)
Foals – This Orient (Starkey Remix) (Warners)
Jonathan Jermiah – Heart Of Stone (Penguin Prison Remix) (Neon Gold)
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