filtering the angular post-punk of Christian Louboutin

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filtering the angular post-punk of the cure and joy division through the sultry, beat-heavy atmospherics of contemporary r&b, songs like "shelter" and "heart skipped a beat" attain an eerie, mesmerizing calm -- the perfect soundtrack to a seduction or a betrayal. very mature stuff, indeed,Christian Louboutin Boots, for a bunch of 20 year olds. watch the videos >>

the spareness of the performance highlighted the songs' charms. sim's voice, sometimes lost on the band's debut, sounded renewed and refocused on "crystallized" -- a muggy growl worthy of a man twice his age.

standing side by side on the tiny stage, their trademark white x logo stamped behind them,2010 Christian Louboutin New Style, madley croft and sim were more like schoolmates than bandmates -- friends since the age of three running through a few old songs. without the heft and punch of smith's beats, the music turned raw and skeletal. "this is how we write a lot of our songs, just bass and guitar,Christian Louboutin News," explained sim.

"fingers crossed," sim smiled, greeting the 150 assembled spin staffers and guests.

as they locked eyes and swayed to the music's phantom rhythms, madley croft and sim made their songs work in ways they hadn't quite before. their vocal duets had a greater urgency; their interlocking bass and guitar lines were riskier, more intimate. alms amg aston martin audi bbs bimmer BMW body kit challenger dodge e36 e90 e92 ferrari gallardo gt-r gt2 gtr hamann honda japan jdm jon sibal lamborghini lexus m3 m5 mclaren mercedes benz murdered out nissan NSX nurburgring porsche r34 r35 skyline stance stretched wheels super gt toyota vw wheels widebody Z4

the unusual twist: beat mastermind jamie smith sat out the show, leaving the band's songwriters, guitarist romy madley croft and bassist oliver sim, to perform as a duo for the first time.

the xx setlist:
1. crystallized
2. islands
3. shelter
4. vcr
5. infinity

they dress head-to-toe in black, and barely move on stage. while their music, as evidenced by last year's much praised self-titled debut, is a minimalist's wet dream.

there was really nothing to worry about. the xx is all about subtraction -- minimal, exacting, exhilarating. now there'd be even less.

just months after the xx's hype blew across the pond, landing their debut album on countless top-10 lists,Christian Louboutin, it's astounding and refreshing that they can still blow an audience away by doing so little.

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Par poillys999 le vendredi 10 septembre 2010

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