the xx – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:40:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.mtadkins.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-12917834_1163724020327828_2043764134_n-1-32x32.jpg the xx – mtadkins https://www.mtadkins.com 32 32 Look out! Its only ‘xx Day’! https://www.mtadkins.com/2023/194682/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=look-out-its-only-xx-day Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:40:14 +0000 https://www.mtadkins.com/?p=194682 Bringing 'Our Song' to my office wall.
Matt’s totally rad office decor.

From 4/26/2012 (my first hearing) til now, #1 on the chart…

Last.fm scrobble chart from the last 365 days
Last.fm stats for the last year

It’s been a busy year, as we moved the family from PDX to an island paradise, & I’ve had old worries & tasks replaced by new projects, but even still there’s a moment every day — at least once, sometimes more — when a wistful shiver passes thru me, like a memory of past wants bubbling up to remind you what it feels like to need something. To miss something. How else do we stay human? Nothing soundtracks that feeling for me like the xx.

Always & forever, babies. #F3

]]> A Lovely Solo Cover Of The xx’s “VCR” from Arlo Parks https://www.mtadkins.com/2021/194366/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arlo-parks Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:38:17 +0000 https://www.mtadkins.com/?p=194366

Source: Watch Arlo Parks Play A Lovely Solo Cover Of The xx’s “VCR”

]]> Watch The xx’s Romy Madley Croft Play New Song From Debut Solo Album https://www.mtadkins.com/2020/194321/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-the-xxs-romy-madley-croft-play-new-song-from-debut-solo-album Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:21:49 +0000 https://www.matt-adkins.com/?p=194321 The xx’s Romy Madley Croft announced that she was working on her debut solo album. That is all.

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]]> Songs of The xx, ranked. https://www.mtadkins.com/2018/34236/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=songs-of-the-xx-ranked Fri, 27 Apr 2018 03:34:44 +0000 http://www.matt-adkins.com/?p=34236 My Top 20 XX songs (from great to awesome):

SONG ALBUM
20 Try Coexist
19 A Violent Noise I See You
18 Islands XX
17 Tides Coexist
16 Angels Coexist
15 VCR XX
14 Dangerous I See You
13 Shelter XX
12 Swept Away Coexist
11 Heart Skipped A Beat XX
10 Sunset Coexist
9 I Miss You (Beyonce cover) Covers
8 On Hold I See You
7 I Dare You I See You
6 Fiction Coexist
5 Our Song Coexist
4 Night Time XX
3 Unfold Coexist
2 Stars XX
1 Intro XX

Its maybe unfair to include “Intro”, since its an undeniably hooky & badass instrumental piece, shorter than any other on the list. But #1 it is.

And obvs this is an “at this moment” kind of list. The top 5 are pretty static, but the rest shift around based on mood. As for “Stars”… I’ve yet to be near a sound system that can make it ‘too loud’ for me. #TurnItUp

The xx, live in San Francisco. April 2017 (Matt waving from the front row…)

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