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  Who Charted? Dave Matthews Band, the xx Coexist at the Top

  September 19, 2012 – First! We were happy to learn the last week's chart-topping adult contemp alt-bros Matchbox Twenty were pushed off of the throne... until we saw who was responsible: Dave Matthews Band. The impossibly unstoppably dominant world-funk jammers debuted at No. 1 for a record-setting six times in a row thanks to their new long-player, Away From the World. …
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  Watch the xx's 'Coexist' Go Viral: Literally!

  September 12, 2012 – It's rare that an elaborate music marketing scheme can inspire genuine awe, but Beggars Group has done just that with the viral push for the xx's new album Coexist. On September 3, the band sent a stream of the album to a single fan in the U.K., and then watched as the music was shared around the world. …
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  Mara Hoffman Shakes It Down With Ukuleles For Spring '13

  September 12, 2012 – For a designer known for colorful swimsuits, statement-making dresses, and boldly beautiful prints, you'd never expect Mara Hoffman to send well-dressed models down the runway to anything slow and snoozy. …
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  The xx, 'Coexist' (Young Turks)

  September 10, 2012 – The xx had a lot to live up to after their gorgeously choreographed 2009 debut; but as quickly as Coexist launches into opening track "Angels," the trio fully delivers the sort of emotionally manipulative cauldron-stirring their fans adore. …
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  The xx: Black Is Black Is Black Is Black

  August 30, 2012 – They've always been together, these two. Best friends. Their hearts beating in unison, quietly making life go. Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim understand, cognitively anyway, that they first met when they were two or three years old and living with their respective families in the blandly pleasant London suburb of Putney. They get that. But neither can remember a time when they didn't know the other. …
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  Watch the xx Play 'Angels' Live in a Tokyo Hotel Room

  August 22, 2012 – The xx's first single from upcoming album Coexist, due out on September 11 via Young Turks, began as a solo demo by singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, DJ-producer Jamie Smith told SPIN's David Marchese recently. …
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  The xx Share the Secrets Behind the Songs on 'Coexist'

  August 16, 2012 – On their forthcoming sophomore effort Coexist, due September 11 on Young Turks, moody English nocturnophiles the xx are still living in a musical world of shadows, whispers, and soul-ache, but they're letting a little more light in. New songs such as "Swept Away" and "Sunset" add dance-y touches to the now-trademark hushed intimacy of singer-bassist Oliver Sim, singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, and DJ-producer Jamie Smith. …
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  The xx Learn to 'Coexist': How a Songwriting Shift Shaped Their New Album

  August 7, 2012 – Much has changed for the xx since they released their self-titled debut in 2009. The moody, moonlit English trio has graduated to bigger venues and won both critical and popular acclaim, but on the upcoming Coexist, due out September 11, singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft, singer-bassist Oliver Sim, and DJ-producer Jamie Smith have achieved the seemingly impossible. They sound even more intimate. …
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  See the xx Play Dancey New Song 'Swept Away' Live

  August 1, 2012 – Good news: Jamie xx wasn't just pulling our legs when he said the xx's next album would take on more of a clubby feel. Granted, that was hard to tell from the first songs the stripped-down British electro-pop outfit previewed from upcoming album Coexist, particularly the super, supine "Angels", which they played the other night on Conan. …
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  Watch the xx and Beach House Slow Jam Late-Night TV

  July 25, 2012 – Quiet was the new loud last night on late-night TV. Slinky, minimalist British electro-poppers the xx stopped by Conan with a graceful rendition of "Angels," the slow, swooning first single off their upcoming sophomore album, Coexist (due out September 11 via Young Turks). …
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