XX SXSW

When Pitchfork says this about XXs performance last night at SXSW, I must deliver it to you.

"The xx's set at the Central Presbyterian Church was nothing short of magical. The bass rumbled through the cavernous space, the minimal guitar pings echoed off of the rafters. With a quiet, seated audience taking it all in with awe, the voices of guitarist Romy Madley Croft (wearing a Lady Gaga t-shirt) and bassist Oliver Sim were free to be hushed and close, recreating the under-the-sheets immediacy of the album. The placement of the band's double-x logo on producer Jamie Smith's speaker cabinets fell directly in line with the big wooden cross on the church's back wall, creating a juxtaposition of the spiritual and the carnal."