02/09/2008
Newly added to the Barcelona bill are the unashamedly glam Spanish duo Hidrogenesse. Wearing their 1970's influences on their sleeves, the quirky twosome tread a fantastically bizarre line that falls somewhere between Daft Punk and The Sweet (no, we never knew that lin...
01/09/2008
Gracias. Danke. Merci. Takk deg. Cheers y'all.
We are now sifting through all the DUM profiles loaded up til last Sunday to find a trio of acts we deem worthy of a shot at the xXx live shows. The winners should be announced next week, so keep checking back.
This aint the end though. We have LOADS of op...
01/09/2008
Joining the Cubans on the Zurich line-up for xXx is DJ Rene S. His website proudly declares him to be 'pumping up the house - a master at work': "dj rene.s started his first steps of putting pieces of music together in 1988 at the tender age of 12. his friends garage-parties ...
01/09/2008
It's said that Cuban cigars are rolled on the naked thighs of a virgin (or virgins... we're assuming it's not just one person who aint getting any who has to sit there during the manufacturing of Monte Cristos). The Cuban Brothers are well aware of their heritage of course...
31/08/2008
It's fitting that a London bus ended up blundering into Beijing's Olympic closing ceremony: You wait ages for a major international celebration to come along, then two turn up at once! First the Olympics reminded the world that China was alright really as long as you don't mention the T-word (as in Tibet, not Tainanme...
31/08/2008
Also in Beijing, Steve Aoki (www.myspace.com/steveaoki) is A-OK by us. That's why we've booked him to DJ. We could tell you a bit more about him - Miami-based honcho of Dim Mak records, who helped kick off the careers of Bloc Party, MSTRKRFT and Klaxons, amongst others, proving he's got a Erol-like ear for indie-elect...
31/08/2008
You might remember us covering Stereoheroes a while back – the Parisian ghetto-tech outfit who lead secret identities as dancefloor superheroes, with a grand plan to liven up your discotheque by drop kicking Luciano and co out of the DJ booth and banging out some...
28/08/2008
Just a gentle nudge in the ribs of all you budding musicians: if you are yet to create a DUM account then do so before Sunday if you want to be in with a shout of playing a gig at our wild xXx 30th birthday celebrations on October 11th.
And if you already have creatd an account then be sure to keep it updated ...
27/08/2008
There's still a few days left for YOU to become eligible for a live set at our rip-roaring, world-touring, ass-shaking, birthday extravaganza xXx parties on October 11th.
Not only are we flying the three winners out to one of the big city venues, not only do we showcase the slot online in front of millions of ...
27/08/2008
Here's another couple of bangers to the xXx fireworks:
First up, is GusGus – one of those bands that are always, just ‘there’. And after 12 years we wouldn’t have it any other way. We seriously don’t know how they do it, but they’re alway...