Sunday, October 31, 2010

X vs. The XX

1980s punk pioneers meet a 2K9 buzzband that I quite enjoy:

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X - Los Angeles
The XX - Intro

5 comments:

Adrian said...

OMFG.

I got chills.

I must admit, I didn't have high hopes, especially since most mashups that have a clever pairing of band names or song titles always come off sounding forced. Like, just because your mashup has a clever name, that doesn't mean it's necessarily going to SOUND clever.

But this is a RARE exception.

HAUNTING ... this takes a song with often overlooked dark themes ("Los Angeles") and puts it into a more proper musical context.

After hearing so many XX mashups phoned in with simple, easy rap vocals plopped on top, this is a welcome surprise.

Where the hell did you find an X acapella?

Anonymous said...

I..I...ugh...LOVE this. Listed to it on repeat. This is such an unbelievable mashup. Belongs this way

Arvind said...

Dude, this mashup is so amazing! So haunting. So mesmerizing. I can't stop listening to it. You're a genius is all I can really say. A real talent and gift to the mashup community.

Unknown said...

beautiful.

blueshifted said...

This is AWESOME! I love X, very cool. I'm going to post this on X's facebook. They're touring with Blondie in September, should be an amazing concert!