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"I've always believed that creativity tends to flourish within limits (three chords and the truth, etc., etc.). With that in mind, a recommendation: Download the debut album from a London-based group called the xx. Sure, you could argue whether four 20-year-olds, three of whom reportedly still live with their parents, are really all that familiar with the Truth, but these kids definitely have the three-chord part\u2014or at least the synth-and-drum-machine-enhanced version of the three-chord part\u2014down. Their sound evokes everything from Radiohead to modern R&amp;amp;B to (if I can remember all the way back to high school) New Order, and their mastery of songcraft\u2014well, on about five of six of the tracks\u2014is very promising. The overall effect is a little melancholic, and also a little sexual, and if not quite danceable, these are definitely the songs of someone who danced up a storm the night before. I'd be surprised if the name of the band had anything to do with ecstasy\u2014they tend to call it \"E\" over there, anyway\u2014but these are definitely songs for a comedown, whether pharmacological or fiscal.\n\nthexx.info"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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