- ABBA
- Adele
- Akapellah
- Al Green
- Alabama Shakes
- Alanis Morissette
- Alejandro Sanz
- Alex Da Kid
- Ali B
- Alicia Keys
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
-
Anique
- Annie Lennox
- Apparatjik
- AREA21
- Ariana Grande
- Autotelic
- Aytekin Ataş
- Bad Bunny
- Basement Jaxx
- Bastille
- Beastie Boys
- Bee Gees
- Bernie Taupin
- Big Sean
- Billie Eilish
- Billy Joel
- Bløf
- Bob Dylan
- Brandi Carlile
- Calcutta
- Camera Obscura
- Carbon/Silicon
- Carly Simon
- Casper
- Ceza
- Coldplay
- Crystal Fighters
- David Holmes
- DAVID x ELI
- De Dijk
- Death in Vegas
- Demi Lovato
- Disclosure
- DJ Shadow
- Don McLean
- Douwe Bob
- Drake
- Elton John
- Elvis Presley
- Eminem
- Empire of the Sun
- Enter Shikari
- Espinoza Paz
-
Faela
- Fatboy Slim
- Feist
- Florence + The Machine
- Franz Ferdinand
- Fred again..
- Frenna
- Gabby Alipe
- Gary Numan
- George Fenton
- Gia Koka
- Gloria Estefan
- Half Moon Run
- Hannah Mae
- Hans Zimmer
- Harry Styles
- Herman van Veen
- Iad Aslan
- Ibeyi
- Ilse DeLange
- Imagine Dragons
- INXS
- Irving Berlin
- J Balvin
- Jack Penate
- Jack White
- Jacob Olofsson
- James Rutledge
- Jamie N Commons
- Jamie xx
- Jana Mila
- Janis Joplin
- Jessie Ware
- Jill Scott
- Jim Noir
- Jochen Miller
- Joe Buck
- John Coltrane
- Johnny Marr
- Jonas Blue
- Jonsi
- Joy Division
- Juan Gabriel
- Juan Karlos
- Justin Bieber
- Justin Timberlake
- Keane
- Keith Urban
- Kendrick Lamar
- Kenny Loggins
- Kid Harpoon
- Kings of Convenience
- Laura Jansen
- Laura Mvula
- Lefties Soul Connection
- Leiva
- Leonel García
- Lily Allen
- Lionel Richie
- MAGI
- MagnusTheMagnus
- Mahmood
- Maika Makovski
- Mando Diao
- Manuel Carrasco
- Maren Morris
- Mariah Carey
- Mark Knopfler
- Mark Owen
- Maroon 5
- Martin Garrix
- Mary J Blige
- Massive Attack
- Matteo Myderwyk
- Metallica
- MFÖ
- Micah P Hinson
- Mika
- Mike Mago
-
Mike Rogers
- Mon Laferte
- Morat
- Mumford & Sons
- Musketiers
- Natalia Lafourcade
- Neil Diamond
- New Order
- Ne-Yo
- Nicki Minaj
- November Ultra
- Oliver Heldens
- Otis Redding
- Owl City
- Paloma Faith
- Pascal Reinhardt
- Patrick Samoy
- Paul Weller
- Pearl Jam
- Pnau
- Post Malone
- Prince
- R.E.M.
- Rachel Zeffira
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Rex Orange County
- Richard Hawley
- Robyn
- Romeo Santos
- RONDÉ
- Rosalía
- Roxette
- Rozalén
- Ruel
- Rupert Blackman
-
Ruxley
- Rvssian
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Sam Hunt
- Seinabo Sey
- Selda Bagcan
- Shane MacGowan
- Shawn Mendes
- Sigur Rós
- Sıla
- Snow Patrol
- Stereophonics
- Steve Anderson
- Steve Booker
- Steve Lacy
- Steve Mac
- Sting
- Sub Focus
- Swedish House Mafia
- SZA
- Taylor Swift
- The Beach Boys
- The Clash
- The Cure
- The Go-Go's
- The Him
- The Invisible Men
- The Killers
- The Really Useful Group
- The Smiths
- The Streets
- The Vaccines
- The Weeknd
- The xx
- Thief
- Thompson Twins
- Tim Bendzko
- Tim Rice
- Tom Walker
- U2
- Vargas & Lagola
- Vengaboys
- Vera Blue
- Within Temptation
- Yusuf / Cat Stevens
The xx
The xx’s third album ‘I See You’ is the spoils of four hard years’ labour, a vertiginous new height scaled for the pop group. It is a record that sees them performing with optimum new nerve, transparency and clarity. Because it is made by The xx, its implicit boldness is sculpted from a tough and tender space, one which stretched its limits for expansion against the core musical aesthetic Romy and Oliver first found as 16-year-olds playing on a stage together.
I See You is marked by a tonal shift to something close to pure, crisp pop structure, adorned by unusual crescendos that echo a dextrous DJ inching their dancer toward climax without ever quite lifting the house lights. Its lyric sheet moves from the danger and hopelessness of love to its deliciousness and rapture; a move into a more outward looking proposition. ‘I See You’ is recognisably still The xx but now powered by voluble ambition, of the three perfect counterweights to one another starting to not just realise but harness their full potential.
The xx have sold 2.7million records the world over. They have platinum and gold discs amassed from across Europe, the Americas, Australia. They’re one of only three British bands – the others being One Direction and Mumford & Sons – to have a gold certified debut album in the USA in the last decade. Their multimillion streaming and social media stats are dizzying. If this wasn’t supposed to happen, I See You sounds like the concession not just that it did, but furthermore that it was meant to.