Not long after the unveiling of Jamie xx's kinda new track "Sleep Sound" we have an official video.


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Hear what we've already said about "Sleep Sound":
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We posted the unreleased version of Jamie xx's "Sleep Sound" back in November, now you can stream the soon to be released version...

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"Sleep Sound" will be released as a 12" alongside "G.I.R.L" on May 5th through Young Turks, grab a pre-order, here.
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This year we've cut down our "best of" lists and got straight to the point, we'll have two lists and an extra something(s) special up our sleeve.

Lists can get increasingly tedious this time of the year and every Tom, Dick and Harry are compiling their best albums, videos, tracks, artists, newcomers, the holy "Ones To Watch", what are we watching for exactly?

This first list is for NEWCOMERS, the criteria isn't "Oh we came across this band in 2011, they're good". It needs to be relevant so we made some pointers on how we judged below:
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We have James Blake to thank for the unveiling of Jamie xx's latest single b-side "Girl".

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James Blake unveiled "Girl" on his Radio 1 residency slot, only at the time presenting it as a new track called "Bloke" from someone by the name of Simon Tallywacker - very inventive Blako!
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Just in time for festival season, Jamie xx shares new single "All Under One Roof Raving".

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As well as writing new xx material at the minute, Jamie is looking toward his own solo LP (soon?). Over the weekend, Annie Mac's Radio 1 show had the first play of his new single "All Under One Roof Raving".
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There have been rumours flying about all over that Jamie (producer of The xx) was going to embark on a solo conquest off the back of The xx's huge debut LP success.
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Jamie XX returns to the solo fray with new track (entitled) "Untitled"


The xx may have just played to all corners of South America, but Jamie (xx) has found some time to work on his solo material, and it's definitely good to have him back with new track "Sleep Sound" (*updated title).
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Wasn't going to rush out to post this one, the amount of hype that comes hand in hand with Jamie Smith is madness, so pretty sure another rushed post from us isn't going to make much difference to his exposure levels. Having said that, "Loud Places" featuring Romy Madley Croft (The xx) is pretty special considering the collaboration and style switch from what we're used to from The xx.
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Ok, last installment of the 'Best Of' series. We've already brought you our favourite Newcomers, Tracks and Albums from 2010. Now we bring you our tips for 2011.
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It is that time of the year again or maybe a little past that time of year if we're being totally honest but never-the-less, we have a list compiled of some of the best tracks to slap us in the chops and make us take note this year - even adding them to our Certified Tracks section. Just to be a bit different, we will be throwing some album tracks in the mix to highlight how important it is not to solely rely on blogs posting song after song, and what a front-to-back album can offer.

First off, we've so far had 12 brilliant tracks and they're all featured in our CT15 section of the website, but keep reading to find out why we think they're so good. On top of that, like we've just said, we'll shuffle the pack and highlight some songs that haven't featured on the site because they're album tracks. So here goes.
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The quite magical sounds of Jamie XX / Gil Scott-Heron's "I'll Take Care Of You" gets some visual treatment today.
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Heavy stuff from an unlikely pairing, the XX impresario Jamie and Gill Scott-Heron. 'NY is killing me' is available for Download now here.
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Nope, we're not ready to ditch summer just yet either. And a good thing, because the good vibes keep flowing, like this new remix from Memory Tapes, putting a few alterations to DIIV's "Follow", from one of our 'album of the year' contenders, Oshin.
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Purity Ring is the new side project from Gobble Gobble's Corin Roddick & (former band member) Megan James.
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So here we are, almost at summers pinnacle as we prepare to enter August. It's more than appropriate then that we present our Summer mixtape today. A compilation that you can put on, kick back and let guide you through the long evenings.
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The perfect day for presents and here's a rather pleasant one. A new demo from The xx, "Open Eyes", which was recorded during sessions for their forthcoming second album.
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For most, 'the pool' was a once a year thing, of which you more than made up for in the week (or two if you were lucky) while relaxing somewhere near the Mediterranean. No sleep, no shade, just an all day fun house with the occasional ice cream break thrown in. 
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