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Modern Vampires of the City is the third album from New York's Vampire Weekend following 2008's Vampire Weekend and 2010's Contra. The album is a bustling world of voices and visions - from the death of Henry Hudson to the Orthodox girl falling in love at

Radiohead present "Hail To The Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009", a new live album that allowed the band to re-evaluate its relationship with their 6th studio album, "Hail To The Thief". Available as a one-off pressing, the album comprises performances of

Fontaines D.C. release a expanded version of their GRAMMY-nominated and BRIT-winning Romance on colored vinyl, including a bonus black vinyl 7” single featuring the new songs "It’s Amazing to Be Young" and "Before You I Just Forget."

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This NY four-piece draw on their diverse backgrounds and interests, experimenting with African guitar music, the Western classical canon, hazy memories of Cape Cod summers, winters in upper Manhattan, and reggaeton. "Equal parts shruggy New York indie str

Atoms for Peace is a new band featuring Thom Yorke (vocals/keyboards/programming/guitar), Nigel Godrich (production/programming), Mauro Refosco (percussion), Joey Waronker (drums), and Flea (bass).

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The Smile, the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner, present their third album, "Cutouts", via XL Recordings. The 10-track record, produced by Sam Petts-Davies, was recorded in Oxford and Abbey Road Studios during the same period of time a

After years out of print, The Prodigy have re-pressed their fourth album in time for its 20th anniversary. There's an inspired list of guest stars on this album including Princess Superstar, Kool Keith, Liam Gallagher, Twista and Juliette Lewis. The 2004

Thom Yorke composed the original score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza, an adaptation of the Italian drama based on Domenico Starnone’s novel of the same name, which premiered at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam and will be out in Itali

Toronto-born-and-raised singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson announces her highly-anticipated sophomore album. "Cyan Blue" finds Wilson crafting a smoothly woven cyan tapestry of her eternal influences; thumping gos

The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on January 26, 2024 on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced and mixed Sam Petts-Davies. It features string arrangements by the London Contemp

On July 21, 2003, an 18-year-old Dizzee Rascal released his debut album "Boy In Da Corner" via XL Recordings. Little did he know that the 15-track album would go on to win the Mercury Prize, become the first-ever Platinum-selling UK Rap album, and lay the

A Light For Attracting Attention is the debut from The Smile, but they’re "Not The Smile as in ha-ha-ha, more The Smile as in the guy who lies to you every day"... speaks Thom Yorke on the inspiration behind the supergroup that consists of his Radiohead

XL Recordings presents A Moon Shaped Pool, the highly anticipated ninth studio album from the radical and revered British act Radiohead and follow-up to 2011's The King of Limbs. The melodically rich and meditatively mid-tempo eleven-track set was five ye

Known for their explorative and restless sound, taking influence from old style rock like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Pink Floyd as well as from electronica and hip hop, each of Radiohead's albums marks a cornerstone in their musical e

Originally released in September 2014 on BitTorrent (downloaded over 1 million times during its first week), Thom Yorke's Nigel Goodrich-produced sophomore solo endeavor Tomorrow's Modern Boxes is being reissued on vinyl in 2017 courtesy of XL Recordings.

Canadian ensemble BadBadNotGood made their name by crossing genre. This seamless movement between style hit hard when they took hip hop into jazz and vice versa. Their latest album – and first with XL recordings – demonstrates them going back to their ins

In February 2010, the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron released his thirteenth, and last, studio album. First conceptualized in 2005, and ultimately produced by XL Recordings head Richard Russell during New York recording sessions

“Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All are a 10-deep hip-hop collective. But don’t dare call them the new Wu-Tang Clan. They insist they’re different. The collective features rappers, producers, visual artists, skate kids, contrarians, outcasts, amoral teena

Friday Forever is the second album from multi-artist project Everything Is Recorded, helmed by producer artist Richard Russell. This follows the critically acclaimed and Mercury Music Prize nominated debut of 2018, Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russel

Known for their explorative and restless sound, taking influence from old style rock like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and Pink Floyd as well as from electronica and hip hop, each of Radiohead's albums marks a cornerstone in their musical e