Photo courtesy of the Austin American-Statesman. This is from the first show from the day before.
Got to see The xx at the Moody Theater last week. It was a belated Christmas present for my friend Mark who’s really into them. I like the band too, I’m just behind on the current record and their previous work escapes me. They sound a lot like everything but the girl in the vocal department.
The crowd was nuts about them. Their stage was almost the fourth member; there were this big silver, spinning pillars and the floor was transparent with lights shining through. When the latter used orange-colored lights, it looked like the band was performing in a toaster oven.
Glad I went. Besides the xx, the opener was pretty awesome too, picked up his CD, Sampha. Strong Soul-sounding tunes.