xx teens Reviews

- xx teens - welcome to goon island

by Emily Kendrick
Next week the Teens will be in the office and editing this very website from top to toe - you lucky mongrels! However, if you can’t wait, here’s Emily kendrick with her review of their debut LP…
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THE great escape festival

by Nathan Westley
Nathan Westley brings us all the action from this year’s Great Escape in his exclusive report. Read on for good news about XX Teens new material, a damning report on the dastardly Ting Tings, and loads more!
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vampire weekend, alphabeat, land of talk and more - singles for THE week beginning may 26!

by Amy Rich
Sink your fangs into this week’s singles review, where a certain Peter Gabriel referencing Noo York band has stolen the affections of our scribe Amy Rich…
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xx teens

by Fran Donnelly
They may be Artrocker’s kings of Cool, but will XX Teens woo the Long Blondes audience in Manchester? Fran Donnelly finds out…
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les savy fav, xx teens, young knives and more - singles for THE week beginning february 25!

by Emily Kendrick
Emily Kendrick takes us for a spin through this week’s singles - and they’re a right fruity bunch too, including Yeah Yeah Yeah collaborations, Duran Duran cover versions, and XX Teens’ guide to surviving terrorism…
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black francis, xx teens

by Ric Rawlins
Fresh from the Pixies reunion and biting back with some LOUDquietLOUD material, Black Francis is taking Koko by storm with XX Teens by his Satanic side. Ric Rawlins reviews…
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bestival

by Ric Rawlins
It was always gonna be hard to sum up the multi coloured madness of Bestival, but we thought we’d spike Ric’s drink and send him down anyway - just to see what happened…
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THE wombats, THE aliens, xx teens + more - singles for week beginning 25th june

by John McCarthy
Singles from this week reviewed by John McCarthy, including The Aliens, The Wombats, XX Teens and more…
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artrocker club classic: xerox teens (as they were called back then) + untitled musical project

by Lee Puddefoot
Lee Puddefoot takes us back to the beginning of the year, with a classic gig from Untitled Musical Project and Xerox Teens
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adventures in THE beetroot field: filthy dukes, surkin, xerox teens, friendly fires and late of THE pier

by Abigail Outhwaite
Abigail catches a gaggle of guitar driven electro acts at Fabric, and wonders whether Xerox Teens are worthy of the top-ish billing they’ve been getting lately…
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