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About the only way you could improve this thing is to add some Esau, so here you go: mp3: ******

mp3: ****** elsewhere: Our last Sirius | XM Blog Radio show of the decade airs today at noon Eastern (and again at midnight) on Sirius XMU. This week's episode features music from VEGA, Mountain Man, Pearl Harbor, Chromatics, Atlas Sound, Heart Shaped Rock, and more. You can listen online with a free trial here. Check this week's playlist + some mp3s after the jump... ******

New official video for what is probably my favorite remix/rework/cover of a cover-thing of the year : mp3: ********

The xx perform "Basic Space" during an intimate show at Monkeytown in Brooklyn on their first visit to the States. Shot and edited by Winston Case & Sam Heesen. The group will be back for a busy week during CMJ; check all of their dates here...

Check the cool/sexy/slightly dizzying new fan video by Kasia Cieplak for the xx's "Crystalised" after the jump... ********

Jamie of the xx gives fellow LDN'er Jack Penate's new single "Pull My Heart Away" a warped, dubstep-y rework. Also, check Bullion's more upbeat but typically great psych-soul bent on the song here. mp3: Catch Jack Penate on his current U.S. tour with Miike Snow...

It's been more than a year since we were turned on to Denton's Paul North -- aka Sunnybrook --- by our friends at We Shot J.R.. And while we haven't heard much from North since aside from a few demos on myspace, he recently sent over his just-completed debut EP, Water Me Glow...

Brand new 30-minute mix by the xx for London's FACT Magazine: some great stuff here, including tracks from Skream, Zomby, Theophilus London, and most notably, some new/unreleased material from the xx themselves. Check the full tracklist here...