The xx, 2:54 and John Talabot Live - SOLD OUT
The xx had no trouble selling out First Ave, but it will have its work cut out playing to a packed crowd in a room that size. Despite its low-volume minimal sound, the icy British electro-throb trio managde to captivate a sold-out audience at the Triple Rock in 2010 behind its eponymous debut album, which landed the smash “Crystalised” and went on to win the Mercury Prize. The follow-up record, “Coexist,” nicely builds on the icy tension between co-ed vocalists Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim but otherwise leaves the band’s naked sound untouched. Spanish labelmates John Talbot Live and sisterly British duo 2:54 open. Chris Riemenschneider