Jamie xx is a massive chiller. He surfs, does yoga, and makes music. He also sells out two shows at Alexandra Palace in the middle of a rainy week in September, and few chillers can do that. Which makes him interesting.
Jamie XX - real name Jamie Smith - is someone with broad, massive appeal. He makes crowd-pleasing music for swarms of handsome faces (male, mostly) in their twenties, thirties, forties and beyond, wearing – as per last night – tattersall shirts with mid-length sleeves. In short, it’s 2017-core. Which would normally be embarrassing, but Smith is one of those very lucky artists whose mainstream status hasn’t negatively affected his credentials as a Cool Dude that Cool People listen to. Besides Loud Places, you may not know the tracks by name – Dafodil, Idontknow, Baddy on the Floor –but you’ve definitely heard them, enjoyed them, bopped along to them in the car or –if you were there last night – maybe on the dancefloor.
