[photo credit] Xiu Xiu performed a tight fifty-five minute set to a nearly completely reverent crowd at Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night. On tour in support of their latest CD Women as Lovers, Xiu Xiu is anchored by the frenetic and captivating stage presence of leader Jamie Stewart but musically propelled as a trio by [...]~~
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Experimental geniuses Xiu Xiu have revealed details of their forthcoming 2010 album release and if it's title is anything to go by, the band don't seem to be very happy. Dear God, I Hate Myself is it's self-deprecating title and it'll hit shop shelves on February 23rd of next year via the Kill Rock Stars label.
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Jamie Stewart and friends will be releasing Dear God, I Hate Myself, February 23rd on Kill Rock Stars. Stewart is joined by Angela Seo on piano, synth, and drum programming; with production handled by himself and Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. A couple of the tracks were recorded primarily on a Nintendo DS, which will either sound [...]
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So there's this band called Xiu Xiu and they sing a cover of the David Bowie/Queen collaboration: **under Pressure**That's about as much as I know. This is lifted from a mix I've been given.(and thanks for the pics)
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New music from Xiu Xiu, who have a new album, Women As Lovers. Check it out.
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In a post on the bands website, Caralee McElroy, multi-instrumentalist for Xiu Xiu announced her decision to leave the band. The post read like this: "I have decided to stop playing in Xiu Xiu for personal reasons. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in the last 5 years.
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Here's a track just made available off the brand new Xiu Xiu album, Women As Lovers.
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..and I love you. You know what I mean, that song that makes you uncomfortable if heard in the wrong environment or with the wrong people. There are several songs in my collection that my mother would be ashamed of me for even having. Or liking, for that matter. It is my feeling that sometime an artist is making a truly artistic statement with a "dirty song", while others are only trying to sho...
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Xiu Xiu, Women As Lovers (Kill Rock Stars) six out of ten stars For some, there is an appeal in suffering and in dread. In pain and in anxiety, they feel most genuine and most alive. To be cheerful, to be pleasant, to be content would be to live a false life shrouded by dumb numbness. Some have called this an unasked for disease of over-consciousness, of being all too keenly aware of the pains...
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I have mixed feelings about Xiu Xiu. On the one hand, I think they make the most interesting music I have come across for years. (Thanks, Leobu.)On the other hand, the songs are gloomy and I don't think many people I know would like them. And I have a nagging anxiety that if James Blunt had been a sensitive art student instead of an army captain, this is the sort of music he would be making.I s...
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Artist: Xiu XiuAlbum: Fabulous MusclesTrack: I Love the Valley OHDamaged noise-smith Jamie Stewart at his best.
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I went looking for an autoharp moment to add to my little post about "Basia Bulat":/ookpik/blog_post/119905, and I recalled my first, most excellent encounter with rock autoharp was when the mighty Xiu Xiu came to town years ago.
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People have different ways of pronouncing the band's name, but hardcore fans are known as "shwees."For more with Xiu Xiu, visit http://www.uncensoredinterview.com/artists/404-Xiu-Xiu
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NOTES TO A TOON UNDERGROUND: Animation and Live MusicFeaturing 15 animated films made between 1912 and 2005 by sixdifferent directors, with 11 musicians providing live accompaniment,SFIFF50's presentation of Notes to a Toon Underground will, in allhonesty, never happen again. The filmmakers include Emily and GeorgiaHubley; David Russo; Kelly Sears; Wladyslaw Starewicz; and JimTrainor; and their...
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I’ve been feeling a little off all week, a little out of sorts. Can’t seem to get enough sleep or ever feel quite right. Having the strangest dreams, waking up confused and achy and wondering when I’ll feel like myself again. Next week probably. Until then, I’ll just react less and walk around not paying attention and, you know, slower than normal. It’s O.K. to feel this way. I’m not w
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