Tagged: Xiu Xiu
Stream: How to Dress Well, “Clowne Towne” (Xiu Xiu Cover)
We can’t say we ever expected Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart to be as influential on music as he ended up being? Tom Krell, bka How to Dress Well clearly sites Xiu Xiu as a stylistic … read more »
Haiku Review: Fang Island, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu @ The Williamsburg Waterfront
Words and photography by Loren Wohl East River State Park Joy Division covered Chuck Schumer, what up?
Superhumanoids’s Xiu Xiu Ringtone Remix and “Persona” MP3s
When you’ve been around for a decade, you’re allowed to do loopy things like, say, doctoring your own samples and stringing them together to make ringtones. Xiu Xiu—creator of the said tones—thinks that’s perfectly fine, … read more »
Xiu Xiu Are Charitable
Earlier this week, I waxed nostalgic/ecstatic about how great Xiu Xiu (and their new album, Dear God, I Hate Myself) still are. Well, it’s as if the band read the post (not likely) and broadcast … read more »
Let's All Give Thanks That Xiu Xiu Is Still Around
Back in sophomore year of high school, when I had a portable CD player and not a Zune, there were three records in constant rotation on my unwieldy, skip-prone listening device: Fugazi’s The Argument, Mission … read more »
Xiu Xiu Announce New Album, Dear God, I Hate Myself
More light, uplifting fare from Jamie Stewart. read more »
Former Ghosts (f. Members of Xiu Xiu and Zola Jesus), “Hold On” MP3
With some assistance from Jamie Stewart, main body of Xiu Xiu and Nika Roza, main body of Zola Jesus, Former Ghosts is the songwriting project of Freddy Ruppert of This Song is a Mess But … read more »
Jamie Stewart, Freddy Ruppert And Nika Roza Form Former Ghosts
For the past month, we’ve been hearing too much news about new supergroup collaborations that are only half decent, and are formed on a whim of mid-life-rock-star existential crises, so when we heard news of Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart forming a new trio, we were pleasantly surprised. read more »
Best Singles Of 2008, #9 – Xiu Xiu Featuring Michael Gira "Under Pressure"
Xiu Xiu are no strangers to strange cover versions, but they set their sights seemingly unreasonably high by taking on a song pretty much universally liked. Much more surprising, they pulled it off. The original was always about an interplay of voices, and here the effect is even more pronounced, balancing Jamie Stewart’s expressive quaver against Michael Gira‘s (of Swans) staid resonance, and Caralee McEllroy’s ringing clarity. And with a couple brief free sax solos worked into the perfect balance of pop and experimentation. –Nate Dorr read more »
