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The bands split sides of a 7" to pay tribute to Moz, with Xiu Xiu tackling "I Am Hated For Loving" and Parenthetical Girls on "Handsome Devil." Hear the Girls' take at MySpace. More info at Upset The Rhythm.
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With a title that could possibly be the most fitting name for an album from Oakland's Jamie Stewart and friends, Xiu Xiu is preparing to release the lush and enigmatic Dear God, I Hate Myself on Kill Rock Stars February 23.
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Xiu Xiu, the long-running art-noise confessional vehicle of Oakland's Jamie Stewart, will release their ninth album on February 23, via Kill Rock Stars. Having already named albums Knife Play, Fag Patrol, and Women as Lovers, Stewart keeps things consistent with the happily, self-parodically shocking title of his latest: Dear God, I Hate Myself.
Stewart has spent most of 2009 doing things other than Xiu Xiu; from working on the pretty-great...
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(Spacelab Music News) Xiu Xiu have been working with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, and will release new music in January.
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Why listen to a classic song when a brave/foolhardy indie artist will repackage it
for you? Today, Totally Wired brings you three covers, including
Lavender Diamond doing Madonna’s “Like a Prayer,” Camera Obscura taking
on Jim Reeves' “The Blizzard” plus Parenthetical Girls and Xiu Xiu reinventing
Morrissey, proving that everything old is new again (at least on Stereogum).
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The fine record label Absolutely Kosher (I have lots of their stuff, from people like the Hidden Cameras, The Court And Spark, Xiu Xiu, Jukeboxer, Frog Eyes and The Dead Science) are trying to clear a load of their stock. They’re doing it through Kickstarter.
We’re talking about a sale on the scale [...]
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The title track from BTW Cold Cave's Love Comes Close -- originally released on their own Heartworm Press imprint -- nails a dreamy, soul-sick New Order vibe, but the shape-shifting Philadelphia/New York outfit approach the formula with a much darker undertone (as if Ian Curtis sang "Bizarre Love Triangle," or whatever). The group, which now contains Dominick Fernow of Prurient/Ash Pool and ex-Xiu Xiu multi-instrumenatlist Caralee McElroy...
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Former Ghosts is the reverb-soaked, emotionally raw synthpop project of Freddy Ruppert, Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart, and Nika Roza of Zola Jesus. Their fantastic debut Fleurs is out 10/20 via Upset The Rhythm. We premiered standout "Unfolding" in this week's Drop and spoke with Ruppert about the track. He gave us the specific background of the love song and part of the story behind Fleurs. We couldn't fit it all in the 'Gum Drop, but you can read...
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HORSE the Band have released the new video for their track, "Shapeshift." The video was directed by Daniel Chesnut and is the first single from the bands upcoming full-length, Desperate Living, due out October 6, 2009 via Vagrant Records.
The song features Jaime Stewart of Xiu Xiu lending his sound design and production skills as well as backing vocals. The Southern California-based group starts their headlining tour this week in Fort...
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SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at Merge.
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