Metal Injection — The Absence, the band featuring vocalist Jamie Stewart, guitarist Taylor Nordberg (Deicide, Inhuman Condition), and drummer Jeramie Kling (ex-Venom Inc., Inhuman Condition), has begun teasing new material for 2024. The […] more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub ranked the greatest literary television adaptations. Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart discussed the band's new album Girl with Basket of Fruit with PopMatters. February's best eBook deals. Stream a new Kevin Morby song. Oprah Magazine recommended... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy -- 1977's 'Low' and 'Heroes' and 1979's 'Lodger' -- was performed live at NYC's Brookfield Place across three consecutive nights by an ensemble led by Shearwater/Loma's Jonathan Meiburg that also included ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The new album sees Sharon going in a synthy direction, and it features Heather Woods Broderick, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist), McKenzie Smith (Midlake), Joey Waronker (Atoms For Peace), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and others. ... more info

Stereogum — No one sings like Andrew Choi. Two years ago, upon the release of Ten Hymns From My American Gothic , I compared the St. Lenox singer's voice to John Darnielle, Michael Stipe, and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart -- to that list I'd now add Craig Finn, Cee-L... more info

Stereogum — Jamie Stewart was applying to become an airport baggage handler the day his father, a musician and record producer, committed suicide. Stewart never finished the application; instead, he threw himself wholeheartedly into performing left-of-center pop... more info

The Quietus — Sound project by Lawrence English and Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu in response to Lynch photographs set for another performance in 2017 more info

Stereogum — St. Lenox is Andy Choi, a New York lawyer and Juilliard-trained concert violinist whose extremely distinct music is equal parts jarring and charming. Choi’s voice is one of the most striking instruments in music today, a harsh and commanding howl t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bad news from Jamie Stewart aka Xiu Xiu:I am disappointed and very sorry to say that Xiu Xiu will have to postpone our upcoming tour. I have been having increasing trouble with my throat for years, and this week... more info

Consequence of Sound — Jamie Stewart's tribute to Nina Simone offers no reason for more than a novelty listen. more info