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Xiu Xiu forms group w/ Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg, playing NYC w/ Merzbow, likes Talk Normal

5957 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — Jamie Stewart @ Williamsburg Waterfront on July 11th (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart seems to be in an collaborative mood of late. Recently, Stewart and Xiu Xiu member Angela Seo joined Deerhoof for a live tribute... more info

Jamie Stewart and Jonathan Meiburg Reveal New Blue Water White Death Project

5957 days ago
XLR8R — Two masterminds of our era's most eccentric, forward-thinking indie groups, Xiu Xiu and Shearwater, have come together on a new project of unprecedentedly strange pop music. Jamie Stewart (pictured above) and Jonathan Meiburg are Blue Water Whit... more info

Thursday News Lowdown

5957 days ago
KEXP Seattle — Andy Hummel, the bassist for Big Star, died Monday at the age of 59 after years of battling cancer. This is only four months after the passing of Big Star’s frontman Alex Chilton passing away in March. Our thoughts go out to Hummel’s family. Read... more info

Xiu Xiu @ Plan B, Brixton, June 6th

6002 days ago
DrownedInSound — Last year, Jamie Stewart’s solo shows proved that less can be (frighteningly, excoriatingly) more, because one man onstage – screaming, gibbering, and sweatily gurning – is far more disturbing than any frontman you care to name, throwing shapes... more info

Xiu Xiu & Deerhoof Cover Joy Division At Donaufestival

6040 days ago
Stereogum — Last night at the Donaufestival in Lower Austria, Jamie Stewart collaborated with labelmates Deerhoof on a complete run-through of Joy Division’s 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures. Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier is sort of an honorary Xiu Xiu member, so ... more info

Jamie Stewart Collaborates With Vaginal Davis—and Wants Your Hair

6041 days ago
XLR8R — Legendary musician, performer, filmmaker, and queer-core queen Vaginal Davis will be hosting Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart (among many) as part of her upcoming performance piece at PS 122, "Speaking from the Diaphragm". read more more info

Scene and heard: American Gothic | Louis Pattison

6051 days ago
Guardian Music — Zola Jesus is the moody harbinger of a new crop of US underground acts updating the gothic rock aestheticAn amazing record came out a couple of weeks back. It's called Stridulum, it's six tracks long, and it's the work of a 21-year old vocalist from ... more info

Xiu Xiu – “This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy)” Video

6063 days ago
Stereogum — When posting the vomit-inducing video for Dear God, I Hate Myself’s title track, we learned that the song’s synth-lined gothic bleep and thump was created primarily on a Nintendo DS. In testament to Jamie Stewart’s instrument of choice, “T... more info

Artist Tips: Xiu Xiu

6075 days ago
XLR8R — Jamie Stewart, the mastermind behind veteran indie band Xiu Xiu, has been using wonky electronics to create his sinisterly playful and completely abrasive sounds since his first album, 2002's Knife Play. Moving deeper into the 21st century, Stew... more info

Xiu Xiu - Dear God I Hate Myself

6082 days ago
8/1 — 8.2/10 Gündelik hayatın içindeki gerilim unsurlarını çok iyi seçip bunlar üzerine oynayan Jamie Stewart, her ÅŸarkısı için ayrı bir persona yaratıyor. Pop müziÄŸin en avangart yüzlerinden birini kar... more info

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