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

5267 days ago
XLR8RTwo 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

5267 days ago
KEXP SeattleAndy 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

5312 days ago
DrownedInSoundLast 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

5350 days ago
StereogumLast 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

5351 days ago
XLR8RLegendary 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

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicZola 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

5373 days ago
StereogumWhen 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

5385 days ago
XLR8RJamie 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

5392 days ago
8/18.2/10 Gündelik hayatın içindeki gerilim unsurlarını çok iyi seçip bunlar üzerine oynayan Jamie Stewart, her şarkısı için ayrı bir persona yaratıyor. Pop müziğin en avangart yüzlerinden birini kar... more info

Oslo and E8: The Brainlove Column #3

5395 days ago
DrownedInSoundJamie Stewart's bottomless intensity becomes more thorny and difficult to understand with every addition to the Xiu Xiu oeuvre, but his work is always compelling, often to the point of being hypnotic. Squalls of terrifying noise mingle with near-sile... more info

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