xiu xiu

  • 2013

    Most tribute albums don’t go over that well, and I can’t make a promise that you’ll think Xiu Xiu’s Nina is an exception. However, from where I’m standing, this collection of recordings is incredibly twisted, bizarre, beautiful, and moving.

  • “Lawrence Liquors” is  the second single to drop from Xiu Xiu’s ninth LP Angel Guts: Red Classroom, after the stellar “Stupid in the Dark” back in November. Despite working with a limited instrumental palette of only a drum kit and analog drum machines and synths, Xiu Xiu is in

  • Some of you might have heard that the California synth pop, art rock, post-punk, experimental everything outfit Xiu Xiu has a Nina Simone covers album coming out on December 3rd. Well, that’s true, but this isn’t the only thing the band has had up their sleeve! In February

  • With September’s “Don’t smoke in bed,” Xiu Xiu gave us our first glimpse at its upcoming Graveface Records debut Nina, a collection of 11 Nina Simone covers done in the style of free jazz. Since then, the band has shared two more tracks from the project, “Just Say

  • art rock

    Divisive experimental pop act Xiu Xiu recently announced that it will be putting out a whole album of Nina Simone covers, simply titled Nina. Above, you can stream the opening track, an astonishing cover of “Don’t Smoke in Bed.” Xiu Xiu’s take on the song eschews the original’

  • caribou

    1. Radiohead- “Lotus Flower” (Jacques Greene Remix) 2. Radiohead- “Little By Little” (Caribou Remix) 3. Memory Tapes- “Yes I Know” (Seams Remix) 4. Parenthetical Girls- “Careful Who You Dance With” (Various Remixers) Careful Who You Dance With by Parenthetical Girls 5. CSS- “Hits Me Like A Rock” (Dillon Francis Remix)

  • deerhoof

    New track from Parenthetical Girls, which is of the second of five EPs they plan to release leading up to a new LP titled Privilege. This EP will be pressed on 500 vinyl copies, and is getting a 9/21 release via Slender Means Society. MP3: Parenthetical Girls- Young Throats