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Xiu Xiu's Albums Have Never Been Anything Less than Subversivenew

Xiu Xiu's seventh album of new material is among its best, embracing synth pop and avant-garde noisemaking more than ever.

Tucson Weekly | Gene Armstrong | 03-17-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Dear God, I Hate Myself, Dear God, I Hate Myself, Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu Pulls Off the Theatrical, Self-Loathing Thing Pretty Wellnew

Look past the twittering electronic blips and beeps on Xiu Xiu’s latest record and you find some pretty heavy, caked-on, manic-depressive drama (not to mention just plain batshit-crazy weirdness).

The Inlander | Leah Sottile | 03-05-2010 | Reviews

Tags: Dear God, I Hate Myself, Dear God, I Hate Myself, Xiu Xiu

Jamie Stewart's Infinite Sadness Is Exhaustingnew

Jamie Stewart is a morgue-serious songwriter. And yet it's impossible to take the Xiu Xiu frontman seriously. The ache in his indie rock takes introspective moping to such an exaggerated extreme it's difficult to endure with a straight face.

SF Weekly | Jennifer Maerz | 04-08-2009 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Dear God, I Hate Myself, Jamie Stewart, indie rock, Xiu Xiu

Life is Agonynew

Xiu Xu brings the pain.

The Portland Mercury | Jenny Tatone | 03-06-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Xiu Xiu, Women as Lovers

Intriguing but Weird Remixesnew

For all their sprawling diversity, you can always tell a Xiu Xiu song, so it's curious to hear Stewart's output deconstructed and reworked by esoteric artists in this two-disc comp.

NOW Magazine | Sarah Liss | 04-13-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Xiu Xiu, Remixed & Covered

The Other Xiu Dropsnew

Jamie Stewart says Xiu Xiu's music is "provocative," which may be a mild term considering one of their songs is about anally raping to death and then eating George W. Bush.

Miami New Times | Michael Alan Goldberg | 12-09-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: La Foret, Xiu Xiu