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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

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

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

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