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Electronica, Experimental, Live Reviews, Post-Punk

LIVE REVIEW: Xiu Xiu @ Goodgod Small Club, Sydney (17/10/12)

by Chris Familton With some mildly unnervingly field recordings serenading Goodgod’s spinning mirror balls Rites Wild took the floor and proceeded to weave some intoxicating, pulsing electronic kosmiche tracks that sounded like the soundtrack to a dystopian analog future. Her long and spacious tracks delivered immersive and engaging results with some wonderful synth lines dancing and droning over pseudo-industrial rhythms. Stacey Wilson’s vocals have a … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Xiu Xiu @ Goodgod Small Club, Sydney (17/10/12)

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ALBUM REVIEW: Xiu Xiu | Always

written by Chris Familton Never one to shy from displaying his emotions, Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart returns with his eighth LP Always. The album title suitably sums up his continued obsessions with damaged emotions, the human body and oppression. He wraps it all up in what has become a trademark sound of dark electronica full of swoon and suffocating catharsis. The reference points of 80s … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Xiu Xiu | Always

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LIVE REVIEW: Xiu Xiu / High Places @ OAF, Sydney 03/09/10

written by Chris Familton This was to be the night of music high on artistic cunning and grandeur with three acts willing to push boundaries of standard song structure and delivery. Locals Kyu impressed with their angelic harmonies that sounded at times like an offshoot of the recent Bjork/Dirty Projectors collaboration. What made Kyu so appealing was the duo’s multi-tasking skills. While both singing layered … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: Xiu Xiu / High Places @ OAF, Sydney 03/09/10

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REVIEW: XIU XIU – Dear God, I Hate Myself

1 2 3 4 5 written by Chris Familton Jamie Stewart has been rolling with the Xiu Xiu moniker and variations of it for a decade now and the complex fusing of disparate sounds and styles has become his trademark. Dear God, I Hate Myself is one of his more accessible albums, probably closest in spirit to 2004’s Fabulous Muscles. It swings masochistically between indie … Continue reading REVIEW: XIU XIU – Dear God, I Hate Myself

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