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Xiu Xiu?

The Great Jor of Babylon

19:47 / 31.03.03

Has anyone heard of this band? If so, what do you think about them? I saw then a few weeks ago in SF opening for Rasputina and I totally fell for the band. I can hardly describe their music... disjointed, electronic heartbeats, the most dramatic guy ever, beautiful. You either think it's utter crap or brilliant.

videodrome

20:00 / 31.03.03

Poor bastards just had all their gear stolen while they slept after a show. That's about the most effective form of heckling I can think of.

Not a bad buncha string-twangers, from what I've heard...

The Return Of Rothkoid

22:42 / 31.03.03

Not on my watch. I had to review a disc of theirs a couple of months ago, and thought they were the most overwrought shite I'd heard. And I like the bands they're aping.

ONLY NICE THINGS

09:06 / 01.04.03

I liked Petals a lot - the yearning desire for a world that had disappeared, leaving behind it a twisted dystopia that demonstrated, once and for all, that it was a wonderful life, is beautifully expressed.

gingerbop

18:23 / 25.04.03

Never seen/heard of Xiu Xiu, but as for depressing but lovable.. aint it great!

A while ago i was at the Physiotherapist and she was askin what kinda music i liked, and i said i really liked the Cure, and she looked at me in a "o my god, im dealing with a teenager whos about to kill herself" way. But its great, well, most of the time. Intermingled with happy clappiness every so often.

Matthew Fluxington

18:36 / 25.04.03

I'm with Rothkoid and Videodrome.

It doesn't help that Jamie Stewart is a total jackass.