Xiu Xiu
Experimental Rock Band
Xiu Xiu (pronounced shoe-shoe) is an experimental art rock band originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception. His current bandmates are Angela Seo and percussionist Ches Smith. The band's name is taken from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.
Xiu Xiu's music draws heavily from several disparate genres including post-punk, 80's synth pop, noise, ambient, techno, asian percussive music, modern classical, and folk. Musically, the band will often blend cacophonous percussion and experimental structures with lush hooks and diverging lyrical styles.
In May 2007 Devin Hoff joined the band on bass. "Xiu Xiu: The Polaroid Project: The Book" was released in November 2007, following several delays. The book came bundled with a bonus CD entitled A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana featuring contributions from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Parenthetical Girls, and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier among others.
The band's sixth full-length, Women as Lovers, was released by Kill Rock Stars in January 2008.
On February 10, 2009, Jamie Stewart offered a new 12 month/12 disc music service limited to 50 subscriptions. Each package would include a hand-wrapped, hand-made disc containing ambient and other experimental music works. The subscription sold out in less than 24 hours. On May 15, 2009 Caralee McElroy left the band, to join Cold Cave.
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