Read almost any piece about Xiu Xiu and you'll see words like 'harsh' or 'brutal' — the same words that appear before 'truth' when an unwavering eye is turned on any intimate detail of our lives. Fair descriptions of the themes central to the music, they sit incongruous to the refined, intricate, and beautiful approach taken in crafting the twelve tracks on Xiu Xiu's new album Dear God, I Hate Myself.
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"outrageous brillance"SPIN, 4 out of 5
"Xiu Xiu main man Jamie Stewart is the world's oddest and best pop star-in-waiting"NME, February 20, 2010
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mar 23 - Olympia, WA - Northern (w/ Tune-Yards)
mar 24 - Portland, OR - Holocene (w/ Tune-Yards)
mar 25 - Boise, ID - Neurolux (w/ Tune-Yards, Scout Niblett)
mar 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
mar 27 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
mar 29 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
mar 30 - St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Norma, Br'er)
mar 31 - Iowa City, IA - Gabe's (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
apr 01 - Northfield, MN - The Cave at Carleton College (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
apr 02 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
apr 03 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal, Zola Jesus)
apr 05 - Oberlin, OH - The Dionysus Discotheque (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
apr 07 - Cleveland, OH - The Spot (w/ Tune-Yards, Talk Normal)
apr 08 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/ Tune-Yards, Zola Jesus)
apr 10 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 12 - Amherst, MA - Hampshire College Red Barn
apr 13 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 14 - Washington, DC - DC9 (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 15 - Richmond, VA - The Canal Club Downstairs Lounge (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 16 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 (w/ Tune-Yards)
apr 17 - Detroit, MI - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (w/ TBD)
apr 29 - Krems, Austria - Donaufestival (w/ Deerhoof performing Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures)
may 02 - Shanghai, China - YYT Live (yuyintang.org for more info)
may 03 - Beijing, China - Strawberry Festival
may 19 - Jerusalem, Israel - Yellow Submarine
may 20 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Levontin 7
may 21 - Leipzig, Germany - Conne Island (Altin Village Festival)
may 22 - Berlin, Germany - Hebbel Am Ufer (HAU 2)
may 23 - Poznan, Poland - TBA
may 24 - Warsaw, Poland - Powiekszenie
may 26 - Vienna, Austria - WUK
may 27 - Graz, Austria - Postgarage
may 28 - Budapest, Hungary - A38
may 29 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza pri koritu
may 30 - Zagreb, Croatia - ZEDNO UHO Festival
may 31 - Nuernberg, Germany - K4
jun 01 - Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
jun 02 - Duisburg, Germany - Steinbruch
jun 03 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
jun 04 - Tier, Germany - Exhaus
jun 05 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
jun 06 - London, UK - Plan B
jun 07 - Roubaix, France - Cave Aux Poetes
jun 09 - Paris, France - Filmer La Musique at Point Ephemere
jun 10 - Metz, France - Cloitre des Trinitaires
jun 11 - Lucerne, Switzerland - B-Sides Festival
jun 12 - Torino, Italy - Spazio 211
jun 17 - Roma, Italy - Init
jun 18 - Bucharest, Romania - Liveland Festival
