Xiu Xiu Lyrics
All Songs
20,000 Deaths For Eidelyn Gonzales, 200,000 Deaths...
20000 Deaths For Eidelyn Gonzales 20000 Deaths For Jamie Peterson
A Bottle Of Rum
Ale
Anne Dong
Apistat Commander
Asleep
At Last, At Last
Baby Captain
Bishop Ca
Blacks
Bog People
Boy Soprano
Brain The Vampire
Brian the Vampire
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bunny Gamer
Bunny Gamer (B)
Buzz Saw
Ceremony
Clover
Clowne Towne
Crank Heart
Dangerous You Shouldnt Be Here
Don Diasco
Don Diasco [Previously Unreleased Track; Bonus Track]
Don't Cha
Dr. Troll
Fabulous Muscles -
Fabulous Muscles -
Faith, Torn Apart
Fast Car
Fleshettes
Forget
Get Up
Hay Choco Bananas
He Needs Me
Hello From Eau Claire
Helsabot
Hives Hives
Homonculus
I Am the Center of Your World
I Broke Up
I Broke Up (SJ)
I Cannot Resist
I Luv the Valley
I Luv The Valley OH!
Ian Curtis Wishlist
Jennifer Lopez
Jenny GoGo
King Earth, King Earth
Little Panda McElroy
Little Panda McElroy (B)
Luber
Mike
Mousey Toy
Muppet Face
Nieces Pieces
Nieces Pieces -
Over Over
Petite
Pink City
Pj In The Streets...
Poe Poe
Pox
Queen Of The Losers
Rose Of Sharon
Rumpus Room
Sad Cory-O-Grapher
Sad Mezcalita
Sad Pony Guerilla Girl
Sad Pony Guerrilla Girl
Sad Redux-O-Grapher
Saint Pedro Glue Stick
Saturn
Save Me Save Me
Suha
Support Our Troops Oh!
Support Our Troops Oh! (Black Angels Oh!)
The Fox and The Rabbit
The Fox & the Rabbit
The Pineapple Vs The Watermelon
The Wig Master
Tonite and Today (What Chu' Talkin' 'Bout)
Under Pressure
Vulture Piano
Walnut House
Wig Master
Wondering
Yellow Rasberry
Yellow Raspberry
Xiu Xiu (SHOO-shoo) is an American experimental rock band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of multi-instrumentalists Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angela Seo, and percussionist David Kendrick.
Xiu Xiu released their first two albums, Knife Play (2002) and A Promise (2003), on 5 Rue Christine to positive critical reception. In-between the two, the EP Chapel of the Chimes was released via Absolutely Kosher. The compilation album Fag Patrol was released shortly after, and their third studio album Fabulous Muscles was released in 2004. La Forêt was released in 2005 after Caralee McElroy joined the group, and The Air Force followed in 2006. 2008's Women as Lovers was released via the main Kill Rock Stars label in 2008, and McElroy departed the group shortly afterwards.
Dear God, I Hate Myself was released in 2010 and was the first Xiu Xiu album to prominently feature longtime member Angela Seo. Following a signing to Polyvinyl and Bella Union, Xiu Xiu released Always (2012) and Angel Guts: Red Classroom (2014). In between those two projects, the group released a Nina Simone tribute project, Nina, in late 2013 via Graveface Records.
Plays the Music of Twin Peaks (2016) followed, an album consisting of covers from the Twin Peaks soundtracks originally as a Record Store Day exclusive release but re-released by Polyvinyl later that year. Forget (2017) and Girl with Basket of Fruit (2019) were released afterwards, and Xiu Xiu released their twelfth album Oh No in 2021. Their thirteenth album, Ignore Grief, was released in March 2023, and their fourteenth, 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips, was released in September 2024.
Members:
Xiu Xiu released their first two albums, Knife Play (2002) and A Promise (2003), on 5 Rue Christine to positive critical reception. In-between the two, the EP Chapel of the Chimes was released via Absolutely Kosher. The compilation album Fag Patrol was released shortly after, and their third studio album Fabulous Muscles was released in 2004. La Forêt was released in 2005 after Caralee McElroy joined the group, and The Air Force followed in 2006. 2008's Women as Lovers was released via the main Kill Rock Stars label in 2008, and McElroy departed the group shortly afterwards.
Dear God, I Hate Myself was released in 2010 and was the first Xiu Xiu album to prominently feature longtime member Angela Seo. Following a signing to Polyvinyl and Bella Union, Xiu Xiu released Always (2012) and Angel Guts: Red Classroom (2014). In between those two projects, the group released a Nina Simone tribute project, Nina, in late 2013 via Graveface Records.
Plays the Music of Twin Peaks (2016) followed, an album consisting of covers from the Twin Peaks soundtracks originally as a Record Store Day exclusive release but re-released by Polyvinyl later that year. Forget (2017) and Girl with Basket of Fruit (2019) were released afterwards, and Xiu Xiu released their twelfth album Oh No in 2021. Their thirteenth album, Ignore Grief, was released in March 2023, and their fourteenth, 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips, was released in September 2024.
Jamie Stewart - production, vocals, percussion, guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano, programming, bass, organ, harmonium, viola (2002-present)
Angela Seo - production, vocals, percussion, piano, synthesizers, programming, organ, harmonium (2009-present)
David Kendrick - production, drums, percussion (2022-present)
Former members:
Cory McCulloch - production, bass guitar, mandolin, synthesizers (2002-2009)
Lauren Andrews - synthesizers, keyboards, piano, percussion (2002-2004)
Yvonne Chen - synthesizers, percussion, trumpet (2002-2003)
Caralee McElroy - production, synthesizers, piano, harmonium, percussion, flute, vocals (2004-2009)
Ches Smith - drums, percussion, synthesizers, vocals (2006-2018)
Devin Hoff - double bass, bass guitar, acoustic bass (2008)
Zac Pennington - multi-instrumentalist (2011)
Marc Riordan - percussion (2012)
Shayna Dunkelman - drums, vibraphone, synthesizers, percussion (2012-2017)
Thor Harris - drums, percussion (2019)
Christopher Pravdica - bass (2019)
Name Origin:
The band's name comes from the film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. The band found its first tracks to match the "rotten realness" spirit of the film, "that sometimes life turns out with a worst possible case scenario". Stewart said Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car", which Xiu Xiu covered on A Promise, had a similar theme.
From: San Jose, California, U.S.
Genre(s): Experimental rock, art rock, noise pop, electronic, post-punk, avant-pop, art pop
Active From: 2002-present
Influences: Nina Simone, The Birthday Party, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark