Xiu Xiu

Xiu Xiu /ˈʃuːʃuː/ is an American experimental noise pop group 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. As of 2009, his bandmate has been Angela Seo. The band's name is taken from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl.

History

Jamie Stewart formed Xiu Xiu in 2002 after his previous band, Ten in the Swear Jar, disbanded. Stewart and Cory McCullough continued from the previous group, and were joined by Yvonne Chen and Lauren Andrews. The band's sound was characterized by its use of indigenous instruments and programmed drums in place of traditional rock instruments: harmonium, mandolin, brass bells, gongs, keyboards, and a cross between a guitarrón mexicano and a cello for bass. The band's name comes from the film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl. In Stewart's description, the film's theme is that of no resolution—that awful things happen to the protagonist throughout the film and she dies at the end. 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. He later added that the band was a product of San Jose pirate radio stations that played house, hi-NRG, freestyle, and techno, which Stewart considered unpretentious, plain, heartbroken, clear, and based around dancing away sadness. He said he wrote his first Xiu Xiu song after leaving a San Jose dance club alone on a Christmas night: "Xiu Xiu came from feeling stupid and lonely and then wanting to dance it away, but having the club and its music only magnify that stupid and lonely feeling."

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Xiu Xiu (disambiguation)

Xiu Xiu is an American experimental indie band.

Xiu Xiu may also refer to:

  • Xiu Xiu (pentathlete) (born 1987), female Chinese modern pentathlete
  • Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, 1998 Chinese film directed by actress Joan Chen
  • Valen Hsu (born 1974), also known as Xiu Xiu, Taiwanese female singer
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    Xiu Xiu (pentathlete)

    Xiu Xiu (Chinese: 修秀; pinyin: Xiū Xiù; born 4 December 1987 in Luoyang, Henan) is a female Chinese modern pentathlete who finished 10th in this event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

    Her personal best at the World Championships is 5th at the 2007 World Championships. She also won the Korean Open & Asian Championships in 2009.

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    Podcasts:

    許茹芸

    ALBUMS

    Valen Hsu Greatest Hits

    Released 2011

    愛．旅行．一公里

    Released 2009

    北緯66度

    Released 2007

    我愛夜

    Released 2003

    愛情電影主題曲 雲且留住

    Released 2003

    單身日記

    Released 2001

    只說給你聽

    Released 2001

    花咲

    Released 2000

    難得好天氣

    Released 2000

    我就是這麼快樂

    Released 1999

    真愛無敵

    Released 1999

    你是最ㄞˋ

    Released 1998

    我依然愛你

    Released 1998

    日光機場

    Released 1997

    茹此精彩13首

    Released 1997

    淚海

    Released 1996

    如果雲知道

    Released 1996

    討好

    Released 1995

    鋼琴記事簿

    芸開了

    Xiu Xiu

    ALBUMS

    Unclouded Sky

    Released 2014

    There Is No Right, There Is No Wrong (The Best Of Xiu Xiu 2002 - 2012)

    Released 2014

    Angel Guts: Red Classroom

    Released 2014

    Nina

    Released 2013

    Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson Present Sal Mineo

    Released 2013

    The Green Corridor: Series 02

    Released 2012

    Always

    Released 2012

    Dear God, I Hate Myself

    Released 2010

    CD of the Month: March

    Released 2009

    CD of the Month: April

    Released 2009

    Women as Lovers

    Released 2008

    A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana

    Released 2007

    Remixed and Covered

    Released 2007

    Creepshow

    Released 2006

    The Air Force

    Released 2006

    Live 7-26-04

    Released 2005

    Life and Live

    Released 2005

    La Forêt

    Released 2005

    Fabulous Muscles

    Released 2004

    A Promise

    Released 2003

    Knife Play

    Released 2002

    RARE

    Album of the Month: July

    Album of the Month: August

    2005-03-04: Los Angeles, CA, USA

    2004-05-13: Nuremberg, Germany

    Live at Emo's, Austin, TX (18.11.03)

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    Yellow Raspberry

    by: Xiu Xiu

    No one will eat him
    A yellow raspberry
    Perched on top of the thorn bush
    Up high and ugly
    Up high and weird
    This minute 20 years ago
    Your hair looked just as bad
    Talking nonstop to a little rubber pixie
    What has changed when you tell
    Your doll hello?
    More indignant, less recognizable
    You became a bag lady's son
    Beating off nonstop
    To the escort pages
    What has changed when you tell
    The cross hello?
    You left with some money
    More self righteous, less hopeful
    Up high and ugly up high and ZORP
    This minute 20 seconds ago
    Your face looks just as dumb
    Singing nonsense to your voice mail
    What has changed as you tell
    Your cactus hello?
    More fixated, less relief
    You became a faggot
    Dressed like a bunny
    Beating off nonstop
    To the escort pages
    What has changed as you tell




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