[greedrex]

yeah i kind of said to myself : let's listen to xiu xiu
they did look "difficult to grasp" for some reason, but hey they sound fine to me
so far i've listened to airforce and women as lovers
would get my hands / ears on more soon



mmmmm


you like xiu xiu?

[Trasher02]

I've been obsessed with them for a really long time.

A Promise and The Airforce are my fav albums. I haven't heard Women as lovers but I've heard some stuff from the album on myspace and it wasn't exactly mindblowing.

[atsonicpark]

I think they get worse with every album and the last time I saw them live they were terrible. I really enjoyed knife play when it came out and LOVED a promise when it came out.. one of my favorites of that year... but they just really kind of bore me now.

Not a bad band but definitely an uninteresting one to me at this point. You could do worse.

[Trasher02]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I think they get worse with every album and the last time I saw them live they were terrible. I really enjoyed knife play when it came out and LOVED a promise when it came out.. one of my favorites of that year... but they just really kind of bore me now.

Not a bad band but definitely an uninteresting one to me at this point. You could do worse.

I really need to get Knife Play ASAP to see what the fuzz is all about.

[atsonicpark]

oh, and xiu xiu: the sent down girl is one of the best films I've ever seen.

[atsonicpark]

Let me put it like this: Xiu Xiu will never write another song as good as "Hives Hives" (off of knife play) again.. which is perhaps why they're not that interesting to me anymore.

[Trasher02]

Okay this thread made me fall in love with Xiu Xiu once again.

[SuperCreep]

I like everything they've done except for the last one, and I especially love the first two. I'm seeing them on my birthday next month. Real psyched for that.

[atsonicpark]

yeah women as lovers sucks balls

[greedrex]

mmmm gotta get the early stuff , dudes
will come back to review
not that anyone cares

 

[Everyneurotic]

women as lovers is pretty unmemorable, i think; that's the problem.

i have this theory, every two albums they do a good one like (from when i started listening to them) fabulous muscles is great, la foret not that much, then the air force is fucking fantastic and women as lovers is very mediocre.

i also think they have never done an excellent album, great stuff but all of their releases have duds and filler.

[schizophrenicroom]

xiu xiu are FANTASTIC live and jamie stewart is both my husband and so sweet and funny in his emails.

personally, i like women as lovers because it's poppy (almost) and sometimes i just want to listen to xiu xiu without feeling like killing myself, you know? i know it's not amazing or mindblowing, but hey, greg saunier! i agree with every-e, though, for every "hives hives" there's that dreadful pussycat dolls cover.

[Derek]

What Xiu Xiu release should I check out after Knife Play?

[schizophrenicroom]

fabulous muscles!

[greedrex]

er excuse me but
greg Saunier = Deerhoof
have i missed something?
must have...

[schizophrenicroom]

greg produced the air force and does some stuff on women as lovers.

[Crumb's Crunchy Delights]

i cant listen to them. they make me want to sneeze

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by schizophrenicroom

greg produced the air force and does some stuff on women as lovers.

aaa ok
cheers dudette
doesn't surprise me when i think of it, i really liked airforce

[schizophrenicroom]

i'm pretty sure he produced women as lovers as well, but my cd is in my suitcase and i can't get to it. the air force is a fun cd, one of my xiu xiu favorites.

[Sonic Youth 37]

I've never listened to Xiu Xiu. No reason, I just haven't picked up/downloaded any of there stuff. Perhaps I might, but I've said this a dozen times before.