DF n°156, Interview with Xiu Xiu, April 23rd, 2012

Always, the last album by Xiu Xiu, is surely one of the best of their whole career (in ten years, they released nine albums!). I must admit I fantasized a little bit about the character of Jamie Stewart. His lyrics are quite intriguing and we tend to imagine a very tormented charismatic character when we listen to the records. On the contrary, Jamie is a very pleasant and accessible person. I met him before his show in Marseille on March 31st, in a venue called Montevideo. The venue was not really adapted to the post-punk sound of the band (they even did a cover of New Order's song "Ceremony") and, apart from technical problems, the band seemed tired and not really into it. Anyway, they sound quite differently on stage than on the records, with less electronics and samples. It was as if we were discovering another band. There were some tensions during the show between the band and the sound engineer (who looked like the singer of Kill The Thrill!), but happily we met Jamie in the afternoon just after the soundcheck. He was a really "charming man" as Morrissey would say. We talked about singing and singers, intimacy and writing, fear and serial killers, humor and sexuality, boredom and creativity among many other things. In our cinema section, we talked about the release on DVd of Fassbinder's movies, in particular the very oscure and neo-gothic western Whity and the classic Lili Marleen.

LAST FEW DAYS, Too much is not enough

NASMAK, Waiting Room

7JK, Dear Claire

VOLCANO THE BEAR, The great reimbursing

XIU XIU, Crank Heart, Joey's Song, Jennifer Lopez, White Nerd, Cumberland Gap, Black Drum Machine, Hi!, Saturn, I Luv Abortion, In Lust you can hear the axe fall, Born to Suffer

THE HET, You not me (with Angels Vox Pride)

PHILIPPE PETIT, De Biscanti

PETER STOPSCHINSKI, Rough Night

KRISTOFFER NYSTROMS ORKESTER, Vulgalina Fever

SUTCLIFFE JUGEND, Empathiser

PBK & ZANSTONES, Shot White Sacrifice

XX COMMITTEE, National Re-Doubt

FRANCK VIGROUX, Bruisme

SEKTOR 304, A.A.D.S.

CURRENT 93, Salt

ANDRE ET MARCELLE LE BIHAN, Miss Téléphone, la journée d'une standardiste / Présentation, Automatic-Réveil-Central Pique-nique

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