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  Meet Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu's 'Satanic' Kitties

  April 20, 2012 – The black one is Calvin and the white one, appropriately, is Nurse. They told me Calvin was a boy, but he has really pronounced nipples. I don't know what that means. Calvin is incredibly affectionate; almost anybody can pick him up and carry him around and pet him — but if you're doing something other than petting him, he'll sit on your lap until you start. …
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  Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart Breaks Down Dark 'Always'

  February 28, 2012 – Few songwriters are as brave as Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart. For ten years plus, the Bay Area native has been unafraid of bringing us (sometimes uncomfortably) close to topics and textures and characters we might normally sidestep or miss. And on Always, his collective's latest full-length (due March 6 via Polyvinyl) and an album fraught with line-up changes, honesty remains in the foreground. …
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  New Albums from Alkaline Trio & 5 More!

  February 23, 2010 – Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today: Alkaline Trio, This AddictionMoody Warped Tour vets downsize, reanimate. Read Review >> Shout Out Louds, WorkNü-romantics go for even gloomier jangle. Read Review >> Shearwater, The Golden ArchipelagoSit right down and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a... …
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• Xiu Xiu, 'Dear God, I Hate Myself' (Kill Rock Stars)

  February 22, 2010 – "If you expect me to be outrageous / I will be extra outrageous," Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart promises at the start of his band's seventh studio album. True -- but after 2004's creepily tender Fabulous Muscles, you'd expect him to be pretty sometimes, too. And on tracks like "Chocolate Makes You Happy" and "Hyunhye's Theme," cello, harmonium, and delicate guitar coexist with Stewart's darker, squelchier impulses. …
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