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Artist:	XIU XIU
Title:	Life and Live
Label:	XENG (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	XENG 002CD

Hailing from Oakland and Seattle, Xiu Xiu are a sonic experiment in sad, harrowing, politically dark, often confrontational pop songs. Life and Live is an exclusive release only on the Italian label Xeng -- the band historically has been strongly associated with 5 Rue Christine in the U.S. This is their fifth release, and was recorded before La Forêt and after the incredible Fabulous Muscles album (which has been featured on many Best of 2004 lists). In Life and Live you will find a brilliant collection of acoustic songs, recorded with Devendra Banhart. This album guides you through the essence of the melancholic and twisted universe of Xiu Xiu. Painfully autobiographical, morose, histrionic, and deeply influenced by modern classical, improvisation, British pop and post-punk, techno beats, and the gamelan orchestra. Strained and aggressively somber politico/personal indie-rock/folk as influenced by Bauhaus, New Order, and The Smiths.

Artist:	FARINA, LUTHER GRAY, DAN LITTLETON, GEOFF
Title:	New Salt
Label:	XENG (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	XENG 003CD

This is the brilliant debut of the new project from Karate leader Geoff Farina. New Salt features Geoff Farina (guitar -- Karate, Secret Stars), Dan Littleton (guitar -- from the American indie-rock band Ida, also well known for his solo recordings and his album with Tara Jane O'Neil), and the jazz drummer Luther Gray. New Salt contains stylish studio compositions fluctuating between instrumental modern rock and elegant jazz. The idea for this recording came about after a few outstanding performances scoring silent movies live in several European art festivals: Film (Samuel Beckett, 1965), Emak Bakia (Man Ray, 1927), and Un Chant D'Amour (Jean Genet, 1950). This amalgamation of improvisation and film produced stately music that combines jazz, drones and freeform rock.

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