RTP-area local music and culture

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"Anyone familiar with Xiu Xiu=92s music knows that frontman Jamie
Stewart channels emotion through his songs like no other (this is,
after all, the guy whose band takes its namesake from a film
concerning Mao Tse-Tung's Cultural Revolution horrors). It follows,
then, that seeing Stewart and Co. in the live setting involves a kind
of awe that borders on unsettling at times."

"Coming from San Francisco, his band Xiu Xiu (pronounced "shoo-shoo")
has found a welcoming community where they can sing about the most
painful subjects. Incest and death are just a couple of the many taboo
subjects tackled by this artsy collective. A dichotomy of noise and
folky blasts only serves to accentuate the bipolar ups and downs of
life described in Xiu Xiu's songs. In the middle of a North American
tour, Jamie is pleasant and forthright, and had a lot to say about his
music and life as the driving force behind Xiu Xiu."

February 28

Doors Open at 9:00 pm

BYOB

We sell Hookah, Milkshakes, and Nutella by the Spoonful.

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