Remixed & Covered

Xiu Xiu

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2007)
• Original Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: 5 Rue Christine
• ASIN: B000NQR87E
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #171,295 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This three-piece crafts sickeningly intimate art that is equally sensual and icy. With damaged, wraithlike dance beats and grim electro minimalism, it cuts you like nails across bare thighs, but just the same, it'll brush your hair from your face, look deep into your eyes, and say, "I feel the same as you sometimes. We're not too different, are we?" Xiu Xiu and friends do this and more on this new double CD set of covers and remixes. The first disc features covers by Sunset Rubdown, Devendra Banhart, Kid 606, Larsen, Oxbow, Marissa Nadler, and more, while the remix half features Gold Chains, Cherry Point, Warbucks, Xiu Xiu, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars tickling a raw nerve..., August 20, 2007

By	Stargrazer "the lost mixtape of my life" (deep in the heart of Michigan) - See all my reviews

Cheek to cheek with beautiful, elegaic covers (Marisa Nadler's time-machine take on "Clowne Towne" abducts the implosive sound of the original and whisks it away to sunburnt 1970s singer-songwriter territory) are crashing remixes (like the off kilter "Ceremony" that sounds like someone playing two different cracked Joy Division records at once), "Remixed and Covered" serves as either a fine introduction to the raw nerves and sexual politics of Xiu Xiu, or a perfect respite for fans.

4.0 out of 5 stars from what i've heard this far!, April 12, 2007

By	E. Cavazos "^___^" (san anto) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i just listened to the covers record, now moving on to the remixes. There was some really jems on that album and then there was some songs i had to skip after a minute or two,,well just Oxbow's cover, it sounded like a drunken friend, sitting in the bedroom at a party singing to some chick he think he can impress with his musical skills, but he sounds like a dog being hit by a car. I've got to give props to Larsen, Marissa Nadler and Her Space Holiday for totally make those songs their own. I love it when a artist can do that.

I'm on the second track on the remixes and it's off to an awesome start! good stuff. this is my friend's album, she let me preview before she got her hands on it, since she knows i'm such a fan, and i'm pretty happy with it.

so far.