<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.atmyheels.com/2014/09/my-sixth-recording-xiu-xiu-2007-04-23.html">http://www.atmyheels.com/2014/09/my-sixth-recording-xiu-xiu-2007-04-23.html</a><br><div><br></div><div>Decided to lay off trying to be Graeme in documenting my outings right then and there, and switched to a more historiographical approach...which takes us to the time (first of two) seeing Xiu Xiu...</div><div><br></div><div>Looks like Jamie Stewart is still as nuts/brilliant as ever with his art/experimental indie project which put out a well rated album (Angel Guts: Red Classroom) this year as well as a Nina Simone "covers" album...I fell a bit off of their wagon so I'm not as familiar with their new stuff and didn't catch them when they played the Bottom Of The Hill on August 1st, but it's just as fucked up as ever...maybe even more than the classics 'A Promise' and 'Fabulous Muscles'...</div><div><br></div><div>My first time seeing them back in 2007 was pretty disappointing on the recording front, as I think I ran out of battery and only managed to record four tracks, missing out on their amazing cover of JD/NO's "Ceremony"...well, all but about 20 seconds of it. I've collected everything I could find on this show above...what I did capture sounds really good, comes down to the Sonic Studios mics being well-matched to recording at BOTH...</div><div><br></div><div>Amazingly, someone seems to have filmed the entirety of their Phoenix show the month below, though the video fidelity leaves a bit to be desired, I've also linked that above.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>--Sam</div></div>