- 06
- Mar
You have to love Xiu Xiu. You don't have to, but you should. (Who else in indie rock has press photos that include Peter Sotos and Céline, right?) We've been digging Women As Lovers, as we've previously mentioned. Twice. There are a bunch of great moments, but we do have a favorite: Amid all the chaos and noise-pop hooks when the low-bit marching, sirens, and nursery-rhyming ominousness of "Guantanamo Canto" shifts into their uproarious cover of "Under Pressure," we always get a moment of true heartfelt glee. That Jamie sings it with Caralee and Michael Gira -- icing on the already iced cake. Gira's one of those other people you have to love. Or, again, at least you should. "'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word..."
