Xiu Xiu on Turning Tragedy Into Song, New Album ‘Ignore Grief’, Neanderthal Music, and More
American experimental group Xiu Xiu (Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, and now: David Kendrick) emerged alongside a swarm of new American indie-rock artists in the early 2000s. Yet from their inception, Xiu Xiu hardly assimilated into that wave. Their music was full of dissonance, startlingly upfront songwriting, and abrasive mixes, as if the sounds were unravelling …