Happy sixth anniversary, Xiu Xiu’s The Air Force (TMT Review)! I remember 2006, you were the youngest, tiniest Xiu Xiu album. Now you’re all grown up, given that you subscribe to a worldview that makes a six-year-old a grown-up. You’re great and I love you. Not everyone loves you, though. They don’t love you, because they don’t know you. The Air Force has been out of print for years. In celebration/solution of the album’s sixth birthday, Polyvinyl is reissuing the record on 180-gram black vinyl on October 9. Xiu Xiu leader Jamie Stewart has remastered the album, while also re-imagining the record’s packaging with his brother (and frequent Xiu Xiu designer) Joe Stewart. Now, The Air Force, everyone will love/like/hate/be indifferent to you.
The Air Force reissue will also launch the band into their fall world tour. Pa-shoo! That was a launching noise? The noise-pop outfit will play a string of dates in Australia, then head over to Europe for another chunk of dates. But before that, they’ll be touring with their best friends, Swans, who released The Seer to ear-splitting acclaim. Just playing, Swans aren’t Xiu Xiu’s best friends. Swans have no friends, only allies, only people who exist in the same black fire. Xiu Xiu have a few friends.
Xiu Xiu dates:
09.02.12 - London, ON - APK Live
09.03.12 - Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern ^
09.06.12 - Vancouver, BC - Venue *
09.07.12 - Seattle, WA - Neumos *
09.08.12 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater *
09.10.12 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Center Grand Ballroom *
09.11.12 - Los Angeles, CA - Music Box @ The Fonda *
09.12.12 - Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom *
09.14.12 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa *
09.15.12 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s *
09.16.12 - Dallas, TX - Trees *
09.18.12 - Oklahoma, OK - ACM @ UCO Performance Lab *
09.19.12 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club *
09.20.12 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre *
09.21.12 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe *
09.22.12 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall *
09.24.12 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre *
10.11.12 - Auckland, New Zealand - Kings Arms
10.14.12 - Perth, Australia - This Is Nowhere
10.17.12 - Sydney, Australia - Goodgod
10.18.12 - Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Powerhouse
10.19.12 - Melbourne, Australia - Gasometer
10.25.12 - Rome, Italy - TBA
10.26.12 - Bronson, Italy - Ravenna
10.27.12 - Verona, Italy - Auditorium Malchovic
10.28.12 - Jesi, Italy - TNT
10.30.12 - Zagreb, Croatia - Tvornica
10.31.12 - Helsinki, Finland - Korjaamo
11.01.12 - Oslo, Norway - Revolver
11.02.12 - Linz, Austria - Ahoi Pop Festival
11.03.12 - Innsbruck, Austria - PMK Bogen
11.04.12 - Nuernberg, Germany - K4
11.05.12 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
11.06.12 - Erfurt, Germany - Theater Am Palais
11.07.12 - Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
11.08.12 - Wuerzburg, Germany - Cafe Cairo
11.09.12 - Brno, Czech Republic - TBA
11.10.12 - Wien, Austria - Arena
11.11.12 - Prague, Czech Republic - Klub Strahov 9007
11.12.12 - Koeln, Germany - Baustelle Kalk
11.13.12 - Zwolle, New Zealand - Eureka
11.14.12 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
11.15.12 - Heidelberg, Germany - Karistorbahnhof
11.16.12 - Metz, France - Musiques Volantes Festival
11.17.12 - Fribourg, Switzerland - CH
^ Mister Lies
* Swans
• Xiu Xiu: http://xiuxiu.org
• Polyvinyl: http://www.polyvinylrecords.com
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