Xiu Xiu, the American experimental rock outfit founded by Jamie Stewart in 2000, channels raw emotional turmoil through a volatile brew of piercing synths, jagged percussion, atonal noise, and fragile ballads.
Drawing from the brooding post-punk of Joy Division and Nina Simone's fearless…
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Xiu Xiu; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, Greg Saunier, Nina Simone + 111 more
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Parenthetical Girls, Shearwater, Los Campesinos!, Mary Halvorson + 30 more
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