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Xiu Xiu discography

This is a selective list of American experimental band Xiu Xiu's discography.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions.
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Heat.

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US
Vinyl

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US
Indep.

[3]
Knife Play
A Promise
  • Released: February 18, 2003
  • Label: 5 Rue Christine
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
Fabulous Muscles
  • Released: February 17, 2004
  • Label: 5 Rue Christine
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
La Forêt
  • Released: July 12, 2005
  • Label: 5 Rue Christine
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
The Air Force
  • Released: September 15, 2006
  • Label: 5 Rue Christine
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Women as Lovers
  • Released: January 29, 2008
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
45
Dear God, I Hate Myself
  • Released: February 23, 2010
  • Label: Kill Rock Stars
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Always 10
Nina
  • Released: December 3, 2013
  • Label: Graveface
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
Angel Guts: Red Classroom
  • Released: February 4, 2014
  • Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
38
Unclouded Sky
  • Released: June 13, 2014
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, digital download
Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks
  • Released: April 16, 2016
  • Label: Polyvinyl, Bella Union
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
9 8
Forget
  • Released: February 24, 2017
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
24
Girl with Basket of Fruit
  • Released: February 8, 2019
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download
19 47
Oh No
  • Released: March 26, 2021
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
Ignore Grief
  • Released: March 3, 2023
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download
13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
  • Released: September 27, 2024
  • Label: Polyvinyl
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

Live albums

Compilation albums

  • Fag Patrol (2003)
  • Xiu Xiu for Life: The First 5 Years (2008) – Japanese best-of compilation
  • Rare (2012) – Always companion compilation
  • There Is No Right, There Is No Wrong (2014) – best-of compilation

EPs

Singles

  • "Fleshettes" CD-single (2004)
  • The Special 12 Singles Series (2005)
  • "Boy Soprano" / "San Pedro Glue Stick" picture disc 7-inch (2006)
  • Jamie Stewart Pre-Xiu Xiu Picture disc 7-inch (2007)
  • Untitled 12 month/12 disc subscription service – limited edition of 50 subscriptions (2009)
  • "Razor Scooter" / "Sashay Away" digital single (2011)
  • "Daphny" / "Only Girl (In the World)" 7-inch (2011)
  • Graveface Records Charity 7-inch (2012)
  • "Quagga" / "Thylacine" 7-inch (2012)
  • "Fear of the Horizon" / "Turkish March" 7-inch art by Heidi Hahn (2017)
  • "Between the Breaths" with Mitski (2018)
  • "A Real Indication" digital single (2021)

Splits

Collaborations

  • ¡Ciaütistico! – collaboration with Larsen under the moniker XXL, for Xiu Xiu Larsen (2005)
  • Creepshow – collaboration with Grouper under the artist name "Xiu Xiu vs. Grouper" (2006)
  • Remixed & Covered – collaboration with artists including To Live and Shave in L.A. (Tom Smith (filker)), Her Space Holiday, Larsen, Oxbow, Sunset Rubdown, Marissa Nadler, Good For Cows, Kid606, XO Skeletons, Gold Chains, Devendra Banhart, Warbucks, Cherry Point, and Grouper) (2007)
  • ¿Spicchiology? – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2007)
  • A Soundtrack for a Polaroid of Two Trees in Indiana – collaboration disc included with the Xiu Xiu: The Polaroid Project: The Book (2007)
  • Desperate Living, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Horse the Band (2009)
  • Blue Water White Death, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Jonathan Meiburg (2010)
  • Hello Cruel World, track 1, "Napoleon", with Sole (formerly of Anticon) and The Skyrider Band (2011)
  • Düde – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2012)
  • Sal Mineo, Jamie Stewart collaboration with Eugene Robinson of Oxbow (2013)
  • Newstalgia, track 7, "8 Bit Memories" with Time (2013)
  • Christmas Island, track 4, "Coffin Dance", Jamie Stewart collaboration with Andrew Jackson Jihad (2014)
  • Metal collaboration with artist Danh Vo; 3 hour percussion piece played live at the Kitchen in New York City (2014)
  • Extinction Meditation collaboration with Mantra; 4 movement percussion piece about environmental apocalypse – movements entitled 2050, 2071, 2092, 2113 (2015)
  • Merzxiu – collaboration with Merzbow (2015)[6]
  • The Magic Flute, with Susanne Sachsee, Jonathan Berger and Vaginal Davis (2016)
  • Puff O' Gigio – Xiu Xiu and Larsen as XXL (2019)
  • Moira – Xiu Xiu and Black Leather Jesus (2021)

XMFX subscription covers

No. Month Song(s) Original artist(s) Appears on... Ref.
1 April 2020 "Dancing with a Stranger" Sam Smith and Normani Love Goes [7]
2 May 2020 "Plain Gold Ring"/"In Heaven" Nina Simone/Peter Ivers and David Lynch Little Girl Blue/Eraserhead (soundtrack) [8]
3 June 2020 "Sex Dwarf" Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret [9]
4 July 2020 "'See You Don’t Bump His Head'" Scott Walker Bish Bosch [10]
5 August 2020 "I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins [11]
6 September 2020 "Less than Human" The Chameleons Script of the Bridge [12]
7 October 2020 "Halloween" El Muertho de Tijuana Padre Santo [13]
8 November 2020 "I Think I'm a Mother" PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love [14]
9 December 2020 "Stripped" Depeche Mode Black Celebration [15]
10 January 2021 "Names" Cat Power You Are Free [16]
11 February 2021 "Kansas" The Wolfgang Press Bird Wood Cage [17]
12 March 2021 "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" Roxy Music For Your Pleasure [18]
13 April 2021 "In the Garage" Weezer Weezer (Blue Album) [19]
14 May 2021 "In Dreams" Roy Orbison In Dreams [20]
15 June 2021 "New Dawn Fades" Joy Division Unknown Pleasures [21]
16 July 2021 "Reject All American" Bikini Kill Reject All American [22]
17 August 2021 "Triple Sun" Coil The Ape of Naples [23]
18 September 2021 "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" The Crystals Non-album single [24]
19 October 2021 "Hamburger Lady" Throbbing Gristle D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle [25]
20 November 2021 "Dancing On My Own" Robyn Body Talk Pt. 1 [26]
21 December 2021 "Mama, You Been on My Mind" Bob Dylan The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 [27]
22 January 2022 "Black Ships Ate the Sky" Current 93 Black Ships Ate the Sky [28]
23 February 2022 "The Passenger" Iggy Pop Lust for Life [29]
24 March 2022 "Cherry Bomb" The Runaways The Runaways [30]
25 April 2022 "Some Things Last a Long Time"/"Ricky's Hand" Daniel Johnston/Fad Gadget 1990/Non-album single [31]
26 May 2022 "Modern Romance" Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell [32]
27 June 2022 "S.P.Q.R." This Heat Deceit [33]
28 July 2022 "I Hate You" The Monks Black Monk Time [34]
29 August 2022 "Heroin" The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground & Nico [35]
30 September 2022 "Warm Leatherette" The Normal Non-album single [36]
31 October 2022 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra Boots [37]
32 November 2022 "Lucretia My Reflection" The Sisters of Mercy Floodland [38]
33 December 2022 "The Hall of Mirrors" Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express [39]
34 January 2023 "A Forest" The Cure Seventeen Seconds [40]
35 February 2023 "How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon The Wicked" Diamanda Galás Plague Mass [41]
36 March 2023 "Haenim"/"People Ain't No Good" Kim Jung Mi/Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Now/The Boatman's Call [42]
37 April 2023 "Blister in the Sun" Violent Femmes Violent Femmes [43]
38 May 2023 "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" John Cale Sabotage/Live [44]
39 June 2023 "I'm Deranged" David Bowie Outside [45]
40 July 2023 "Never Say Never" Romeo Void Benefactor [46]
41 August 2023 "Losing You" Solange Knowles True [47]
42 September 2023 "Decline and Fall" Virgin Prunes ...If I Die, I Die [48]
43 October 2023 "No Words" Clan of Xymox Clan of Xymox [49]
44 November 2023 "What Makes a Man a Man" Charles Aznavour Aznavour Sings Aznavour Vol. 3 [50]
45 December 2023 "Super Subway Comedian" Suicide Suicide: Alan Vega and Martin Rev [51]
46 January 2024 "Our Lips Are Sealed" Fun Boy Three Waiting [52]
47 February 2024 "Kool Thing" Sonic Youth Goo [53]
48 March 2024 "Double Dare" Bauhaus In the Flat Field [54]
49 April 2024 "Enola Gay"/"The New Stone Age" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organisation/Architecture & Morality [55]
50 May 2024 "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads Talking Heads: 77 [56]
51 June 2024 "Is It All Over My Face? (Love Dancing)" Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face? [57]
52 July 2024 "Raping a Slave" Swans Filth [58]
53 August 2024 "Lick Or Sum" GloRilla Lick Or Sum [59]
54 September 2024 "O Death" n/a n/a [60]
55 October 2024 "Rise" Public Image Ltd Album [61]
56 November 2024 "Jolene" Dolly Parton Jolene [62]
57 December 2024 "Wedding" Einstürzende Neubauten Alles in Allem [63]
58 January 2025 "Brand New Bitch" Cobrah Kinds of Kindness (Original Score) [64]
59 February 2025 "66 5 4 3 2 1" The Troggs The Vintage Years [65]
60 March 2025 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue Fever [66]

References

  1. ^ "Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Vinyl Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Xiu Xiu – Chart history: Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "GRUMPUS KRAMPUS, by Xiu Xiu". Bandcamp. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ^ "GRUMPUS KRAMPUS Announcement of Xiu Xiu's Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  6. ^ "MERZXIU | Merzbow + Xiu Xiu | Kingfisher Bluez". Kingfisherbluez.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  7. ^ "XMFX Dancing with a Stranger, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  8. ^ "XMFX Plain Gold Ring/In Heaven, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  9. ^ "XMFX Sex Dwarf, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  10. ^ "See You Don't Bump His Head, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ^ "I Put A Spell On You XMFX 5, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  12. ^ "Less Than Human XMFX 6, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  13. ^ "HALLOWEEN XMFX 7, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  14. ^ "I Think I'm a Mother XMFX 8, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  15. ^ "Stripped XMFX 9, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  16. ^ "XMFX 10 Names, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  17. ^ "XMFX 11 Kansas, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  18. ^ "In Every Dream Home a Heartache XMFX 12, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  19. ^ "In the Garage XMFX 13, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  20. ^ "In Dreams XMFX 14, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  21. ^ "New Dawn Fades XMFX 15, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  22. ^ "Reject All American, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  23. ^ "Triple Sun XMFX 17, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  24. ^ "He Hit Me It Felt Like a Kiss, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  25. ^ "Hamburger Lady, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  26. ^ "Dancing On My Own, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  27. ^ "Mama, You've Been On My Mind, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  28. ^ "Black Ships Ate The Sky, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  29. ^ "The Passenger, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  30. ^ "CHERRY BOMB, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  31. ^ "Some Things Last A Long Time/Ricky's Hand, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  32. ^ "Modern Romance, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  33. ^ "SPQR, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  34. ^ "I Hate You, by XIu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  35. ^ "Heroin, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  36. ^ "Warm Leatherette, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  37. ^ "These Boots Are Made For Walking, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  38. ^ "Lucretia My Reflection, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  39. ^ "Hall Of Mirrors, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  40. ^ "A Forest, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  41. ^ "How Shall Our Judgement Be Carried Out Upon The Wicked, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  42. ^ "Haenim / People Ain't No Good, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  43. ^ "Blister In The Sun, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  44. ^ "Funeral Rose Garden of Sores, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  45. ^ "I'm Deranged, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  46. ^ "Never Say Never, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  47. ^ "Losing You, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  48. ^ "Decline and Fall, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  49. ^ "No Words, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  50. ^ "What Makes a Man a Man, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  51. ^ "Super Subway Comedian, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  52. ^ "Our Lips Are Sealed, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  53. ^ "Kool Thing, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  54. ^ "Double Dare, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  55. ^ "Enola Gay/The New Stone Age, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  56. ^ "Psycho Killer, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  57. ^ "Is It All Over My Face (Love Dancing), by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  58. ^ "Raping a Slave, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  59. ^ "Lick or Sum, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  60. ^ "O Death, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  61. ^ "Rise, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  62. ^ "Jolene, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  63. ^ "Wedding, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  64. ^ "Brand New Bitch, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  65. ^ "66 5 4 3 2 1, by Xiu Xiu". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
  66. ^ "Can't Get You Out of My Head, by XIU XIU". XIU XIU. Retrieved 2025-04-16.