xiu xiu tour/remixes

xiu xiu is playing the bottom of the hill tonight and tomorrow night with fellow 5RC label mates; katie eastburn and sunset rubdown. the xiu xiu remix album remixed & covered dropped on the tenth, i finally got to giving it a listen through today; there are definitely a few decent tracks. oakland jazz duo good for cows instrumental version of sad pony guerrilla girl is the most outstanding track so far, sunset rubdown's cover of apistat commander is also pretty pop'n. i would say that devendra banhart's amazing rework of support our troops OH! is the most outstanding... but alas, i've had it for quite some time, it was originally part of a 7" split (the xiu xiu rework was the body breaks; also fuck'n amazing). the one minor problem i had with this album how the new version of ceremony (a new order cover performed by xiu xiu) is sub par in comparison to the original cover which was released on their chapel of the chimes ep in 2002. it's really similar to how i feel about the new version of no cars go on arcade fire's new album (seeing them june 1st... thnx rachel) taking one of my favorite older tracks and putting bells and whistles in places where they really didn't need to be.

sunset rubdown - apistat commander (xiu xiu cover)
xiu xiu - ceremony (new order cover) '02 version

p.s.
snatch dat new pase rock live cut from discobelle.

p.p.s.
sunday's earth day, do a brotha a fava.