{"id":27299,"date":"2017-11-11T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27299"},"modified":"2017-11-11T07:16:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T12:16:50","slug":"xiu-xiu-r-announce-split-7-zz-top-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27299","title":{"rendered":"Xiu Xiu and (r) announce split 7&#8243; of ZZ Top covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27300\" style=\"width: 10000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?resize=10000%2C7500\" alt=\"Xiu Xiu\" width=\"10000\" height=\"7500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?w=10000&amp;ssl=1 10000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Mb1wqvF.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Angela Seo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Xiu Xiu and (r) have announced a split 7\u0094&#8221; of ZZ Top covers, out December 8<sup>th<\/sup> via Polyvinyl. Xiu Xiu takes on the classic \u0093<em>Sharp Dressed Man<\/em>,\u0094 subverting the hyper-masculine energy of the original into a noisy, manic free for all. The Italian group (r) offer a minimal, subtly creeping take on \u0093<em>Gimme All Your Lovin<\/em>\u0094.<\/p>\n<p>Xiu Xiu originally covered \u0093<em>Sharp Dressed Man\u0094<\/em> for the AV Club\u0092s Undercover series. You can check it out via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SG6yDSbtxU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Xiu Xiu\u0092&#8217;s Jamie Stewart explained how the concept for the single came about:\u00a0\u0093<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;it<\/em><em> took me a long time to come around to ZZ Top. When I was a kid i thought they were a joke band and their beards and campy sexuality freaked me out. Later on Xiu Xiu tours we would and still do always listen to the Black Flag tour diary &#8220;Get In The Van.&#8221; wherein Henry Rollins mentions playing ZZ Top to all the punks in England, telling them it was the new exploited record and watching them cry. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This was funny and I thought hmmm<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Then after watching a long jag of music documentaries, Billy Gibbons, of ZZ Top, time and time again was a commentator. He was always incredibly smart, clearly deeply devoted to the history of music and insane looking. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We were asked by the AV Club cover&#8217;s series to play a song from a list they had chosen. Everything on the list was a bunch of 90s RnB that I was never into or lame-o indie rock EXCEPT for &#8220;Sharp Dressed Man.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The stars had aligned. I had no idea what a radical guitar part it was and what a pleasure it was to learn, by the end of the song i had to have 4 different fuzz and distortion pedals on to make it as zonked out as it needs to be. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Walking down the streets of Torino on tour and talking with dear friend and long time collaborator Fabrizio Palumbo of (r) and his husband Paul Beauchamp. I mentioned we were covering the song. They said very matter of factly, \u0091Xiu Xiu as ZZ Top and (r) as ZZ Bottom. Let&#8217;s do a split 7 inch.\u0092<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He sent in his perfect minimal, experimental, goth, cabaret version of &#8220;Gimme All Your Lovin.&#8221; A perversion made in heaven was born. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A little fay cupid playing the oboe will follow you around now wherever you go<\/em>.\u0094&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27301\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=432%2C432\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=176%2C176&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ooxKLKZ.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xiu Xiu \/ (r) 7\u0094 Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Tracklisting<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A: Xiu Xiu \u2013 \u0093Sharp Dressed Man\u0094<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">B: (r) \u2013 \u0093Gimme All Your Lovin\u0094<\/p>\n<p>Xiu Xiu released their latest full-length &#8216;FORGET&#8217; earlier this year to much acclaim. They will be continuing to tour throughout the next several months, including the final performance of the songs from Twin Peaks in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><u>Xiu Xiu tour dates<\/u><\/p>\n<p>11\/10 &#8211; Somerville, MA @ ONCE @ Hassle Fest 9<\/p>\n<p>11\/21 &#8211; Athens, Greece @ Temple<\/p>\n<p>11\/22 &#8211; Milan, Italy @ Circolo Magnolia<\/p>\n<p>11\/23 &#8211; Turin, Italy @ Astoria<\/p>\n<p>11\/24 &#8211; Fribourg, Switzerland @ Fri-Son<\/p>\n<p>11\/25 &#8211; Luzern, Switzerland @ Neubad Keller<\/p>\n<p>11\/26 &#8211; Heidelberg, Germany @ Karlstorbahnhof<\/p>\n<p>11\/27 &#8211; Erfurt, Germany @ Frau Korte<\/p>\n<p>11\/28 &#8211; Dresden, Germany @ GrooveStation<\/p>\n<p>01\/06 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *<\/p>\n<p><em>* Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Xiu Xiu and (r) have announced a split 7\u0094&#8221; of ZZ Top covers, out December 8th via Polyvinyl. 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