After conquering Texas at SXSW this year,
XYX is targeting California.
http://www.myspace.com/xyxs
Mon July 20 Sacramento @ The Hub, 1819 23rd Street w/ Vol. 4, Nice Dresses
Tue July 21 Oakland @ Mama Buzz, 7-10pm only, 2318 Telegraph Ave. w/ Rank/Xerox, Hot Summer
Wed July 22 anywhere in California...get in touch!
Thu July 23 Los Angeles @ Mr. T's Bowl, 5621 1/2 N Figueroa St w/ Wounded Lion
Fri July 24 San Diego @ Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd w/ Spirit Photography, Blue Jungle, BRAAIINS!
Sat July 25 Calexico @ La Hamaca, 221 Campillo w/ Ronni No Good, Juan Zirerol, DJ Slumpy Lover
Sun July 26 Los Angeles @ L'KEG Gallery, 311 Glendale Blvd. ***
Mon July 27 San Francisco @ El Rincon, 2700 16th St w/ Hank IV, the Drums, High Castle
Tue July 28 live on KDVS 90.3 FM
http://www.kdvs.org/
*** Early 2pm show...lots of bands...
Blue Jungle, Gestapo Khazi, DeHombres, Gossip Tree, Mikki and The Mauses, Cobalt Cranes, Peg Leg Love and now XYX.
Open bar Mimosa and Sangria- all you can drink deal for 8 dollars.
I'll be co-DJ'ing that show on the 23rd, so I hope to meet you L.A. friends.
From the
Daily Texan...
Quote:
After releasing one of the most powerful and exciting records of last year, Mexico?s XYX will now take on the United States. The duo, which recently cleared up some visa issues, has chosen Austinites as the first American audience to experience its special brand of frenzied, acid-soaked punk rock in person.
Last year?s Sistema de Terminaci?n Sexual found each of the band?s short bursts of song bombarding the listener with explosions of free-form drumming, ratty bass lines and a voice that fluttered between ethereal melody and a wild shriek. While the music may be described as punk, it is impossible for any standard song structure to contain the chaotic power of XYX.
Drummer Mou Ortiz?s manic, unhinged drumming constantly tumbles out of control, and Anel Escalante?s sinister bass riffs shove things in unexpected directions, daring the listener to accompany her on a ride through the puddles of delay and reverb forming around her strangely cathartic vocal howls.
What makes this deranged set-up great is what lies underneath the chaos. The kids of XYX are amazing musicians, keenly aware of what they are doing. The banshee-like vocals are actually beautifully crafted Spanish couplets, the distorted bass lines are buoyant and infectious, and the drumming is some of the most forward-thinking stuff being put to record today. The combination of this proficiency with their wild and loose playing style creates a battle between the beautiful and the broken, adding an intense dimension of transcendence when the two coalesce into sublime, somehow perfect peaks.
These peaks make XYX?s live shows a true spectacle. Pushing both physical and sonic boundaries, the band flails, screams and leaves battered delay pedals begging for their lives. It seems that it is only through this entropic action that the band?s songs grow to their full potential, making their concerts the true height of their sound. Thus, there is no reason not to attend the first U.S. show of what is sure to become one
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