Pitchfork

All right, kids; it is once again time to hop onboard the Xiu crew press train. A few stops behind? Fear not-- read up on Pitchfork's latest stories, an interview with Jamie Stewart and a mega Xiu Xiu to-do list, here and here, respectively.

All caught up on the band's two upcoming studio albums (The Air Force, due September 12 on 5RC, and an untitled, half-finished disc), the Grouper collab (due November 7 via Slender Means Society), and The Air Force's David Horvitz-directed "Bishop, CA" video? Good-- let's go from there.

Horvitz, Xiu Xiu's tour manager and arts and crafter extraordinaire has yet another band-related project on his plate, "Xiu Xiu Polaroid Project Number 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", and he needs some fan participation! All you need to do is bring type 600 Polaroid film and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to any stop on Xiu Xiu's upcoming fall tour (dates after the jump). Drop said items off at the merch table and wait anxiously by your mailbox where you will, with time, receive some super special behind-the-scenes Xiu Xiu tour photos (however many exposures of Polaroid film you provide is how many photos you will get). For free!!

So make sure to swing by Xiu Xiu's fall trek of North America where, for the mere price of film and postage, you'll have a slim chance to receive a nekkid picture of Stewart...or at least a nekkid Vietnamese prostitute. Play those odds!

Dates:

09-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *#
09-23 Denver, CO - Climax Lounge *#
09-24 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *#
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *#
09-26 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory *#
09-27 Denton, TX - Hailey's *#
09-29 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
09-30 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *#
10-02 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under *#
10-03 Tampa, FL - Transitions Art Gallery *#
10-04 Sarasota, FL - Sudakoff Convention Center (New College) *#
10-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *#
10-06 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum *#
10-07 Charleston, SC - Map Room *#
10-09 Charlottesville, VA - Common Grounds *#
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
10-12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
10-13 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *^
10-14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *^
10-16 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab *^
10-17 Rochester, NY - Bugjar *^
10-19 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *^
10-20 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *^
10-21 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *^
10-23 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *^
10-24 Newport, KY - Southgate House *^
10-25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland *^
10-26 Gambier, OH - Horn Gallery *^
10-27 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *^
10-28 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock *^
10-29 Fargo, ND - Aquarium *^
11-04 Portland, OR - Disjecta *^
11-05 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *^%
11-07 Visalia, CA - Howie and Sons *^%
11-08 Goleta, CA - Hard to Find Showspace *^
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echo *^
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *

* with Congs for Brums
# with BARR
^ with Dirty Projectors
% with Grouper