Watch: Xiu Xiu “Bitter Melon”

Xiu Xiu files another one in the Not Safe For Work viewing with this months new video for “Bitter Melon“, off Angel Guts: Red Classroom, out now via Polyvinyl. The new video is directed by Alec Lambert, and it explores sapphic erotics with visits to porno sub-categories like squirting and golden shower, in the process making a mockery of YouTube’s, and by proxy, our conceptions of just what pornography is! The band reports, “You should just turn the music off when you watch it.” In other news, Jamie Stewart‘s voice is recovered, and that means Xiu Xiu will play a bunch of European live dates, as well as US dates with Swans this summer. You can check those out below, and more US dates are planned, so we will keep you posted!

Xiu Xiu Live European and US Dates 2014:
05/01 – Krems, Austria @ Donau Festival (Xiu Xiu + Dark Material)
05/02 – Krems, Austria @ Donau Festival (Dark Material)
05/03 – Krems, Austria @ Donau Festival (Dark Material)
05/04 – Krems, Austria @ Donau Festival (Dark Material)
05/05 – St. Gallen, Switzerland @ Grabenhalle
05/06 – Schorndorf, Germany @ Manufaktur
05/08 – Venice, Italy @ Teatro Fondamenta Nuove
05/09 – Pordenone, Italy @ PN Box Studios
05/10 – Torino, Italy @ El Barrio
05/11 – Brescia, Italy @ A Palazzo Gallery
05/12 – Lyon, France @ Grrnd Zero
05/13 – Paris, France @ Petit Bain
05/14 – Brest, France @ LA CARENE
05/15 – Lille, France @ La Malterie
05/16 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Ekko
05/17 – Gent, Belgium @ DOKarena
05/18 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ Worm
05/20 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ Brudenell Games Room
05/21 – London, United Kingdom @ Birthdays (w/ Blood Music)
05/22 – London, United Kingdom @ Birthdays (w/ James Blackshaw)
05/23 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Lepel Festival
05/24 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Jazzhouse (w/ Circuit de Yeux)
05/25 – Berlin, Germany @ Volksbühne
05/27 – Hamburg, Germany @ Kampnagel
05/30 – Moscow, Russian @ Federation Pipl ^
06/01 – Saint Petersburg, Russian @ Federational Ojidaniya ^
06/05 – Mexico City, Mexico @ El Plaza Condesa %

06/17 – Quebec, Canada @ LE CERCLE *
06/18 – Montreal, Canada @ Theatre National *
06/21 – Detroit, MI @ St Andrews Hall *
06/22 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
06/24 – St Louis, MO @ The Ready Room *
06/26 – Dallas, TX @ Trees *
06/27 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk Austin *
06/28 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Upstairs *
06/30 – Nashville, TN @ Exit / In *
07/01 – Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre *
07/02 – Louisville, KY @ The New Vintage *
07/03 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater *
07/05 – Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall *
07/06 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place *

* w/ Swans
^ w/ Psychic TV
% w/ Deerhoof