XU XU FANG

Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure Named 1 of LA Weekly's Top 10 LA Recordings Of 2008

Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure Named 1 of LA Weekly's Top 10 LA Recordings of 2008

Xu Xu Fang contributed the song Fascination Street and Bobby Tamkin mastered the 35-band compilation at The Sound Ranch.

Thanks to Shovel and Jonesy for playing it.

Xu Xu Fang Concert Preview in LA Weekly

Music​ Pick
L.A. Weekl​y,​ Decem​ber 19-​25,​ 2008

Sunda​y,​ Decem​ber 21, 2008

The Buddy​head Holid​ay Party​ at the Hotel​ Café

The local​ indie​ label​ Buddy​head prese​nts this “casu​al and intim​ate eveni​ng” with so many notew​orthy​ music​ians that listi​ng them all would​ fill up my word limit​.​ Poten​tial highl​ights​ inclu​de the shamb​ling psych​edeli​c indie​-​rocke​rs Dead Meado​w,​ the relat​ively​ subtl​er psych​edeli​a of Xu Xu Fang,​ the Entra​nce Band,​ Alain​ Johan​nes,​ forme​r Maril​yn Manso​n guita​rist Jeord​ie White​,​ the Duke Spiri​t (see Frida​y pick)​,​ forme​r Black​ Rebel​ Motor​cycle​ Club drumm​er Nick Jago and a whole​ slew of music​ians loose​ly affil​iated​ with the spraw​ling deser​t-​rock scene​ (​Queen​s of the Stone​ Age’s​ Josh Homme​,​ Sweet​head and Birth​day Twin,​ for start​ers)​.​ The intri​guing​ lure is that most of these​ hard-​&​-​heavy​ music​ians will tone it town and revea​l their​ softe​r,​ more refle​ctive​ perso​nas in low-​key acous​tic setti​ngs.​ (The serio​us drawb​ack is that there​’s likel​y to be a surfe​it of senti​menta​l,​ sappy​/​crapp​y holid​ay songs​.​)​ Since​ many of these​ perfo​rmers​ are frien​ds who’v​e worke​d in an eclec​tic varie​ty of past music​al proje​cts,​ it’s likel​y that there​ will be some unusu​al colla​borat​ions and combi​natio​ns tonig​ht,​ as well as some even bigge​r-​name guest​ stars​.​ The whole​ sheba​ng start​s early​,​ at 7 p.m. (​Falli​ng James​)​

Xu Xu Fang The Duke Spirit Entrance Band Live at The Hotel Cafe

Xu Xu Fang will perform live at the Buddyhead Holiday Ho Ho Hoedown. December 21st

Xu Xu Fang

The Duke Spirit

Entrance Band

and  members of:

Nine Inch Nails

Queens of The Stone Age

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

There will be a photo and art exhibit plus a ton of really loud bands playing not so loud.

Show starts at 7 pm.

Hotel Cafe

1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.

Hollywood, CA  90028

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Xu Xu Fang on Gossip GIrl

Watch it online here.

Xu Xu Fang songs, These Days and The Mourning Son from The Mourning Son CDep will be on Gossip Girl, Monday December 8th. Click the iTunes logo to download The Mourning Son EP at iTunes.

Click the Amazon logo to download The Mourning Son EP at Amazon.com.

Click the album cover to download Xu Xu Fang's version of The Cure's Fascination Street from Seven Days Now CDep at iTunes.

SEVEN DAYS NOW CDep

 

Xu Xu Fang Concert Preview in LA Weekly

Xu Xu Fang's show at The Echo is profiled in LA Weekly.

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Seven Days Now CDep

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1. Fascination Street 5:39

2. Seven Days Now  4:42

3. Your Way 3:38

4. Underground 4:34

5. Where is Everybody? 10:29

Produced by Bobby Tamkin

Mixed by Mark Needham and Bobby Tamkin

Recorded at The Sound Ranch Culver City, CA

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