As far as visual treatments, shape-shifting BTW Cold Cave have given us Love Comes Close’s “Life Magazine” as an excellently campy video starring Marti Domination and a cheerful RadioShack holiday ad. Sonically, it rests somewhere between the two. The original was sung by ex-Xiu Xiu member Caralee McElroy, who&#...

This morning we saw what the new female face of Xiu Xiu brings to the table. Now we check in with her predecessor, Jame Stewart's ex-partner in Xiu Caralee McElroy, who's moved on to flesh out Wesley Eisold's darkwaved synth-pop project (and BTW) Cold Cave. Caralee's shining moment comes with "Life Magazine," a pop-outlying standout from the Lov...

Philadelphia band set for UK shows as part of gig run

Before this most recent Xiu Xiu outing Jaime Stewart popped up in Former Ghosts and his former bandmate popped up in Cold Cave (and holiday RadioShack ads). Now, after doing his best Morrissey impression, Stewart's set to release the cheerfully titled Dear God, I Hate Myself. It's Xiu Xiu's seventh full-length in one form or another. The first w...

Or vice versa. You guys often accuse the synth-pop crew for not smiling enough, but the Philly/NYC BTW provide the chirpy soundtrack for this joyful new Holiday Season Radio Shack ad. (Thanks for the tip, Zach.) The Caralee-fronted "Life Magazine" does the honors. Too bad they couldn't talk the company into giving it a go with "Sex Ads." It may ...