| Xiu Xiu
5 Rue Christine music
Fabulous Muscles CD (2004)
 $12.65  
These California risk-takers' third outing is also their most digestable, but only in fits and starts. The opener, "Crank Heart," unleashes a particularly confrontational Jamie Stewart vocal over lo-fi percussive crashing and upfront synths that seethe with the sort of
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| Advantage
5 Rue Christine Records
Advantage CD (2004)
$12.65 
The coolest thing about the Advantage's self-titled, Nintendo-centric 5 Rue Christine debut is its complete lack of keyboards/samples. Fleshing out the original theme to "Ghosts 'n' Goblins," for example, with big beat percussion, turntable scratches, or even rock guitars would
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| Hella
5 Rue Christine CDs
Hold Your Horse Is CD (2002)
$12.65
Very few groups have the ability to pull off instrumentals as abstract, as unforgettably chaotic, or as decidedly original as does Hella. The spazz-core style contained within the nine tracks of Hold Your Horse Is is a beauty to behold,
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| Xiu Xiu
5 Rue Christine Records
Knife Play CD (2002)
$12.65 
Xiu Xiu's Knife Play is a very eclectic mix of neurotic indie falterings similar to the Paper Chase school of rock, but with lighter techno beats and softly morose ballads of indifference. The opening tracks are hard to follow along
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| Xiu Xiu
5 Rue Christine music
Promise CD (2003)
$12.39
Recorded in San Jose and Oakland, California.
Recording information: Oakland, CA; San Jose, CA.
Xiu Xiu: Jamie Stewart, Sam, Jherek, Cory, Lauren.
Additional personnel: Aaron Russel, Ches Smith.
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| Hella
5 Rue Christine CDs
Devil Isn't Red CD (2004)
$12.39 |
| Excepter
5 Rue Christine music
Alternation CD (2006)
$13.85
The tracks on ALTERNATION run the gamut from minimalist rhythms tapped out on heating pipes to tracks that sound like chaotic but recognizable songs. Excepter's music is a mix of improvised and programmed beats, synths, vocals, and squalls of noise.
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| Xiu Xiu
5 Rue Christine Records
Remixed & Covered CDs (2007)
$13.09
This double-disc set adds depth and dimension to the unique and powerful music made by Xiu Xiu, an outfit whose intimate, thorny, often harrowing songs fall somewhere between post-punk and experimental avant rock. REMIXED AND COVERED explains the package: the
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| Hella
5 Rue Christine CDs
Acoustics CD (2006) Extended Play
$7.95
On this 2006 EP, the Northern California-based noise-rock group Hella applies its chaotic drums-and-guitar-driven sound to an acoustic format. While the result isn't nearly as punishing as the band's highly distorted electric material, it's no less bizarre, as revealed on
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| Zach Hill
5 Rue Christine music
Shred Earthship CD (2006)
$12.89
Pyrotechnical drummer Zach Hill (who also performs rhythmically disruptive duties in Hella, Nervous Cop, and Team Sleep) combines with the equally fiery guitarist Mick Barr in this exhibition of free improvisation at ear-shattering volumes and breakneck speeds. While you'd be
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