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Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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The Air ForceYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreUniversal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings
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AndrewOct 4, 2006The amputated beats in Buzz Saw made me remember all of a sudden how close to perfect Xiu Xiu can get without even seeing it. It's such a frustrating album -- really good, but it could have been better if it wasn't so... Xiu Xiu!
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AramisGSep 21, 2006Still a little inconsistant, but has some of my favorite new material since Knife Play. the solid material here is really really good. I love that this band puts an album (or two) out every year.
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JFracisSep 17, 2006Another success
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JasonMSep 18, 2006great!!!
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The Air Force may signal that Xiu Xiu isn't as jarring and bewildering as they once were, but there's more than enough fortitude and craft present to ensure that Stewart will always be a good handful of steps ahead of everyone else making "experimental" pop.
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The goal of Xiu Xiu's confessional, confrontational music is to shake their listeners out of complacency and make them think and feel; once again, they accomplish this mission beautifully.
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While Jamie Stewart & co. succeed at replicating the fractured nature of their live shows – the mix of sparse and dense, broken and enraged, auxiliary percussion and programming, noise and melodiousness is all here – it's beginning to sound rote.