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May 21 Xiu Xiu w/ Dirty Beaches Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com

Working with the likes Xiu Xiu, Amanda Palmer, and Parenthetical Girls among many others, Jherek Bischoff is a multi-talented man with even more multiples of friends.

Tonight: Xiu Xiu, cornhole tournament, artsy meetup, and more. [ more › ]

Miserable sods, take note: we could all learn a lot from Jamie Stewart aka Xiu Xiu, who continues churning out quality material despite never really liking himself all that much. Just today, he’s released a new video for “Honeysuckle,” and announced new tour dates and singles.

Here's the new video for Xiu Xiu 's "Honeysuckle", off their recent record Always . Directed by Amir Shoucri , it's conceptually simple enough, chronicling the day-to-day routine of band member Angela Seo (who recently rejoined Jamie Stewart as a touring member). But it takes a characteristically Xiu Xiu-ian turn toward the unsettling.

In Concert Zellerbach Theatre 3680 Walnut St.; 215-898-6701. www.annenbergcenter.org. Kurt Elling. $20-$45. 4/28. 8 pm. First Unitarian Church 2125 Chestnut St.; 267-765-5210. www.r5productions.com. Toh Kay. $12-$14. 4/29. 7:30 pm. Bear in Heaven. $13. 5/2. 8 pm. Xiu Xiu. $13-$14. 5/3. 8:30 pm.

Drummer and percussionist Ches Smith is one of the busiest musicians around, an in-demand musician who has played with Tom Waits and Xiu Xiu to jazz musicians like Tim Berne and Marc Ribot, and constantly on tour with Mr. Bungle alums, The Secret Chiefs. His new albums Congs for Brums focuses on Smith's vibraphone and electronic work, and he's been recently studying Haitian drumming and ...

Animal Collective at Grrrnd Zero The Lyon, France DIY collective Grrrnd Zero is asking for letters of support to fight Lyon city hall's plans to evict them by the end of 2012. Since 2004, Grrrnd Zero has hosted unconventional shows for the likes of Animal Collective, tUnE-yArDs, Dirty Projectors, Black Dice, A Silver Mt Zion, Deerhunter, No Age, Deerhoof, Wavves, Liars, Xiu Xiu, Zola Jesus, Tim ...

The black one is Calvin and the white one, appropriately, is Nurse. They told me Calvin was a boy, but he has really pronounced nipples. I don't know what that means. Calvin is incredibly affectionate; almost anybody can pick him up and carry him around and pet him — but if you're doing something other than petting him, he'll sit on your lap until you start...

Records nerds take heed: limited record releases from the Flaming Lips, Neon Indian, Jack White, Mark Sultan, Xiu Xiu with Dirty Beaches, and more await thee.

Ever since I was a little, girlish boy I wanted to make records. This is about every other band I was ever in before Xiu Xiu, and the semi-pathetic and hopefully amusing path that led me to it.