XIXA is an American rock band from Tucson, Arizona. Allmusic describes their music as "a form of blues indebted to the desert, mixed in with their Latin roots and a dose of gothic horror.".[1]
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History
editBrian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan founded a group called Chicha Dust which eventually became XIXA, releasing its first album, an eight-track live EP, in 2013.[2] Both Lopez and Sullivan had previously played in the group Giant Sand. The group's name references chicha, a Peruvian style of music indebted to both cumbia and psychedelic rock.[3]
Following the debut EP, Shift and Shadow, the group released a full-length album Bloodline in 2016, and toured the United States and Europe. [4] A four-song EP called The Code arrived in 2019.[5] Genesis, a second full-length, arrived in 2021.[6]
Members
edit- Brian Lopez - vocals, guitar.
- Gabriel Sullivan - vocals, guitar
- Geoffrey Hidalgo - bass
- Hikit Corbel - bass
- Jason Urman - keyboards
- Winston Watson - drums
Discography
edit- Shift and Shadow (Self-released, 2013)
- Bloodline (Barbes Records, 2016)
- The Code EP (Self-released, 2019)
- Genesis (Barbes, 2021)
References
edit- ^ Xixa biography at Allmusic
- ^ XIXA's Chucks Cumbia Covers and Goes All-Original on New Album. Phoenix New Times, June 30, 2016.
- ^ Album of the Day: Xixa, Genesis. Bandcamp Daily, February 17, 2021.
- ^ Back to the Well. Tucson Weekly, July 19, 2018.
- ^ XIXA Are Your New Favorite Desert-Goth Band. Kerrang!, February 12, 2019.
- ^ Review: XIXA Embark on an Unsettling Tour of the Sonoran Desert on Sophomore Record ‘Genesis’. Atwood Magazine, March 12, 2021.