As part of the BRDCST Festival, the Palace presents BRDCST - ERASERHEAD x XIUXIU - Live Soundtrack.

Legendary cult band brings reinterpretation/tribute to macabre masterpiece.

Xiu Xiu
For over twenty years, Xiu Xiu (US) (pronounced: Shoo-Shoo) has been known for their quirky, unpredictable, and consistently brilliant output. They have released more than 15 albums, which have been praised by The New Yorker, The Wire, and The Guardian.

Through their music, the band explores the complexity of themes such as love, sex, death, and injustice. Xiu Xiu – now reduced to the duo Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo – has collaborated with Liz Harris (Grouper), Chelsea Wolfe, Japanese noisemaster Merzbow, and Devendra Banhart, among others.

Stewart – the only permanent original member – has immense admiration for filmmaker David Lynch: “Without him, I would never have become an artist. My whole life, I have relied on him to keep guiding me. His uncompromising pursuit of emotional extremes, imagination, exploration, meaning, and courage has always been my benchmark for what art can be.”

In 2015, Stewart joined forces with composer Lawrence English as HEXA. Together, at Lynch's invitation, they created a live soundtrack for his Factory Photographs. A year later, with the blessing of Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, they released the LP Plays the Music of Twin Peaks, which immediately achieved cult status. Pitchfork: “It is one of their most haunting and beautiful LPs.”

Following Lynch's untimely passing in 2025, the band was asked to revive their Twin Peaks tribute. But instead of repeating themselves, they wanted to go a step further by radically reinterpreting a work from Lynch's oeuvre. The tribute became Xiu Xiu x Eraserhead (David Lynch).