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".Xixa biography at Allmusic
History Brian 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.XIXA's Chucks Cumbia Covers and Goes All-Original on New Album. Phoenix New Times, June 30, 2016. 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.Album of the Day: Xixa, Genesis. Bandcamp Daily, February 17, 2021.
Following the debut EP, Shift and Shadow, the group released a full-length album, Bloodline, in 2016, and toured the United States and Europe.Back to the Well. Tucson Weekly, July 19, 2018. A four-song EP called The Code arrived in 2019.XIXA Are Your New Favorite Desert-Goth Band. Kerrang!, February 12, 2019. Genesis, a second full-length, arrived in 2021.Review: XIXA Embark on an Unsettling Tour of the Sonoran Desert on Sophomore Record ‘Genesis’. Atwood Magazine, March 12, 2021.
Members Brian Lopez - vocals, guitar Gabriel Sullivan - vocals, guitar Geoffrey Hidalgo - bass Hikit Corbel - bass Jason Urman - keyboards Winston Watson - drums
Discography Shift and Shadow (Self-released, 2013) Bloodline (Barbes Records, 2016) The Code EP (Self-released, 2019) Genesis (Barbes, 2021) Xolo (Jullian, 2025)
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