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The XYZ Affair http://www.thexyzaffair.com A Band. With Songs. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 Raise a glass to all of my friends http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=251 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=251#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:45:02 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=251 Dear Fans and Friends,

After 8 years together, The XYZ Affair has come to a somewhat strange end. I always figured we would go out with a big bang in some way or another. In truth, I somewhat assumed that our upcoming album might be that big bang: after a lot of years of work and making music together, I wanted this band to make an album that would either push us to the next level or serve as a proud swansong. However, as work on the album progressed, the band process changed. What used to be a steady process by set individuals had now become something more fluid, involving a revolving door of people. I have always put a lot of weight on The XYZ Affair as a BAND. The individual personalities of each band member makes us who we are. To continue calling this entity The XYZ Affair felt wrong on a variety of levels, so we have decided to move on.
The album that I and we have been working on this fall is still going to be released, however it will not be an album by The XYZ Affair, but rather the start of something new. This change of course will probably delay things by a month or two, but keep your eyes and ears peeled for details of what’s to come. A lot of hard work has been put into these songs and I am beyond excited to get them out there for everybody to hear.
On a final and very important note: thank you. We have been doing this a LONG time and you guys have been amazing throughout. We’ve developed a serious XYZ family over the years who have put a lot into supporting us, and we can’t thank you enough for how awesome that has felt. It quite literally would have been impossible for us to maintain this for as long as we have if it weren’t for you guys.
Sincerely,
Alex Feder
The XYZ Affair

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Wowee Zowee pt. 2 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=249 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:36:20 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=249 Wooooow. Everybody has been amazing! We have already reached our goal with a lot of time to spare, but we are definitely going to keep pushing. In truth, making an album from start to finish costs significantly more than our goal, which we set in place in the hopes that we would get help with a portion of the process (pressing and publicity, to be specific). You guys have been shockingly generous, and we hope you will continue to be generous until the project ends on November 14th! We are determined to make the new album our best work yet, and with your help its looking more and more possible to shoot for the stars. THANK YOU! Keep passing along the link until November 14th!

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Wowee Zowee! http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=245 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:17:30 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=245 Man, we’re really close to our goal and it’s only been about a week. Keep spreading the word! Once we pass our goal, the more money we make the closer we’ll be to cranking out our new album. I wish I could remember that speech that Slater gives on SBTB when The Max is going to be shut down and he comes and saves the day at their fundraiser, but I can’t. So instead I’ll just say thank you! Keep it going!

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Support XYZ as we record our new album! http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=240 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:38:02 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=240 img_8171Hey everybody! So as many of you are aware, XYZ will be heading back into the studio this fall to record our second ever full length album. If you’d like to help us along in our recording process (and get cool prizes and rewards in return), go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/242733595/the-xyz-affair-make-an-album-big-time

Thank you guys so much! We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without the help and support of friends and fans, and we are beyond excited to make this album and have you hear it.

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Summer, Summer, Summertime, Time to Sit Back and Unwind http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=231 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=231 alex-mjAt some point we must have gotten our seasons backwards, because now has most certainly not been a time of unwinding! We had three awesome shows with Wheat last week (looking forward to a fourth in Boston on August 1!), we’re working hard on new songs to get our second ever full length together for a fall start date, and we’re working on not one but TWO new music videos to go along with our 2 Summer Jams. In addition, keep an eye out for the second installment, Summer Jams 2, to be released in the very near future. Philly, DC, and Boston, — we’re coming to you in the next few weeks (in that order)!

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Washington, DC, here we come! http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=228 Thu, 21 May 2009 13:44:30 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=228 Tonight we’ll be playing our first show in Washington, DC in roughly a YEAR. That is an awfully long time and we’re super super excited to be coming back, particularly because the bill we’re joining is amazing. We’re appearing sandwiched between Casper Bangs and Deleted Scenes, both of whom are great. Show is at the Black Cat Backstage, $8, doors at 9. It’s going to be a wonderful night, and we’re looking forward to seeing all of you there!

And just a reminder, this coming Monday is the final show in our Piano’s Residency. So far we’ve had an awesome time, come help us finish it off with a bang! More about that soon. For now, it’s time to hop in the van. Hooray!

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Hello, Washington Times http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=226 Fri, 15 May 2009 22:03:25 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=226 We had a sweet little write up in the Washington Times today, written by Andrew Leahey, also of All Music Guide. Check it out!

Washington Times Article

And may we remind you once again, don’t forget about our two remaining residency shows at Pianos on the 18th and 25th! See you there!

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Heeb Interviews Alex “Chutzpa” Feder http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=224 Thu, 14 May 2009 18:41:32 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=224 Check out the Interview over at Heeb HQ:
http://www.heebmagazine.com/blog/view/1723

Don’t forget the second week of our Piano’s residency is this coming Monday night with special guests Maricopa!

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Free New Songs! Stereogum! Piano’s Residency! DC!!! http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=207 Fri, 08 May 2009 17:06:12 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=207 summerjam2_v4Wow, lots of stuff going on. Okay, first and foremost, we have two new songs which we released today. They are FREEEEE.  You can download them on our myspace page, www.myspace.com/thexyzaffair, and they’ll be up on this site within the next 24 hours.  Also, you can download them (and read a very kind review) here:

http:​/​/​stereogum.​com/​archives/​mp3/​new-​xyz-​affair-​2-​summer-​jams_​068382.​html

Awesome! Second, our 3 week Piano’s Residency starts THIS MONDAY! We’ll be appearing with with Action Painters. Show starts at 10, XYZ at 11. Only $5!!!  Once again, we’ll be playing this Monday, May 11, as well as Monday the 18, and the 25. We’ll also be in DC on Thursday May 21 with our friends Deleted Scenes. Download the songs FOR FREE, pass them along, and come see us play!
-Alex

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New Singles & Twittering! http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=201 Sun, 03 May 2009 22:23:14 +0000 http://www.thexyzaffair.com/?p=201 We’re now Tweeting on America’s favorite new way to avoid work at all costs! If you have a Twitter account, you can follow us by visiting this link right here and clicking “follow” under our profile picture.

Also, don’t forget we have our Piano’s residency coming up this next Monday, May 11th, 18th, and 25th. We’ll be releasing two new singles on Stereogum next week, which will be available for free download though our website as well as Stereogum. We’ve worked long and hard on these and we’re really excited to finally share them with you. We’ll also be playing them live at Piano’s, so keep them on repeat so you can sing along at our Pianos shows!

Keep checking back!

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