ERASERHEAD XIU XIU is an exploration of the sonic and visual universe that is Eraserhead!
In 2016 with the blessing of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, compelling experimentalists Xiu Xiu released and toured the surprisingly successful album and concert Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. Out of respect and deference to the beloved series the band decided to put the concert to rest in 2018. After the recent, untimely passing of David Lynch Xiu Xiu began to receive several high profile requests to revive their interpretation of this iconic music. However, Xiu Xiu have decided instead to go deeper.
Eraserhead Xiu Xiu is new a live concert with accompanying film that uses field recordings, concert specific homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness and singularly unsettled moonscape of this most incredible of midnight masterpieces. The original sound design and score by Alan Spelt and Lynch serve as guide wires to Xiu Xiu's sonic expansion of how they have been affected by them as fans and musicians. Eraserhead Xiu Xiu is an art installation, an exploded tribute to a cinematic triumph and an epitaph to an idol, as intense, odd and curious as you’d want it to be.
In 2016 with the blessing of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti, compelling experimentalists Xiu Xiu released and toured the surprisingly successful album and concert Plays the Music of Twin Peaks. Out of respect and deference to the beloved series the band decided to put the concert to rest in 2018. After the recent, untimely passing of David Lynch Xiu Xiu began to receive several high profile requests to revive their interpretation of this iconic music. However, Xiu Xiu have decided instead to go deeper.
Eraserhead Xiu Xiu is new a live concert with accompanying film that uses field recordings, concert specific homemade instruments, organ, modular synths, vocals, flashlights, electrical interference and elements of musique concrete to express the bizarre emotionality, conflicted sexuality, relentless darkness and singularly unsettled moonscape of this most incredible of midnight masterpieces. The original sound design and score by Alan Spelt and Lynch serve as guide wires to Xiu Xiu's sonic expansion of how they have been affected by them as fans and musicians. Eraserhead Xiu Xiu is an art installation, an exploded tribute to a cinematic triumph and an epitaph to an idol, as intense, odd and curious as you’d want it to be.
Presented by Upset the Rhythm.
07:30 pm
Fri, 06 Feb 2026
Stage
07:30 pm
Sat, 07 Feb 2026
Stage
Access information
Stage
- The Stage has step free access via The Mall entrance and lift. The lift in the Stage is self-controlled with hand control, with two buttons for up and down (max weight 300kg). It is without sides and includes a vertical pole to hold on to. It operates quietly and will not disrupt the performance. Our Public Advisors can also assist.
- We have a small, raised platform to accommodate wheelchair users or others who require a chair. To request, please purchase a ticket, then contact the box office during opening hours on 020 7930 3647 or email access@ica.art
- If you have other access requirements, need more info, or want to contact us, go to the Access Page
There will be a paid cloakroom available for this event. Tickets are £2.50 per item and are available to purchase at the box office.
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