― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
the airing of grievances is such a dope album hope this is even 1/2 as good
― F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
their last album had this perfect balance of sloppiness/messiness & classic rock fist-pumping released at the perfect moments, and this album... one ups it by being amplifying all those qualities (lots of long tracks) and expanding their sound to include horns & jamming pianos & stuff
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
i think i'm going to be the only person who thinks this is a super-flattering comparison, but this album is like if green day grew up in new jersey & then decided to write '21st century breakdown' at the age of 24
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
lamp, it's so good
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 05:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
iirc there were two mindblowingly awesome super rocking songs on 'the airing of grievances' but i was mostly bored by the rest. and they were right next to each other on the album.
― make tha trap say hay (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
they're fun live, too, bulging neck muscles etc.
*tho
― make tha trap say hay (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
the middle third is the hardest rocking partic the s/t and "upon viewing..." but i like the whole thing a lot. even the cheesy narration of the camus novel @ the end is p dope
― F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
prediction: i will spend a lot of friday nights getting drunk by myself and listening to this album
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
shout-singing along to the "your life is over" ending to the s/t song is a joyous 08 party memory of mine that i will treasure always
― F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
i liked that its underneath a p tuneful and introspective album despite the rocking
― F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp- yes! my live titus andronicus experience was at a bbq at sxsw and there was one 14 year old kid who was just absurdly into it, arms flailing around and screaming along to every word. it really loosened up the crowd and everyone moshed and sang along at that part.
― make tha trap say hay (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
when i saw them at pfork 08 i thought they were one of the worst live bands i had ever seen, but then i saw them in a lil club opening for los campesinos! & they were really cool
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
the middle of this album ("a pot in which to piss" & "four score & seven") is some shit
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
also the climax of the 14 min final track
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
k i'm downloading this
― make tha trap say hay (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
between this & the real estate album, new jersey has put out two of my favorite indie records in a while -- i like that they're pretty much total polar opposites soundwise -- i guess in reality they're both about suburban malaise (lol new jersey)
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is kind of far and away the best album i've heard this year
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
btr than vmp wknd???
― F → F−F++F−F (Lamp), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
it might be a bit of afterglow but i think so! it's possible that vampire weekend will be better over a long run but this album is honestly just O_O
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah idk i love the VW album... this is A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
the recording on this is also way more hi-fi which i think is cool
― suge knight btw (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 24 February 2010 06:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
this album is super EPIC
― just sayin, Friday, 26 February 2010 12:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
i keep jogging to this but i sort of distrust my motivations
― thomp, Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
jordan s were you a fan of the bright eyes album lifted, or: the story is in the soil, keep yr ears to the ground
― thomp, Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
?
your motivations for jogging???
― no chapo (Lamp), Thursday, 18 March 2010 13:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
those too, actually
― thomp, Saturday, 20 March 2010 14:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
liking this album a lot more than the debut so far, but i gotta say
your life is over >>>>> you will always be a loser
― facepalm death (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
Diggin this album
― karma chamillionaire (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
― thomp, Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:34 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark
i've never heard this, but i dig bright eyes in general
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
whiney! i actually thought you might
maybe i'll go out & buy this later today
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
:D :D :D
still not really feelin this as much as u dogg but im going 2 see them i think next week or smthn hype
― Lamp, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
i don't think this band is my thing but they're playing a super small venue here soon (like less than 50 people), could be fun.
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
j0rdon did you like Desparacidos (bright eyes dude's rock band)?
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw these dudes a year or so ago, nothin' wrong w/ them but they just played totally straight ahead rock, like bar band shit, so I wasn't expecting all the indie hype
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
that will absolutely be a lot of fun xxp
― facepalm death (samosa gibreel), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
Chris Richards in the Washington Post Clicktrack blog says:
They sound like the Pogues filtered through the Boss and then doused in gasoline, sweat and Red Bull.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/03/sxsw_choc_quib_town_yelawolf_c.html
I keep meaning to give them a listen, not sure if that description encourages or discourages me.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
really dig this album but cringe at the bright eyes comparisons, oberst is fucking torture for me
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
hope it's more WIDE AWAKE Oberst than, say, any other Oberst
― ksh, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
altho i do like some Lifted and, uh, some of his other tunes too
ha... was listening to this the other day and my girlfriend asked if it was new Bright Eyes.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
I heard some of this, and it sounded great.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
never heard anything by them, if it sounds like this album i will check it out tho
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
not sure if it's exactly like them, but it has a certain ants in your pants anthemic type vibe
http://www.myspace.com/desaparecidos
(BTW go down to the comments and stop some weird embedded video that autoplays)
― And guess what? I think Pitchfork is going to give it a BM. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 18:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
― ksh, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:37 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
ehhhh kindof. more like oberst when he's at his most explosive.
― borntohula, Thursday, 25 March 2010 00:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
honestly, I think the main thing reminding anyone of Oberst is actually about something Oberst does well -- the singer's voice here has that same kinda nervy, manic quaver at the ends of phrases, that shaky on-the-edge sound from the earliest Bright Eyes stuff. if not for that in particular, this record would "sound like Bright Eyes" only to the same vague extent it sounds like dozens of other things that sound like that. umm.
― oɔsıqɐu (nabisco), Thursday, 25 March 2010 00:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
i sort of felt like it was something the guy could have learnt off of the oberst records. i think that's one of the reasons i don't trust it
― thomp, Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
/punk rock
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
somehow feel this would happen less w/ more moneyed bands who don't have to haul their own gear around, be so exhausted by the time they get to the venue. shane macgowan is a horrible drunk but the rest of the band seem rel lucid & probably have luxurious accommodations shaken some hands ffs
i played two shows supporting touring bands in the past couple weeks & only one dude out of five full bands was friendly and hung out with us. second show the other bands didn't even come out of their van between sound check & their set & this is, like, small venue/loft shows so maybe they are even too naive for diy world & r just being unrealistic?
it was kind of surprising but i can understand not wanting to hear a full night of loud music every night for so long personally i would hate it
― flopson, Friday, 8 April 2011 01:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
seein dudes (again) in like 2 weeks btw
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 06:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
my lady of the moment has promised to hold my glasses when i go into the pit, life is good
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 06:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, April 7, 2011 8:51 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark
lmao i am really tired and when i read this i thought i was reading the OK Cupid thread and was like <<raises eyebrows>>
― Oink Administrator (gr8080), Friday, 8 April 2011 07:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
lollll
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 07:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
dang
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 29 April 2011 05:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
missed their show last night, but i did run into stickles on the street and fist bump him
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 April 2011 06:11 (2 years ago) Permalink
you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser you will always be a loser
― markers, Friday, 29 April 2011 06:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
lord, i imagine it would be amazing to be at a show of theirs and shout that with the crowd
correct
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 April 2011 06:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
haha otm
― Turn Off the Cold (Lamp), Friday, 29 April 2011 06:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
And thats okaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
― just sayin, Friday, 29 April 2011 12:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
officially bored with this album.
― impeccable suit shit stained underwear (thebingo), Friday, 29 April 2011 16:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
a year will do that. i'm def ready for the next one.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 April 2011 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
after watching that video i really feel like i know what New Jersey is all about
― gr8080, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), miércoles 24 de marzo de 2010 13:43 (1 year ago) Bookmark
ha, cosigned a year later. dunno where puff puff is from but from discussions on other boards i feel this is the general opinion of a lot of people in the east coast hardcore / indie circles.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3 this video
stickles is so great despite seeming like the most unbearable human being on earth
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 April 2011 06:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
there still hasn't been a better album released since this one -- a full 417 days & counting
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 30 April 2011 06:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
did anyone link their they might be giants cover itt yet
― thomp, Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
what is it with these people and billy bragg, anyway
― thomp, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
billy bragg rules
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
i will never understand americans
― thomp, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha really i'm just about him for 'new england,' total Song of My Teenage Years, and the nice harmonies on 'mermaid avenue'
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean, billy bragg is alright i guess, i just listened to 'life's a riot' for the first time in oh let's say three years, this is about as often as i want to listen to it, i always enjoy it
anyway i got to "there will be parties" etc on 'richard' and went 'oh that is where i have heard that before' and it just seemed ... odd. like there's three tracks i think where patrick stickles drops in bits of billy bragg songs and i do not understand. it just seems a curiously unprovoked piece of bricolage, what did billy bragg ever do to new jersey
― thomp, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
dude drops awful lot of borrowed lines in. i like it. highlight is the new new jersey/tramps like us bragg-boss one-two.
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
tramps like us were born to quote Brits like Bragg.
Titus were fun opening for Okervill River in DC a little while back but most of the crowd was there more for the headliners.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i heard it was less than rowdy. i only want to see them if it's rowdy.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
They were fucking rowdy and fucking great the free Seaport Show in NY tonight. Well, the event used to be Siren@Coney Island, now called "4 Knots." The setting is good though: hot but lots of room, surprisingly loud, an energetic crowd. Anyway, only the 3rd time I've seen this band, but tonight they were so galvanizing. So much passion and energy, it really took a lot of the crowd by surprise I think, after so ho-hum schmindie.
― paulhw, Sunday, 17 July 2011 00:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
what was the most lol thing said during between song banter
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I'm out of breath, out of shape. So why do I get athletes foot. That's a joke."
― paulhw, Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
:-/
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 02:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
p terribly formed
― g++ (gbx), Sunday, 17 July 2011 02:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
It was a low point, sure. His banter makes you think his songs won't be interesting, admittedly.
― paulhw, Sunday, 17 July 2011 02:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
. . .
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
this guy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
hoos i meant to text you a titus lyric tonight but i forgot
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
^these guys
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
<3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 18 July 2011 06:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
amy klein left the band
http://stereogum.com/854822/amy-klein-quits-titus-andronicus/news/
― markers, Monday, 24 October 2011 16:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 24 October 2011 16:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
the stickles show
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
guess that NYT article was right
― dayo, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
So last spring, she sublet her room in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn and toured the country in an old Chevy minivan.“I’m fulfilling my artistic goals,” Ms. Klein said.
“I’m fulfilling my artistic goals,” Ms. Klein said.
artistic goals: fulfilled
ok just put this on for the first time in a while and:
slays
new album lets go u fucks
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
they were awesome tonight in baltimore - opened with a very faithful version of "the boys are back in town" while wearing matching sweatshirts, the overall success of which was a surprise to say the least
played a bunch of new stuff too - whatever the new song is with the "built to last! built to last!" chorus is a killer
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
you were at that show!!! i am so jeal
d planet opened right??
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, they were really great too - to quote one over-enthused underage kid to another over-enthused underage kid in front of me, "they're SO MUCH MORE than 'ghost with a boner!'"
i wanted to see em in august when they played asefu's but there was some complicated reason why i couldn't (iirc the girl i was dating at the time's old boyfriend was in one of the opening bands and there was a non-zero chance i was gonna get bonked with a guitar if we showed up - or something)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
the girl i was dating at the time's old boyfriend was in one of the opening bands
lol i think you told me this at the time
"they're SO MUCH MORE than 'ghost with a boner!'"
otm though i gotta admit the record kinda disappointed after i'd seen them & spent weeks listening to the shea stadium show on soundcloud
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 09:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://youtu.be/z_KgDBCvAPE
― nose, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:21 (7 months ago) Permalink