titus andronicus - the monitor

xp yeah, they're pretty psyched. i have not been listening to the monitor as much as i feel like i should but when i do it's still a fucking titanic record of awesomeness.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/06/pogues-titus-andronicus

Ha ha every quote from this dork is a classic

Playing in support of the Pogues "raised a lot of questions about the intersection of punk rock and commerce", Stickles said. "This is the greatest punk band from my ancestral homeland of Ireland, and it makes me sick."

shit that looks like an onion article but isn't

srs irishman there has a song that goes 'still drinkin' car bombs after all of these years'

titus andronicus - the hall monitor

file under "quotes that sum up why i can't listen to this band"

lmao at that pogues shit -- i don't listen to them and feel zero desire to, especially after reading that

THERE'LL BE NO MORE COUNTING THE CARS ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY

Patrick Stickles.

how in the fuck did this dork expect the pogues to act?

1st 2 pogues albums rule markers, seems like something u might digg if you can hang w/irish jiggyness

like honestly these dudes have been touring for fucking ever you think they really want to hang with you?

shockingly, it's not like playing some fucking basement in new jersey

i'm not real shocked by this

'young dude who believes in authenticity gets naive dreams shattered when he hangs out with his heroes'

like, that's actually kind of why i listen to this band

^^^ for the above plz read 'that was some stupid shit to say but i want to continue uncompromisingly liking this band so i'll pretend he didn't say it'

haha i was thinking "this is totes why a hoos feels this band" when i read that article

tbh it's only the bit about 'punk rock' and 'commerce' that actually slays me; I don't think it's unreasonable to expect some degree of courtesy given that I'm pretty sure lots of bands bigger or more establishment than the Pogues manage it

oh and "ancestral homeland of Ireland" o'course

true but i don't even listen to the pogues and it's totally evident that they'd be dicks!

So "punk".
It's exactly as Michael Azerrad recounts Ian MacKaye's fury and disappointment when Minor Threat supported PiL in DC, and Lydon turned up, did the show, and left. And didn't tell Minor Threat YOU GUYS ARE MY TRUE HEIRS!
fwiw The Monitor was my favourite album of last year, and Stickles' unembarrassed striving for ecstasy is what makes them great. He reminds me a lot of a young Jonathan Richman.

yeah i mean like part of what they do is rage out at the apparently inevitable shattering of their beliefs, like damn this whole adulthood gig is not what i thought it was at all, what the shit, that makes me mad and confused about what's supposed to happen now.

with a certain kind of cynicism their anger can seem to come out of naivete--"of course life isn't fair, you fucking baby"--but i think it comes out of an earnest place and is really exactly what they're about, throwing themselves on the gears of acceptable cynicism even if it kills them.

they believe, and if it turns out that belief is wrong they get mad

they also write and perform horrible music

there it is

<3 u grates

What I hated most about this band was a review I read that tried to portray them as one of those "fits right in with the 90's" bands. No they don't fit right in with the 90's. Most post-90's music with trendy contemporary scene/indie/EMO singing/singers/choruses fits in more closely with their own despicable decade. I know EMO started during the 90's but that's more of a footnote. EMO post 90's gets a whole chapter because it is much more prevalent and it's leaking like crazy into all sorts of other generes. And you've to be kidding yourself if think Titus Andronicus isn't borrowing most of their sound from post-90's EMO/scenesters/indie-tard music.

/punk rock

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

seein dudes (again) in like 2 weeks btw

my lady of the moment has promised to hold my glasses when i go into the pit, life is good

seein dudes (again) in like 2 weeks btw

― 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>>

lollll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM1sQhMGGS8

dang

missed their show last night, but i did run into stickles on the street and fist bump him

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

lord, i imagine it would be amazing to be at a show of theirs and shout that with the crowd

correct

haha otm

And thats okaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

officially bored with this album.

a year will do that. i'm def ready for the next one.

after watching that video i really feel like i know what New Jersey is all about

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), 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.

<3 this video

stickles is so great despite seeming like the most unbearable human being on earth

there still hasn't been a better album released since this one -- a full 417 days & counting

did anyone link their they might be giants cover itt yet

what is it with these people and billy bragg, anyway

billy bragg rules

i will never understand americans

haha really i'm just about him for 'new england,' total Song of My Teenage Years, and the nice harmonies on 'mermaid avenue'

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

dude drops awful lot of borrowed lines in. i like it. highlight is the new new jersey/tramps like us bragg-boss one-two.