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.
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
/punk rock
― cold hands of monkeys on my heart (CaptainLorax), Friday, 8 April 2011 01:27 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
seein dudes (again) in like 2 weeks btw
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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 (thirteen years ago) link
lollll
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 8 April 2011 07:08 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM1sQhMGGS8
dang
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 29 April 2011 05:55 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
haha otm
― Turn Off the Cold (Lamp), Friday, 29 April 2011 06:26 (thirteen years ago) link
And thats okaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy
― just sayin, Friday, 29 April 2011 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
officially bored with this album.
― impeccable suit shit stained underwear (thebingo), Friday, 29 April 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
a year will do that. i'm def ready for the next one.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 April 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
after watching that video i really feel like i know what New Jersey is all about
― gr8080, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 29 April 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
<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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
did anyone link their they might be giants cover itt yet
― thomp, Saturday, 30 April 2011 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
what is it with these people and billy bragg, anyway
― thomp, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
billy bragg rules
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
i will never understand americans
― thomp, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
what was the most lol thing said during between song banter
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
:-/
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
p terribly formed
― g++ (gbx), Sunday, 17 July 2011 02:25 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
. . .
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
this guy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:27 (twelve years ago) link
hoos i meant to text you a titus lyric tonight but i forgot
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:36 (twelve years ago) link
^these guys
― ( •ิ.•ั) (gr8080), Sunday, 17 July 2011 11:08 (twelve years ago) link
<3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 18 July 2011 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
amy klein left the band
http://stereogum.com/854822/amy-klein-quits-titus-andronicus/news/
― markers, Monday, 24 October 2011 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/IiH4e.png
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 24 October 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
the stickles show
― J0rdan S., Monday, 24 October 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
guess that NYT article was right
― dayo, Monday, 24 October 2011 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
you were at that show!!! i am so jeal
d planet opened right??
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link