Titus Andronicus @ Pitchfork 7.17.10
July 20th, 2010 by Matt
I haven’t gotten around to listening to Titus Andronicus’ new record, but that’s #1 on my To Do list after seeing them at Pitchfork. They were possibly the best example from the festival of a band that threw 100% out at the crowd and got 200% reflected back. It’s really hard to say whether the band or the crowd was more involved. When they jumped into (the opener?) “A More Perfect Union,” I thought the front row was going to explode. Great, great performance.
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Alex Ross // Jul 20, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Theyre new album is probably one of my favorite albums ever. and they are fantastic live i completely agree with the 100% and getting 200% thing.
Ulf Aslak // Jul 21, 2010 at 5:33 am
Agreed. Saw them at Roskilde 2010 where they played for a pretty small audience and man their set was awesome! There were no just bearably good songs, no they simply kept spitting one after another that made everyone go completely insane. Greatest show ever!
Jason Gravy Train Matuskiewicz // Jul 23, 2010 at 12:50 pm
I will have to second the sentiment on The Monitor. It is completely awesome in a way that is at once very familiar and yet feels quite new. That is probably a poor way to describe it. And the lyrics–what a lyrical masterpiece. “Be prepared to that shit’s gay, dude,” is among the most ordinary sort of phrases made into one of the most extraordinary lyrics. Everytime I hear it I’m blown away by its power. I’ve played it about 50 times a row in my car now. At first I didn’t like it that much. Obviously that has changed considerably.
Jason Gravy Train Matuskiewicz // Jul 23, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Many moons ago, in Varsovia, we booked a show (actually 3) to play with them in Cincinnati. The show never happened and I still have never seen them. Whadda bummer.
Rico // Jul 25, 2010 at 2:40 pm
100% the best album of the year, 100% best band of P4Kfest