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Titus Andronicus - Local Business XL: 2012 Patrick Stickles has always struck me a deeply rooted, hometown hero kind of guy. And despite the fact that Titus Andronicus might be the biggest (or at least the best) American punk band, one gets the sense they’d be just as happy thrashing away in a VFW hall or your old man’s garage. Which is not to say the group doesn’t have lofty aspirations or grand ideas. Look no further than 2010’s The Monitor . But given that album’s Civil War setting and its [...]
On its third full-length, New Jersey's Titus Andronicus goes a bit simpler, but still maintains the life-affirming energy that made past releases so good. WATCH THE REVIEW
With their first two studio albums, Titus Andronicus has turned what we've known about punk rock on its head with hyper-literate songs that tend to clock in at over five minutes or longer. The Glen Rock, New Jersey-based act , who were recently declared the "best young band in America" by Grantland , released their third full-length effort Local Business late last month. While 20102s The Monitor was a song-cycle loosely based on the Civil War, their latest is a more straight-ahead affair rooted in a mix of [...]
How does a band follow up an epic concept album about the reverberations of the Civil War on modern America? It's not a question we get to ask very often, but after 20102s The Monitor solidified Titus Andronicus' place as one of the most interesting and strange punk bands in today's music landscape, you knew it was coming. No one blends high-brow art and philosophy references with raw personal history quite like they do, and with Local Business, luckily, it seems that they've tracked back to the latter. Sure there's the Nietschean/Biblical title of the opening [...]
Here is the new video for Titus Andronicus single 'In a Big City', it is such a great song and a very nice return for the band. The video was directed by Isaac Ravishankara, and was filmed in various New Jersey locales during a long 28 hour shoot. You can pick up Titus Andronicus new album Local Business over at itunes .
I'm fairly certain that Titus Andronicus' new album, " Local Business ", will be the only record I listen to from now until the end of the year. From Pitchfork: Check out the clip, directed by Isaac Ravishankara, below, via Grantland . It features frontman Patrick Stickles singing along to the song while wandering meditatively past parks, trains, suburban streets, and packs of young people in New Jersey, closing with a silhouetted shot of Stickles staring at a skyline full of possibility. In the spirit of their new record, Titus have [...]
Patrick Stickles has bold bones to pick. Endlessly moaning on 2010’s The Monitor in lament over the sediment of Civil War, the Titus Andronicus frontman now uses this most recent release to hone in on the micro-level conflicts that torment himself and his immediate surroundings. The brutality of truth and blunt cynicism that Local Business abides by is a testament to Stickles’s undying investment in calling attention to all things shitty, with a strained throat that throbs in agonizing helplessness. Because desperation is nothing new to Titus, the album seeks refreshment in its riffing nods to previously unexplored [...]
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars You've really got to root for Titus Andronicus ? They've taken on their own approach to working within the indie rock community, and regardless of pitfalls of other acts, they always seem to come out on their own terms. Local Business is their third LP, and while it's story line may not be as grandiose as The Monitor , it impresses greatly, musically and lyrically. For me, I almost always notice [...]
Self-aware and evocative, Titus Andronicus’ third record is an irreverent middle finger directed at, well, pretty much everyone.
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A few of my favorite new releases this week, including new LPs from Bat for Lashes and Titus Andronicus , a new EP from Yellow Ostrich , and a Christmas album from T he Polyphonic Spree . As always, be sure to visit Largehearted Boy for the rest of the week's [...]
Titus Andronicus’ album, ‘Local Business’, is their most ambitious and possibly divisive album yet. The sign on the door reads, ‘OPEN’. Are you coming inside? XL Recordings, 2012 9.0 / 10.0 Five men, ten songs, no bullshit - that’s a summary of Titus Andronicus’ new album, Local Business, [...]
Titus Androniucs - Local Business “Okay, I think by now we’ve established that everything is inherently worthless, and there is nothing in the universe with any kind of objective purpose.” Thus opens Local Business , the newest record from New Jersey punk band Titus Andronicus, out today on XL Records. The record picks up where The Monitor —their flawless Ken Burns-esque Civil War concept record—left off: a nation/central character ravaged by the polarized nature of the contemporary world finally comes to terms with it’s elemental duality, only to be faced with the next daunting [...]
Titus Andronicus Local Business XL/Beggars Group Are you familiar with the concept of an earworm? It's a simple concept, really. An earworm is a song that gets stuck in the listener's head after one play and refuses to go away. They're nasty buggers. No one of their own volition walks around to the tune of "Who Let's the Dog Out." People who do choose such a life inevitably find themselves behind bars. Jerry Sandusky? The Penn State molester let the dogs out. So did, James Holmes, the batman [...]
Thanks to NPR, you can listen to the new Titus Andronicus album Local Business before it comes out on Oct 24th! Just click the link below! LISTEN HERE!
Titus Andronicus' latest album 'Local Business' releases next week and you can listen to it in full over at NPR. The group is naturally touring to promote... check out the dates below. FULL STREAM
The latest record from Jersey punks Titus Andronicus, Local Business, comes out on Beggars / XL next week, and as tour routing would have it, the band plays Philly the night of the release. The record is fantastic - a huge step into mainstream rock and roll territory (think The Hold Steady, Gaslight Anthem) while ... Continue reading
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Titus Andronicus join the NPR First Listen club by streaming their new album, Local Business , a week ahead of its release on October 22nd via XL Recordings. Have a listen to the Owen Pallett featured album below.
Kyle Dean Reinford Much has changed for New Jersey punks Titus Andronicus since they unleashed the grandiose historical allegory/saga of The Monitor on the world in 2010. On the plus side, the success of that record raised their profile by an exponential degree, expanding their audience well beyond the dudes looking for a soundtrack to their mosh pit demographic. But on the down side, after they wrapped the heavy touring regimen in support of The Monitor , guitarist Amy Klein - who despite not being on the record was [...]
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