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bedsitter23Titus Andronicus is a new Jersey band that got a lot of buzz around their second album 2010's The Monitor.
I only recently discovered them via Iowa Public Radio, which plays a lot of good (read: college and public access) music in the evenings.
A band named after a Shakespeare play and that released a concept album around the Civil war is sort of a scary proposition.
TA are ambitious and that ambition shows in all aspects of their music.
I find it hard to categorize. Rolling Stone compared them to Thin Lizzy and The Replacements.
I probably wouldn't have went with those particular bands, but the genres are pretty spot on.
My favorite TA moments are when they sound like The Clash circa 1978. (Lead vocalist Patrick Stickles has a bit of a Strummer vibe). They also do carry a bit of that Recent Generation Springsteen Influenced Sound of The Gaslight Anthem or The Hold Steady. At other times, it's just a bit of classic stadium rock (which i suppose is where the Thin Lizzy comparison comes in).
I only recently discovered them via Iowa Public Radio, which plays a lot of good (read: college and public access) music in the evenings.
A band named after a Shakespeare play and that released a concept album around the Civil war is sort of a scary proposition.
TA are ambitious and that ambition shows in all aspects of their music.
I find it hard to categorize. Rolling Stone compared them to Thin Lizzy and The Replacements.
I probably wouldn't have went with those particular bands, but the genres are pretty spot on.
My favorite TA moments are when they sound like The Clash circa 1978. (Lead vocalist Patrick Stickles has a bit of a Strummer vibe). They also do carry a bit of that Recent Generation Springsteen Influenced Sound of The Gaslight Anthem or The Hold Steady. At other times, it's just a bit of classic stadium rock (which i suppose is where the Thin Lizzy comparison comes in).
