Last night Patrick Stickles & Co. gave the awkward Jimmy Fallon audience something to dance for with a suitably shaggy, anthemic rendition of the abridged take on The Monitor's "A More Perfect…   Read Story »

A lot of times I compare live performances to how that band sounds on their album. At Pitchfork Festival, Saturday was really about how artists worked with the big crowd and the daytime heat (the…   Read Story »

Amrit and I saw Inception just before the start of this year’s Pitchfork Festival, so you have to read this post with the understanding that the first day may have been a dream, or maybe you are in…   Read Story »

Late last week in Philadelphia, Titus Andronicus and Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone gave the Barbary a spirited cover of Weezer's beloved "Undone - The Sweater Song." Ramone was there because the…   Read Story »

One of The Monitor's best tracks is its raucous opener “A More Perfect Union," a song best experienced bleeding into “Titus Andronicus Forever”'s “the enemy is everywhere." This Claire…   Read Story »

Here's a tip if you're going to one of these industry festival type things: If IAMSOUND is having a party, you should attend that party. Just like this past CMJ, the L.A.-based imprint owned their…   Read Story »

Yesterday we suggested The Montitor's opener "A More Perfect Union" was best experienced with a full bleed into the following track "Titus Andronicus Forever." Experience that and other overlaps at…   Read Story »

I tried to like The Airing Of Grievances because New Jersey dudes with big beards/bookshelves are close to my heart (and mirror), but I couldn't always get past the nagging Bright Eyes moments. A…   Read Story »

Titus frontman Patrick Stickles was forcibly ejected because of his costume, but not before being put-off by the coke-snorting American Apparel-style "assholery on display." He got back in in time to…   Read Story »

One last gargantuan batch of photos from an exhausting, exhaustive week of NYC showgoing. On Friday Jessica Amaya joined us at Doveman's record release party at the Elevated Hole, a Chelsea loft…   Read Story »