I like Titus Andronicus‘ music well enough, but it seems like every time I read a story about them they are complaining. Here’s a sample from another woe-is-me tale from the band’s frontman, Patrick Stickles, regarding their recent experience opening for The Pogues: “After doing nine shows with them, they never took the time to introduce themselves […]
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Titus Andronicus Somehow Surprised That The Pogues Are Dicks
April 5th, 2011
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You Won’t Ever See Steve Albini at Fashion Week
October 7th, 2010
Steve Albini says seemingly outrageous things in interviews, but he never comes across as glib or unprepared. The guy means what he says, and he’s actually thought about his opinions before giving them. He’s one of the most uncompromising musicians I’ve ever admired. Sure, he can sound like an asshole, but he makes sense. Most […]
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Campaign to Convince Weezer to Break Up Has 99% to Go
October 7th, 2010
The campaign to bribe Weezer into breaking up for $10 million is so funny because it’s probably how all 852,000 people who bought Pinkerton actually feel. Weezer has been a big bag of suck for the last 10 years. 10 years. That’s a long time to disappoint your fans, repeatedly. I tried to get on […]
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No, All Shook Down Is Just As Bad As You Remember
September 20th, 2010
When The Replacements’ All Shook Down came out in the fall of 1990, I was a junior in high school. I’d been a Replacements fan for exactly two years, but even as a 16-year-old, I knew that this was the sound of a band sucking. A few of my friends went out and bought this […]
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Fugazi close to finishing complete concert archive
July 20th, 2010
I like to think of myself as a pretty big Fugazi fan, having seen them live five or six times over the years, but the news of the band’s upcoming massive live archive website isn’t as exciting to me as it seems to be for everyone else. With literally hundreds of shows being digitized and […]
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Sting is an insufferable twat
July 15th, 2010
I doubt it’s news to anyone that Sting is an insufferable twat, but Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times had the point hammered home in a recent interview that The Guardian has snarkily whittled down to its most abhorrently pretentious bits, which I am more than happy to share with you now: “Ask Sting […]
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Angry fans demand recall of Duran Duran remasters
July 15th, 2010
With all the fan backlash regarding the sound quality of EMI’s recent Duran Duran remasters, I’m glad I’ve held off purchasing my third or fourth iterations of albums I’ve owned the better part of my life. Some fans are so disappointed – even angry – over the poor sound quality that they are campaigning for […]
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