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Posted in music | pictures on July 13, 2009
Titus Andronicus & Real Estate @ the Whitney, NYC - pics
photos by Leia Jospe
"I am standing behind a kid during the last song of Titus Andronicus' fascinating set at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The concert is part of the pop conceptual artist Dan Graham's retrospective, and the kid is on tip toes on the edge of the performance area (there is no stage) and he is doing a restrained pogo and leaning towards the band and it's as if he is straining every sinew in his body not to explode into a wild dance. But the kid can't dance because Whitney security have threatened to stop the concert if dancing continues which leaves lead singer Patrick Stickles in the unenviable position of trying to stop the audience from doing what he is trying to get the audience to do.Titus and Real Estate played the museum on Friday (7/10). Japanther and Ninjasonik played there for kids on Saturday, and The Feelies played there at the beginning of the month. This Friday's show is Abe Vigoda and Grooms as Dan Graham month continues. More pictures from Friday below...A little earlier opening band, fellow New Jersey natives, and longterm friends Real Estate performed a superb set. What connects the two bands is Real Estate and Titus both use repetitive chord progressions to build a wall of sound. What makes them different is where they take the sounds..." [rnlar]
Real Estate
Titus Andronicus
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Posted on July 13, 2009 9:21 AM
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That security looks like a bunch of weak old men. I bet any member of Titus, as skinny as they are, coulda taken 'em.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:46 AM
The whole pit thing and "crowd surfing" thing is a vestige of "grunge." A total mall-rat joke.
My favorite lines from the review:
>>A little earlier opening band, fellow New Jersey natives, and >>longterm friends Real Estate performed a superb set. What >>connects the two bands is Real Estate and Titus both use >>repetitive chord progressions to build a wall of sound. What >>makes them different is where they take the sounds..."
If that's how s/he defines their music, you could apply it to just about any band. A "superb" review for a "superb" band.
Yawn.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:54 AM
Don't believe the hype...don't-don't...don't believe the hype!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:57 AM
there was crowd surfing at Dan Deacon last year. security overreacted a bit. it was much crazier at Deacon show, more packed too...
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:58 AM
The sad reality is that a lot of snarky BV commenters are more articulate than BV writers.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:59 AM
^^Really? Of "grunge?" Not of the 12-15 years of punk and hardcore pits and crowd surfing that happened before it?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 9:59 AM
I was at many of the Hardcore shows to which you refer. Saw lots of pits and people in motion, but never saw anyone crowd surfing. The whole atmosphere was too tense for that kind of thing.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 10:32 AM
How do the vivian girls get to tour and only play choice cities? I.E NY,LA,Tokyo, Paris,prague etc..... They only have 2 albums. What is their secret? I want to know. I mean i like them and all but what the hell.
Posted by stinky pete | July 13, 2009 10:56 AM
nice hallelujah the hills shirt.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:26 AM
there is nothing "fascinating" about titus. i was there friday and it was embarrassing. incredibly derivative nonsense that belongs back in their parents' basement. ripping off old social distortion and ramones songs and putting your own infantile lyrics on top of them...are these guys in high school? fucking hacks.
i enjoyed real estate, though. at least they weren't completely ripping off their influences.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:27 AM
nice cassette playa shirt.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:31 AM
Why even have the shows in that shithole if you can't dance? KICK OUT THE JAMS ON MADISON AVE.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 12:53 PM
YEAH. WE SHUT THIS SHOW DOWN.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:59 PM
martin from real estate looks weirded out
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:17 PM
Hey 10:32 AM - what are you talking about? A. you don't know what shows I was at, so how do you know you were at them, too? And, B. you never saw people stage dive and crowd surf at hardcore shows?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:46 PM
summer of restrictions.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 4:59 PM
great pictures. This show was tons of fun.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 5:59 PM
Well I for one had fun. I thought both bands sounded awesome. Really excited for Abe Vigoda.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 6:06 PM
"A "superb" review for a "superb" band."
Shitty writing, but you don't need a blogger to tell you that Real Estate is really good.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 6:11 PM
July 13, 2009 9:54 AM : Grunge? That's interesting. I guess all of those kids beating the shit out of each other during Black Flag, AF, SOIA, etc weren't really doing anything right? You incredibly young, ignorant, jackass.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 7:22 PM
Titus ripping off the ramones and social distortion? Such comments leave me utterly confused. You confuse me. Utterly.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 8:32 PM
red head photographer at this event, are you single? you are gorgeous.
Posted by Anonymous | July 15, 2009 1:49 AM
one of the secuity guards looked like he was going to cry. it was hilarious.
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2009 3:30 PM