New York – One month ago, the weary world rejoiced as the rock band Titus Andronicus, (hereafter +@), unleashed its single “Dimed Out” and gazed, amazed, as The Most Lamentable Tragedy,(hereafter TMLT, available July 28 from Merge Records), rocketed from its lowly status as a little-believed legend, to the most anticipated rock and roll record of 2015.
After a somewhat convoluted series of events, I ended up at Glasslands for the official Stereogum CMJ showcase, just in time to see Cuckoo Chaos. The band has more new songs in their repertoire, more electronics, and more experimentalism up their cuckoo sleeves. They started out with some familiar songs, such as “Jesus Flag American
As far as venues like basements go, Goodbye Blue Monday is like someone’s lived-in basement that over time accumulated countless random thrift store knick knacks. A wall on one side of the stage is painted to look like it’s made of subwoofers, and merry-go-round ponies straddle a rail on the other side. I got there