Comments on: Rx Bandits Dig Up Something Tangible

By: Circa89Survive

Circa89Survive — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:53:23 +0000

Wow you are just now finding out about these guys. You need to hear The Sound Of Animals fighting, its made up of the core members of the RX Bandits and the front man is Anthony Green from Circa Survive. The Rx bandits have put out a solid group of cds, the past four being their best. They put on an amazing live show, almost better live than on cd.

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2010 Coachella Lineup @ Antiquiet — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:25:24 +0000

[...] David Guetta and our beloved Dead Weather, and will also feature appearances by Portugal. The Man, Rx Bandits and Dirty [...]

By: Another Jared

Another Jared — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:34:55 +0000

Mandala, while very good, is a bit of a departure from their previous work. Progress, The Resignation, … and the Battle Begun are all better albums in my opinion. But as usual for RX, Mandala holds a special place as well. Progress is my personal favorite, but dam if I can’t say I love every song of every album I mentioned.

By: Glassjaw LA Show Review @ Antiquiet

Glassjaw LA Show Review @ Antiquiet — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:47:40 +0000

[...] if I have anything to say about it, and the live versions reinforced my appreciation. Check out our in depth review if you dig The Mars Volta, Portugal. The Man, or, of course, [...]

By: ian

ian — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:00:47 +0000

I am a big fan of RXB and TMV and, I agree, when I heard Mandala I immediately texted my friend saying “this album sure is heavy on the volta influence,” but, hey, that’s not a bad thing at all.

By: brennan

brennan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:59:11 +0000

Skwerl, I like the last comment you made, in fact made me laugh. I also believe you wrote an intricate review of an amazing album considering your fresh approach to the band. I’m not going to spew about my love for the bandits or my following and observation of their growth over their existence, but I will agree with one prior post and suggest you do yourself a favor my checking the rest of their catalog. And See Them Live! Great review

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:27:36 +0000

first of all, we’re not middle aged. dick. ha. but anyway, there are plenty of albums we hate. we tend not to waste our time telling you what not to listen to. that’s why there’s no vampire weekend, phoenix, cobra starship, or fleet foxes reviews here.
occasionally we’re let down by an album that should have been good. that’s where the bulk of our bad reviews come from, and they’re here to be found.

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:05:10 +0000

hey, noticed all these reviews are interesting but relentlessly positive. guess i have to pay for newspaper to get a middle age writer to hate an album

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:27:36 +0000

I Agree with Casey on this, and a few others. RXB have been on the scene far longer than TMV…and as was stated above were discovering their prog sounds at almost the same time. I would like to say thank you for giving one of my favorite and in my mind one of the most talented and underrated bands I know of a chance to be heard and seen on a larger scale.

By: casey

casey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:45:46 +0000

I agree some of your comparisons to TMV, but, as RXB has been around for much longer than TMV, I wouldn’t ever call them anything close to a ripoff. Hell, De-Loused and RXB’s first album with this prog-rock sound, The Resignation, were released 9 days apart. So I wouldn’t be comparing RXB to TMV, I’d go the other way. RXB’s previous album to The Resignation, Progress, was even verging on that sound.

And, yes, I do know of ATDI, and I do know that they existed for a good two years before RXB did, but their sound was totally different to TMV’s. Oh well, enough with the acronyms.

All that aside, I love this album, and this assessment is great, especially with what you had to work with, RXB experience-wise. I hope this convinces you to go back and listen to their other albums, as they too are mind blowingly spectacular.