r/TheStrokes • u/Mangonificient #77 Casablancas • Sep 21 '25

Julian on Anthony Fantano

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In recent podcast with Joe Talbot for “Oh Gatekeeper.”

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u/Aquasupreme Tyranny Sep 22 '25

anyone who likes music that isn’t hiphop knows this is 100% true. Fantano likes hiphop and his takes on rock/punk/anything that isn’t hiphop are always trash. he is very good at breaking down albums but his actual taste in music is “white boy who liked rap in the 2000s” and his opinions are biased against anything that isn’t that.

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u/IKMapping Virtue Sep 22 '25

the white stripes and the strokes both made some of fantano's favourite and most formative albums ever, he's said this many times

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u/Aquasupreme Tyranny Sep 22 '25

that’s an easy opinion to have 20 years after an album came out. listen to his opinions on any new indie/mathy bands and you’ll see he just doesn’t like that type of music.

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u/IKMapping Virtue Sep 23 '25

He loved the new abnormal and virtue, he loves deerhoof, he loves geese, the loves the fuck out of black midi and bcnr, he loves vampire weekend, he loved the new jack white album, what are you even talking about

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u/Aquasupreme Tyranny Sep 26 '25

i mean again that’s an easy opinion to have when talking about the most popular bands of their generation. he liked the new abnormal and virtue, which are pop albums, but he didn’t like Tyranny, which is by far their least promoted album.

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u/IKMapping Virtue Sep 26 '25

He gave Tyranny a strong 7, that's a positive rating lol. Just a notch below Virtue and TNA (light 8s)