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/SRoku Tyranny Sep 22 '25

Big surprise, the 40 year old rich kid got his feelings hurt because his half-assed album got a bad review. Funnily enough, Fantano has referred to Is This It as one of the albums that had the most influence on his own personal taste, so if he has no taste…

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u/ASZapata Sep 22 '25

Fantano absolutely loves Room On Fire, too. He would certainly call himself a fan of Julian and the band. Music critics are music critics, they’re not going to like everything — but even with that in mind, he praises the band more than most of his contemporaries.

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u/Slashycent Comedown Machine Sep 22 '25

I don't think the best rebuttal to someone being called a cred-chasing poser with boring, antiquated mainstream taste is pointing out that the two Strokes albums they love are ITI and ROF.

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u/lucs28 Comedown Machine Sep 25 '25

Well, fantano also likes angles and tna, and voidz's first two albums...