It's going to be a busy spring it seems. With everyone from The Avett Brothers to Muse hitting the road, promoters will have an easy time crowding their venues. Next on the list? Ted Leo and the Pharmacists ! With an album on its way , The Brutalist Bricks (due out March 9th via Matador ), it's really no surprise Mr. Leo has decided to take his Pharmacists out for a spring jaunt. But first things first, however. Over the next few weeks, he'll be wrapping up his own solo tour over in [...]

It's Sunday, the Lord's Day , and so what better time to do a bit on possibly the best mock-Oi, Oi band running: Hard Skin . From "Deepest South London", Hard Skin deliver letter-perfect Oi!, brutally ripe with deliberately offensive and hilarious tongue-in-cheekedness. At one fell swoop they're able to ruffle the feathers of the overly-delicate PC set, all the while slumming with the low-brows and confusing the tuffs up front who haven't been let in on the gag. What's more, the music is actually good -really good, as evidenced by the diamond "We Are The [...]
"Maybe it's time. Maybe it's payday. Time for a payday. Turn this show into that Jimmy Parton show." -- Tom, considering monetizing his real radio empire "Don't do this to me, ABBA box. Just go! Go! Come back. No, go! Just go. I cannot look at you." Tom, struggling to give his blue buddy the (temporary) boot "More pizza, slave!" -- Problem children, demanding additional substenance at a birthday bash "A lot of marble. A lot of marble went [...]