It's been a year and a half since Ted Leo 's last album, Rapid Response . What did you expect a guy bursting with as much talent and manic energy as him to do all that time, sit on his hands? Leo and his longtime cohorts The Pharmacists are gearing up to unleash their latest Matador album, The Brutalist , on March 9. Anyone who's even a little bit familiar with Leo knows that he's got a penchant for putting the words "nonstop" and "touring" together to a degree approaching obsession, and that [...]
Any Ted Leo fans out there? NPR's doing a live stream from their show tomorrow: Live Friday: Ted Leo And The Pharmacists In Concert . Related posts: Nine Minutes of Mike & Leo Download, Stream Radiohead Live from Santa Barbara Pearl Jam Do the East Coast | 2008 Summer Tour Dates
As far as my ears are concerned, yesterday was the first major multi-album new music release day of 2010, so it's past time for my annual list of what I'm looking forward to in the months ahead. I've included albums with solid dates, some with ballpark estimates, a few that are mere whispers on the wind. Oh, and a couple of pure fantasies. A boy can dream, can't he?Keep in mind, this is not even
Last week, we ran down the details of what ex- Georgie James member, Laura Burhenn, was up to with her new project, The Mynabirds . But what about John Davis, the most notable Georgie James member (aka, one of the guys from Q and Not U )? Well, we already know that he has formed a new project called Title Tracks , with an album scheduled to be released next month. A tour with Pretty & Nice was planned to kick off on February 11. Well, now that [...]
I know, I know! I've been notable in my absence. Notably absent. Absence duly noted. Thankfully, Eliza's been holding down the LHNA fort in said absence. In my defence, I've been oh so busy; pretty much working non-stop since getting back from Spain a few weeks ago (more on that in the coming months...). And yet it's no excuse! So sorry, dear reader! Here are a few pretty special recent covers (+ an older one) for your listening pleasure: Grizzly Bear [...]
HEADS UP Ted Leo + Pharmacists w/ Bleached (ex-Mika Miko) @ Glass House Fri 3/26 Ted Leo + Pharmacists w/ Bleached (ex-Mika Miko)@ Troubadour Sat 3/27 The new Ted Leo LP, The Brutalist Bricks , hits on 3/9. Matador has an MP3 from it up: "Even Heroes Have To Die." Anyone heard Bleached yet? Who all from Mika Miko is in it? Ted Leo photo [...]
A track from this concert on 4 April 2007, at Chelsea's (Baton Rouge, LA), was already posted a while ago: "TROUBLE," by openers Love of Diagrams . Here, finally, is a song from the main act that night, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists . This is one of my favorites by them, "Little Dawn," from 2004's "Shake the Streets." Both acts that night were recorded through the sound board, so the quality is fairly good, though the vocals are, as usual for a sound-board recording in a small club, too prominent. It's been long [...]
Ted Leo - Brutalist Bricks DOWNLOAD : Ted Leo - "Even Heroes Have To Die" As you may have noticed from my " Q1 2010 New Releases " post, Ted Leo has a new album coming out in March, here are some more details on that: And make no mistake, 'The Brutalist Bricks' — available on LP, CD and via all popular digital storefronts March 9, 2010 — is one of those career-defining, "can you believe [...]
If there's one thing I hate, its bullshit. If there's one thing I like, its no bullshit. With this is mind, I present to you, beloved reader, "Even Heroes Have To Die", a brand new single from Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. This is their first release since 2008, and their first on the esteemed Matador label. This is a straight-up melodic pop song, big on hooks and short on filler. This should appeal to fans of Joel Plaskett (Emergency), who will not only identify with Ted Leo's sound but also with the frustration of knowing [...]
Buying albums might be ever so passé, but that doesn't mean there still aren't quality new releases worthy of your dinero. Continuing with our theme of 2010 , we have identified 35 albums you'll probably want to buy over the next 365 days. Of course, since only about 1/4 of the albums that will be released in 2010 have actually been announced, this list is certainly heavily biased toward the first few months - though we tried to take into account some of the more realistic possibilities at the end - and subject to sudden change. But based on [...]
Emma Pollock - Hug The Harbour The Law Of Large Numbers ( Chemikal Underground - 2010) www.emmapollock.com Shout Out Louds - Walls Works ( Merge - 2010) www.shoutoutlouds.com Harlem - Friendly Ghost Hippies ( Matador - 2010) www.myspace.com/harlemduh Ted Leo & The Pharmacists [...]
(via inlog.org ) Adam Green - What Makes Him Act So Bad Basia Bulat - Gold Rush Beach House - Norway Broken Bells - The High Road Citay - Careful With That Hat Efterklang - Modern Drift Field Music - Measure Final Fantasy - Lewis Takes Action Get Well Soon - 5 Steps / 7 [...]
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Because sometimes good songs have no place in a post of their own. But mostly, just because I am not down with a jam doesn't mean you shouldn't hear it too. Get caught up with the last tidbits of 2009 after the jump. ♫ Hot Chip - One Life Stand / You've heard " Take It In " and you may have seen the video for the title track to Hot Chip's forthcoming One Life Stand . Now here is the jam itself and it [...]
If anyone qualifies as an indie hero, it's Ted Leo. The impassioned songwriter can take pop, punk, folk and just about anything else and add a hook so sweet it'll rot your teeth. "Even Heroes Have To Die" reminds us why we really wish that title isn't true; here's hoping Leo is with us for [...]
Some free downloads collected for your listening pleasure... Enkele gratis downloads verzameld, om van te genieten... Canadian band In-Flight Safety have made a great cover version of "Fairytale of New York" (which you could already hear in my Christmas mix ). [...]
MP3's of artists playing the NJ area this week! Ted Leo - I'm A Ghost Glassjaw - Ape Dos Mil Washington Square Park - These Last Three Months The Bouncing Souls - Kids and Heroes Tourmaline - Yesterday Always Forget [...]
Admittedly, our first guestimates for next year's summer festivus didn't turn out too well. After all, schedules change, guitarists quit , and predictions, well, are just predictions, and sometimes they don't turn out correct. So, per request, we decided to give it another try. Hopefully this time around these prove to be a bit more accurate. Coachella (April 16-18; Indio, CA): Muse - Already confirmed . Beastie Boys - Coachella's [...]
The following tickets are on sale beginning Friday, December 18th, 2009: Carrie Underwood: What: North American dates When: March - May Tixs: Price varies depending on location Buy: Ticketmaster.com at 10:00 AM EST Mariah Carey: What: North American dates When: January - February [...]
As Charles Durning's character Henry Larson says in Home for the Holidays (perhaps the greatest holiday film of all time), "Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone thinks everyone else's stinks." After sifting through a shitload of opinions (pun totally intended!) and lists over the last month or so, I've come to believe that truer words were never spoken. So, with that in mind, here are ten songs I loved in 2009 and five I think you'll love in 2010. 01. Kings of Leon - "Use Somebody" (from [...]
What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we're in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, we [...]
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