Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Performing The Tyranny of Distance @ The Black Cat - DCist.com

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Performing The Tyranny of Distance @ The Black Cat
DCist.com
So, seeing that phrase, “playing The Tyranny of Distance in its entirety” on the Black Cat website under a very active touring and recording artist like Ted Leo initially felt jarring. He is the last person who needs to pull what is usually a cash-grab ...

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Archers of Loaf, Devin, Team Spirit added to 4Knots - NBC New York (blog)


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Archers of Loaf, Devin, Team Spirit added to 4Knots
NBC New York (blog)
By Michael Tedder The Village Voice-sponsored Siren Music Festival was a summer institution for nearly 10 years, bringing free sets from the likes of The Shins, Guided By Voices, Saul Williams, Screaming Females, MIA and Ted Leo to the shores of Coney ...
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The man behind Chaos in Tejas - Austin American-Statesman

The man behind Chaos in Tejas
Austin American-Statesman
... Katey Red and Big Freedia, garage rockers Pierced Arrows, shoegaze revivalists A Place to Bury Strangers, indie rock lifers Ted Leo/Pharmacists, hip-hop acts Fat Tony and Main Attractionz and a reunion show by emopunk founding fathers Moss Icon.

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New name, new look: Sackets Harbor couple to open former Barracks Inn restaurant - WatertownDailyTimes.com

New name, new look: Sackets Harbor couple to open former Barracks Inn restaurant
WatertownDailyTimes.com
By TED BOOKER SACKETS HARBOR — Julia A. Jacobs and Joseph P. Finns of Sackets Harbor, who met only eight months ago, will be getting married in two weeks. But they won't be united only in marriage this summer; they're going to be restaurant owners, ...

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Screaming Females Get Ugly - Mother Jones


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Screaming Females Get Ugly
Mother Jones
The band gradually built a rep for energetic live shows and a distinctive sound, and have since played more than 700 self-booked shows, including tours with the likes of the Dead Weather, Dinosaur Jr., Titus Andronicus, and Ted Leo.

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Rise Against, A Day to Remember, Title Flight - CL Charlotte

Rise Against, A Day to Remember, Title Flight
CL Charlotte
RISE AGAINST Rise Against have strayed from their Cali hardcore influences, hewing closer to the clean tunefulness of Ted Leo than the bludgeoning thunder of Black Flag. But what they lose in fiery thrash, they make up for with their intense message.

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Localized Appreesh: AB & the Sea - San Francisco Bay Guardian

Localized Appreesh: AB & the Sea
San Francisco Bay Guardian
And earlier that year, the band played Noise Pop again, amid a sea of punks before Ted Leo. Well now, it's basically summer 2012 (we have to make up seasons 'round these parts) and the band has just released its newest contribution to our cultural ...

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The Battle of the Sexes: Screaming Females and the Men - SPIN

The Battle of the Sexes: Screaming Females and the Men
SPIN
... possibility — more detours, more gleeful disorientation, a touch of the same absurdly ambitious fervor that elevated fellow Jersey-punk royalty like van-lifer poet laureate Ted Leo and magnificently deranged Civil War re-enactors Titus Andronicus.

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On the Record: Jack White, Daughn Gibson and More - PW-Philadelphia Weekly

On the Record: Jack White, Daughn Gibson and More
PW-Philadelphia Weekly
... this record is full of blues, brutal truths, stellar guitar work and production. Free Association: We knew he had it in him; it's just nice to finally have it in our hands. For Fans Of: Ted Leo, Jimmy Page + Bob Dylan (his hero), the Clash x Spoon, ...

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Sweating to the (Punk Rock) Oldies at Ian MacKaye's 50th Birthday - Washington City Paper (blog)


Washington City Paper (blog)
Sweating to the (Punk Rock) Oldies at Ian MacKaye's 50th Birthday
Washington City Paper (blog)
A solo set by Ted Leo, who also played two shows at the Black Cat this weekend. Leo also switched to bass to accompany Minor Threat's Brian Baker, Fugazi fifth man Jerry Busher, and MacKaye's siblings Alec and Amanda in a cover of Sham 69's "Borstal ...

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