Flaming Lips, Spoon, Widespread Panic Lead 2010 Forecastle Lineup

Flaming Lips, Spoon, Widespread Panic Lead 2010 Forecastle Lineup

Drive-By Truckers, Dar Williams, Ted Leo, Sara Watkins and many more will also perform...  read more

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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: The Brutalist Bricks

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: <em>The Brutalist Bricks</em>

Indie vet is getting very sleepy Ted Leo is a rock legend, but on his sixth album, he’s beginning to show his age, and not in a wisdom-gaining kind of way. The Brutalist Bricks, one of the most highly anticipated albums of this year, is full of melodic pop-punk that would have fit right in a decade ago but sounds weary and exhausted today....  read more

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Celebrate Ted Leo's New Album With Karaoke Backed by Ted Leo

Celebrate Ted Leo's New Album With Karaoke Backed by Ted Leo

Many a fan has dreamed of joining their favorite band onstage, of rocking out while backed by a favorite drummer or screaming into the same microphone as a favorite frontman. On March 9, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists will make that dream come true at the release party for their new album The Brutalist Bricks at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory. After a brief performance of old and new music, they’ll spend the latter part of the evening acting as the backing band for an evening of karaoke....  read more

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Download Ted Leo's "The Mighty Sparrow"

Download Ted Leo's "The Mighty Sparrow"

Download Ted Leo's "The Mighty Sparrow" here.Leo's The Brutalist Bricks will be released March 9 on Matador....  read more

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Great Expectations 2010: Ted Leo

Great Expectations 2010: Ted Leo

Travis Morrison, the former Dismemberment Plan frontman, once described Ted Leo as “someone who could’ve made a million dollars on a major, but chose to stick it out on smaller labels...”  read more

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Ted Leo Announces Spring U.S. Tour

Ted Leo Announces Spring U.S. Tour

Ted Leo, one of Paste’s 20 Best Live Acts of the (previous) Decade, is also one of the most relentless. Shortly after wrapping up his December U.S.-U.K. tour, and following a year of supporting the Dropkick Murphys, Pearl Jam, and Against Me! on stage, the New Jersey punk rocker has announced that he will hit the road yet again this spring....  read more

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Download Ted Leo's "Even Heroes Have to Die"

Download Ted Leo's "Even Heroes Have to Die"

Download Ted Leo's "Even Heroes Have to Die" here.Leo's The Brutalist Bricks will come out March 9 on Matador....  read more

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The 20 Best Live Acts of the Decade (2000-2009)

The 20 Best Live Acts of the Decade (2000-2009)

On any given night, on any city in America, there's a band or a singer/songwriter transcending the usual concert experience...  read more

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Watch Ted Leo Perform New Song, "One Polaroid a Day"

Watch Ted Leo Perform New Song, "One Polaroid a Day"

Signs of a new Ted Leo album continued to surface at this year’s CMJ, thanks to a new song and one resourceful audience member....  read more

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CMJ Announces Full 2009 Festival Lineup

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While the names of some music festivals are just plain gibberish (Bonnaroo? Bumbershoot? What?), none are as straightforward as CMJ. The College Music Journal Music Marathon and Film Festival is exactly that—an epic, five-day marathon stretch of more than 1,200 different artists invading more than 75 different New York City venues. We get exhausted just thinking about it....  read more

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