Monday, April 23 2007
Branching Out: An Interview With Ted Leo
America's last remaining old-style punk rocker revisits his hardcore, pop, mod, soul, celtic and reggae roots in his fifth and latest full-length. "I knew going into it that I didn't want this record to be as concise as the last one," he says.
Thursday, April 19 2007
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Living With the Living
The punk rocker makes his most varied album, but he nearly spreads it too thin.
Tuesday, November 2 2004
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists: Shake the Sheets
Shake the Sheets is bleary eyed and caffeine-stoked, empathetic and unfiltered, as majestically melodic as Jon Brion and fiercely topical as Joe Strummer. It's a clean, bright thunderbolt of self-expression, overwhelmingly electric like flood lights, and probably one of the best sets of no-frills, intelligent rock you'll hear this year.
Friday, April 18 2003
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Hearts of Oak
Insanely hooky and tortuous, Hearts Of Oak is an informal message that couldn’t have come at a more fitting time.
