He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene, both as a solo artist and as the front man for The Pharmacists. Hear Ted Leo and his band in a full ...

His 1999 debut with Ted Leo & The Pharmacists fused punk, reggae and dub music, but he's gone in several other directions since: With the help of a full band, he's crafted a contagious and ...

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists are playing DC venue The Black Cat’s 30th anniversary in September with Velocity Girl and more, and they’ve announced a few other East Coast dates surrounding that ...

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists wrapped up the first leg of their tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Shake The Sheets in Brooklyn on Sunday (6/23). They took the stage at Warsaw to looped ...

With their Oct. 19 release, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists providea cure for indie rock fans that have been anxious for somethingdependable and loud. "Shake the Sheets," the band's fifth album, is a ...

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will embark on a 20th anniversary tour for Shake the Sheets this year, with support at select dates from Ekko Astral and Diners. The tour is bookended by stops in New ...

He was a writer and a co-executive producer on the TV show "Monk". And now, thanks to his work on Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' "Bottled in Cork" clip, he's also a music video director. Scharpling ...

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists playing in their home state at essentially a VFW? Let's do it. But first, the only opening band, Titus Andronicus. Titus Andronicus (a band also from only a few minutes ...

Ted Leo is a consummate musician: technically skilled, compositionally ambitious and steeped in heritage. His assimilation of diverse influences—Thin Lizzy, The Jam, The Clash, The Specials, ...

If great American songwriters like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen had grown up in the east coast post-hardcore scene of the late 1980s they probably would have sounded a lot like Ted Leo. With their ...

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Or, judging by the turnout at Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ show at SOhO last Wednesday night, maybe we just don’t dig noise. While SOhO remains lovely if empty and hosting the usual smattering of ...