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Fans Get Punk Pearl Jam Bonus At Concert

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) August 24, 2009 4:07 pm
Pearl Jam have taken a lot of flack from detractors for their "band of the people" stances over the course of their neatly two-decade career. Be it their refusal to do interviews, make videos or their ill-fated squabble with Ticketmaster, cynical backlash has dogged them. But those in attendance at the Molson Ampitheatre in Toronto...
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Ted Leo And The Pharmacists Prescribe Energy Pills

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) May 4, 2007 3:00 pm
The Mod Club was already pretty full when I arrived at 9:30 p.m. for the start of Love Of Diagrams' half-hour set. I had listened to the Australian trio's new Mosaic album once and liked it, but really wasn't familiar with their '80s-influenced, post-punk music. Guitarist Luke Horton and bassist Antonia Selbach alternated vocals, while Monika...
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I Read The News Today... For May 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 6, 2011 4:03 pm
The Vaccines are touring North America with Arctic Monkeys this month. Lazarus A.D.'s show with Baptized In Blood and Modern Miniatures that was to take place in Toronto this Monday has been cancelled. Beirut's new album will probably come out this summer. Cue hipsters everywhere peeing themselves. Chromeo, Tiga and MSTRKRFT are among those...
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I Read The News Today... For March 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 25, 2011 2:44 pm
The original Crystal Castles Atari Teenage Riot have released a new single for fans of BLEEEEPPPP BLIPPPP BOOOOOOP. Don't Radiohead know no one reads newspapers anymore? —radiohead.com A member of Jamiroquai's stage crew fell 50 feet to his death from a gantry while setting up for a gig in Lyon, France, prompting the band to cancel their show in...
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I Read The News Today... For July 17, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff July 16, 2010 4:10 pm
Weezer's new album is out Sept. 13. It's apparently full of "raw rock energy." —Spin Amy Adams will play Janis Joplin in an upcoming biopic about the troubled '60s rocker. —CBS News Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry was hospitalized after getting into a motorcycle accident on Thursday (July 16). —Rolling...
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Ted Leo And The Pharmacists — The Brutalist Bricks

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 11, 2010 2:07 pm
New Jersey's Ted Leo is one of this century's most overlooked songwriters, and the outspoken vegan and his band make their Matador Records debut on this sixth full-length. Punk remains at the roots of everything Leo and his talented sidemen produce, but the '70s influences that have often crept into their music are back again — particularly on...
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Ted Leo Signs To Matador Records

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By Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack) September 23, 2009 3:49 pm
After the recent devolution of Touch And Go Records, Ted Leo (and presumably his Pharmacists) found themselves label-less. They now have a new home, since they've signed to Matador Records — a decision that came after much deliberation but little persuasion, Leo assures. "During a recent conversation over an iced coffee (and then a...
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Pearl Jam Help Out Ted Leo

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 24, 2009 4:18 pm
Pearl Jam got themselves and opener Ted Leo And The Pharmacists out of a... jam (I couldn't resist) on Friday night during the band's show at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre. Leo was stuck at the border due to passport issues and that meant Pearl Jam were left without an opening act. Instead of leaving people with nothing to see, Pearl Jam...
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Ted Leo's Rapid Response Protest

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 16, 2008 10:54 am
Politically active singer/songwriter Ted Leo was so upset by the events that took place at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota's twin cities early this month that he and his band The Pharmacists have released a new charity EP titled Rapid Response as a protest. The EP is available to download through Touch And Go Records' website and...
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