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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
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Maybe the dilapidated garages and all-ages clubs of the East Coast post-hardcore scene of the late 80s is a fitting place to begin our story. That’s where the chronicle of our era’s ever-humble valedictorian, Ted Leo, really gets interesting, anyway. It was here in bands Citizen’s Arrest and Animal Crackers (and later as the main song writer in Chisel) that Ted developed a sharpened political prowess, an assiduous commitment to his Gibson ES-335, an ear for melody, and charisma contagious enough to be considered chemical weaponry. A mod-punk savant in an age where punk (like practically everything intangible we’ve ever expressed interest in) has been replaced by product. With his latest, Living with the Living, Ted Leo delivers that existentialist ethos to a new crop of rude boys.

For their fifth full-length release (and first with Touch and Go Records), Ted Leo and the Pharmacists met up with Brendan Canty (Fugazi) at Long View Farms to iron out a new set of anthems that arrive with a confident and outspoken immediacy. With Living with the Living, Ted & Co. wipe clean the slate that once held names like Weller, Strummer and Bragg and indulge some of their farthest-reaching musical ambitions.
JEFF The Brotherhood
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JEFF are the brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall - an explosive 2-piece of
1970's inspired heavy post-punk-riff-rock. No throwback act, JEFF's
unending consistency makes bare-bone rawness their much welcomed
calling card.

Fall of 2009 saw release of their 5th, and most cohesive, full-length the critically
revered 'Heavy Days'. Put out on the group's Nashville based imprint Infinity Cat
Records, impressively marks the label's 45 release. Outside of their own vast
catalog, the two brothers trailblazed a thriving local scene with an impressive roster
of like-minded rockers (Heavy Cream, Natural Child, to name a few). And after a
full 12 months of nearly non-stop shows around 'Heavy Days', the Fall of '10
will see the release of 'Mellow Out' - the highly anticipated full-length follow-up.

Known high and low for their tireless live act, JEFF notorious tour-history remains
steadfast, having played nearly every village, town and major metropolitan area
in the lower 48. Primarily headlining, they've also co-billed tours with likes of Ted Leo &
The Pharmacists, Lightening Bolt, and Shonen Knife, amongst others. While it's a
widely known fact, the brothers don't necessarily mull on it much, they are the founding
members of the now infamously disbanded power-punk band Be Your Own Pet.

Jake and Jamin now stand alone, bringing Rock & Roll back to the basics as one of
the genre's best kept secrets, one heavy riff at a time.
Stupid Party
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Stupid Party is a garage/punk band from Brooklyn, New York.
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