Free Ted Leo + the Pharmacists

I realize they have been releasing material since 1999 and I'm just now discovering them. Yeah, that's pretty sad. They're pretty great though. There able to mix a rough punk sound with some great melody.



Pitchfork's Robert Mitchum had this to say regarding the band's 2003 Hearts of Oak album. . .
"Eschewing pretentious unpretentiousness for unguarded passion, strict '77-'82 influences for the classic rock stop on the FM dial, calculated instrumental inadequacy for guitar solos that are less technical flaunting (looking at you, Malkmus) than skillful, noisy exorcisms, Ted Leo makes a sound filled with so much authentic abandon that the British mags probably can't handle it."

check out a bunch of free mp3s here and and the current tour stops here.