When Ted Leo gave us a Progress Report about recording his followup to 2007's Living With The Living, Jessica, inspired by a punky Pier 54 set, asked him if we could expect the new collection to be…   Read Story »

One last gargantuan batch of photos from an exhausting, exhaustive week of NYC showgoing. On Friday Jessica Amaya joined us at Doveman's record release party at the Elevated Hole, a Chelsea loft…   Read Story »

NAME: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists PROGRESS REPORT: Recording their followup to 2007's Living With The Living at Seaside Lounge Recording Studios in Brooklyn, NY. In some ways, Ted Leo's next…   Read Story »

Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last…   Read Story »

There's a new viral promo for the FX series featuring fans singing "Dayman." Videogum calls it the "Single Ladies" of bored middle class white children with great taste in low budget cable market…   Read Story »

We were gonna post Annie's saxy performance of the Actor standout here, but then @tedleo requested it appear on Videogum. And Videogum's a sucker for @tedleo, too.   Read Story »

He doesn't expect a new album for a while, so Leo posted a demo now, noting the recent live favorite (aka a "good late-spring tour sing-along") is "by no means the most ambitious of the new songs,…   Read Story »

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer,…   Read Story »

Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum…   Read Story »

Whenever I've recommended The Best Show on WFMU (91.1 FM, WFMU.org) to friends, I've been confronted with the complaint that the show is three hours long. And that they do not have three hours every…   Read Story »