TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS will be here @ the Crofoot on 3/12/10 with TITLE TRACKS.
Check out this interview with Ted from Pitchfork….
“Welcome to 5-10-15-20, where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we’ll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we’ll just learn that they really liked hearing the “Kids Incorporated” theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it’ll be fun.” says Pitchfork.
“Our new story, The Emptiness, is FINALLY here! You’ve seen the videos, you’ve heard the songs, now you need to go out and get the final piece of the puzzle. Once you get the album with the lyrics, story and sketches the entire story will come to life for you and all make sense.” Read more on this blog, other blogs, see photos, purchase merchandise, watch videos, and hear songs on their MySpace.
Alesana will be playing with A Skylit Drive, Of Mice & Men, The Word Alive, and We Came As Romans in the Crofoot Ballroom on Saturday February 20, 2010 at 5:30pm. Tickets are on sale in advance for $13.
“Quieter is the new quiet,” apparently. Despite calls for the whisper-folk pair to make Øye’s house and techno background more apparent, Declaration of Dependence doubles down on hushed Scandinavian understatement. No drums, unless you count slapped fretboards or squeaking fingers: just two voices, two acoustic guitars, and occasional cello, viola, or one-finger piano plinks. Along with sharper songwriting focus, this go-for-broke softness makes for the most durable, rewarding Kings of Convenience album yet– a Pink Moon to past efforts’ Five Leaves Left. Barring a last-minute José González surprise, it’s also probably the best new full-length of its style you’ll hear this year.”, says Pitchfork.
