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South of Seattle
South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
edited March 2008 in The Porch
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists to Open for Pearl Jam
Don't they just look like one big happy Photoshopped family?

Hmmm, wonder if they'll spend any time talking politics? Pearl Jam have made their selections for the opening slots on their forthcoming summer U.S. tour, and dashing young punk Ted Leo and his Pharmacists are among them.

It seems Ted and company will take up with Eddie etc. starting June 19 in Camden, New Jersey and follow the stadium-rock staples through the rest of the month. Actually, it sounds like a good choice all around: Pearl Jam get one of the best live bands in the world to front for 'em, and Ted can school the masses to the ways of the world a few more folks at a time than he's generally accustomed. Plus he gets to rock Madison Square Garden!

Kings of Leon, who are kind of the complete antithesis of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, will open the rest of Pearl Jam's tour.

Ted, sans Ed, hits the UK next month. He also recently remixed Spoon's "Don't You Evah" for an upcoming single, and appears on the just-released DVD of the first season of "Human Giant".
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    pitchfork are like a bunch of 8th grade school girls. Much more concerned about image then they should be.
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  • corduroy10
    corduroy10 Posts: 199
    I saw Ted Leo open for Deathcab a few years ago. Meh. They didn't bowl me over the way Pitchfork is suggesting they should have.
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  • PJbauer88
    PJbauer88 Posts: 87
    pitchfork doesnt respect pearl jam because they're popular and consider them mainstream. they have a few good writers i guess and they're really good for news but in general pitchfork is a bunch of arrogant snobs who have probably never even touched a musical instrument yet criticize the fuck out of really good music because its not indie or underground or artsy or weird or whatever the hell they base their judgments on
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  • KDH12
    KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    I work with someone that is interning with pitchfork and he is an idiot and the folks at pitchfork are idiots for hiring him :D
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  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,997
    Pitchfork sucks.
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    i don't care what anyone says I love Pearl Jam and I love Ted Leo.

    And I'm excited to be seeing them in one night.
  • over bends
    over bends Posts: 1,568
    PJbauer88 wrote:
    pitchfork doesnt respect pearl jam because they're popular and consider them mainstream.

    Then how does that explain their orgasms for everything that Radiohead puts out? You don't have to like Pitchfork, I don't either, but heaven forbid someone doesn't like Pearl Jam because they *gasp* don't like them.

    Plus, they didn't even say anything bad either. It's not like they said Leo can "teach Pearl Jam a thing or two about being a live band." It was a credit to Leo not a knock against Pearl Jam. Come down... this thread is something about nothing.
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