{"id":7008,"date":"2010-05-06T00:05:21","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7008"},"modified":"2010-05-17T18:22:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T18:22:49","slug":"ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-spencer-mcgarry-season-bedford-falls-buffalo-bar-cardiff-13-05-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/preview\/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-spencer-mcgarry-season-bedford-falls-buffalo-bar-cardiff-13-05-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Leo and the Pharmacists \/ Spencer McGarry Season \/ Bedford Falls : Buffalo Bar, Cardiff : 13.05.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YES.\u00a0 Cardiff welcomes a proper bloody indie hero for the first time, and not without some prior effort from your estimable hosts at Lesson No. 1.\u00a0 Politicised socially-aware rabble rouser, hardline vegan, twice-over punk hero (a three-album stint leading cult mod\/punk heroes Chisel preceded the Pharmacists) and Anglophile adopter of hybrid musical styles (punk, folk, ska…), Leo’s fit a fair bit into a career spanning nearly twenty years.\u00a0 Having recorded for an enviable series of fine labels – Gern Blandsten, Lookout!, Touch & Go – the Pharmacists released sixth full-length The Brutalist Bricks on Matador in March, and a fine return to peak form it is – perhaps his best since 2003’s bloody brilliant Hearts Of Oak.\u00a0 In a place the size of Buffalo, with a whip-smart band featuring ex-Nation of Ulysses\/Make-Up man James Canty on guitar, this is not to be missed.<\/p>\n

There’s superbly-chosen support, too.\u00a0 Bedford Falls basically petitioned to play this gig, and their heart-on-sleeve punk (think early Lemonheads, Buffalo Tom, H\u00fcsker D\u00fc) should be an excellent foil for the passion and tunes of Ted Leo.\u00a0 Spencer McGarry Season, meanwhile, shared much of Leo’s powerpop dynamism on debut album Episode 1, and while the current set offers a very different approach the songwriting quality is undiminished if not stronger.\u00a0 Seriously, n0t to be missed.<\/p>\n

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Lesson No.1\/Loose\/Bethan Elfyn presents<\/p>\n

TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS
\n<\/a> www.myspace.com\/tedleo<\/a><\/p>\n

SPENCER MCGARRY SEASON
\nwww.myspace.com\/spencermcgarry<\/a><\/p>\n

BEDFORD FALLS
\nwww.myspace.com\/bedfordfalls
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7.30pm<\/p>\n

\u00a37 adv\/\u00a38 on the door<\/p>\n

TICKETS
\nhttp:\/\/www.wegottickets.com\/event\/72206<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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