Who?: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Where?: First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA
When?: April 7th, 2010

Zac didn’t go, but someone had to be there. I’m talking about the Ted Leo/Pharmacists show at the Church last week. I had seen Ted just this past December but his Brutalist Bricks is so good (think a punk looking at 40 and making the decision to “trim the fat” on a “new record” and allowing it to find the perfect place within his canon) that I, no matter what, could not miss this show. And why not? With TL, you always get your money’s worth. Last week was no different. There was his unrivaled rapport with the audience, his Pharmacists’ (James Canty, Marty “Violence” Key, Chris Wilson) “togetherness,” spirited stage “moves,” and a set that included the rarely heard “Under the Hedge” alongside TL/RX live staples like “Little Dawn” which I thought might be worth capturing for this site.