[photo courtesy of Jeremy Arambulo]
Acidjack reports:
“Ted Leo & the Pharmacists came out to play on a cold Sunday night, sort of for no reason. They aren’t on tour, and they don’t have a new album out (as they pointed out). Luckily, nobody told them this might not be a proposition for a packed house. In fact, Bowery was sold out and very, very full with the type of fans that make Sunday night shows among my favorites. Much like the Dirty Projectors’ Sunday night tour closer at Bowery that we featured on the site earlier this week, this show brought out fans who came to enjoy the music, knew the songs, and showed the band enthusiasm, friendliness and respect. Leo and the band returned the favor, giving an approximately 90 minute set (comprising, as you will see, a ton of songs, 23 to be exact) that never sagged. The band debuted a number of new (and “new new”) songs as well as older classics and covers. Leo proves that three-chord punk music doesn’t have to be stupid or lo-fi — his stage banter and lyrics are witty and intelligent, and his guitar tuning breaks (due to the last minute substitution of a finicky guitar) this night were frequent. Younger bands take note: Sometimes, giving something more than a sloppily-tuned 40 minute set – even when your songs are all in the 3-4 minute range – can be pretty cool.
I recorded this set from a pole clamped to the left side of the soundboard cage, with the mics about 8′ from the floor with the DPA 4021s. The sound quality is excellent.
Thanks to Ted Leo, Touch and Go Records, and the Bowery Ballroom for allowing the recording, and Kevin and the rest of the Bowery team for their assistance.”
We recorded Ted Leo almost exactly two years ago at Music Hall [here].
Download the MP3 and FLAC files and stream the entire show on the Live Music Archive [HERE]
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
2009-12-06
Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY USA
An ACIDJACK master recording
Recorded and produced by acidjack
Hosted at nyctaper.com
Equipment: DPA 4021>Marantz PMD 660 (Oade Concert Mod) (16/44.1kHz)
Position: Pole clamped to left side of SBD cage, 8′ total height, DIN
Mastering: 16/44.1kHz WAV>Audacity (set fades, tracking, amplify each channel)>FLAC ( level 8 )
Setlist
01 Heart Problems
02 Me and Mia
03 The One Who Got Us Out
04 tuning
05 The Mighty Sparrow
06 The Ballad of the Sin Father
07 Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
08 tuning
09 Even Heroes Have to Die
10 The Stick
11 I’m A Ghost
12 Army Bound
13 tuning/banter
14 One Polaroid A Day
15 The High Party
16 Parallel or Together?
17 tuning/banter
18 Counting Down the Hours
19 Where Was My Brain
20 tuning/banter
21 A Bottle of Buckie
22 Under the Hedge
23 tuning/crowd
24 Bottled and Corked
25 The Crane Takes Flight
26 Last Days
27 encore break
28 [unknown cover song]
29 Timorous Me
30 Biomusicology
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