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  She & He: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo Form #BOTH

  February 22, 2013 – Aimee Mann and Ted Leo have combined their eloquent, slightly off-kilter songwriting powers to form a duo called #BOTH. Mann, who scored an Oscar nod for 1997 Magnolia soundtrack strummer-bummer "Save Me," and Leo, the righteous hardcore-punk alumnus most recently of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, might not look at first blush like a perfect fit. And really, we have hashtag band names now? …
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  Ted Leo's Life With Rush: Closer to the Heart

  June 5, 2012 – In advance of the June 12 release of Rush's new Clockwork Angels, punk-rock stalwart Ted Leo shares his tale of a life touched by the prog-rock cult heroes. "Plus c'est la change, Plus c'est la meme chose": A life with Rush in six scenes... Scene One: Summer 1981 One year, my dad bought a van. …
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  Ted Leo Performs Intimate Memorial for Slain Austin Scene Booster Esme Barrera

  January 30, 2012 – "It's a hard honor, but it's an honor to be here tonight." On Saturday night at Beerland in Austin, those were the only words rocker Ted Leo could get out without stammering or choking up. …
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  Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent Honor Azerrad's DIY Book

  May 23, 2011 – Last night at New York City's Bowery Ballroom, a host of indie faves, including Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, and Titus Andronicus, helped music journalist (and SPIN contributor) Michael Azerrad celebrate the 10th anniversary of his book, Our Band Could Be Your Life, which chronicles the DIY bands who shaped American independent music scene as a whole from 1981 to 1991. …
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  'Mess With Texas' Megashow Helps Close out SXSW

  March 20, 2011 – It was no stunner that Ted Leo, punk-ethos lifer and reluctant interlocutor in South By Southwest's music-industry minstrel show, provided the most cutting epilogue to this year's cluster of the fucked: "I'm not impressed with your desire to be the biggest in the bowl," he sang on "The Sword in the Stone," at the fifth MWTX (Mess With Texas) party in a dusty, bi-level trailer park in East Austin. …
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  Navarro Talks Jane's, Snoop Goes Gorillaz + More

  December 7, 2010 – Dave Navarro says Jane's Addiction are experimenting with new sounds and instrumentation on the band's first record since 2003's Strays. …
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  The 40 Best Albums of 2010

  December 6, 2010 –  …
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  FREE MIXTAPE: Top Acts Cover Bad Religion

  October 19, 2010 – In our November issue, SPIN celebrates 30 years of the iconic label Epitaph Records, tracing its rise from a DIY imprint founded by Brett Gurewitz to a powerhouse label that sent punk to the top of the charts. Bad Religion - which included Gurewitz on guitar - were Epitaph's marquee band, so to commemorate the label's history, SPIN and MySpace Music rounded up top indie artists, including Tegan and Sara, Switchfoot, Ted Leo and New Pol …
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  Matador 21: Best Photos from Las Vegas!

  October 5, 2010 –  …
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  8 Notable Moments from Matador's Vegas B-Day!

  October 5, 2010 – It was somehow fitting that the Matador at 21 Lost Weekend at the Palms in Las Vegas coincided with an appearance by renowned DJ Pauly D and his camera crew -- after two decades of thriving just to the side of popular culture, why wouldn't the label do the same at its own 21st birthday party? Like the anniversary bashes Sub Pop and Merge threw for themselves in the past couple years, the event saw beloved dormant acts coming out of ret …
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