Monday, February 21, 2005

Ted Leo is so yesterday

Ted Leo Day has now come and gone. You gotta love a band at this level that acts as its own roadies and techs. There were several highlights; for me, the most notable being their thunderous closer, "Ballad of the Sin Eater." And also Ted's solo performance of (I think) Rainbow's "Since You've Been Gone," wherein halfway through he broke into "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Oh, and he did "Dial Up," "Timorous Me," "Under the Hedge," and the towering "Biomusicology" from The Tyranny of Distance. Such beauty and power. And so many of the great ones from Hearts of Oak and Shake the Sheets. An awesome performance. Please, sir, may I have some more.