We just played a show with Ted Leo at our hometown venue, the Meat Locker. Ted is from the town down the road, so this was as local and it gets, I guess. The show was great, mainly because Ted Leo is:
1. Super nice
2. Super good
That's all you really need, right? The whole show renewed my pride for the small handful of really terrific bands in North Jersey. You don't have to go to Brooklyn for good music, you know.
Big thanks to Matt and thenjunderground.com for putting the show on.
We're working on a new record right now. It'll probably be the best record ever. Maybe.
The Swindle is free right now, so you should go download it if you don't have it. We're accepting donations to help us pay for the record we're making. Consider it "pay-what-you-want" or some craziness like that. $25 gets you a vinyl copy of The Swindle (if you don't have it already) and a free download of this new record once we finish it. $100+ gets you chocolate chip cookies. No lies. I've already sent a few packages out.
p.s. fuck all points west. two bands from jersey. really? and most of the papers are saying one because steel train doesnt rip bruce springsteen off enough to count as a jersey band, i guess. you know, we have music here. and its GOOD. in five years (hopefully less) you'll hear about some trendy shit being all up in jersey bands, and jersey will be cool nah, probably not. those bands will probably pretend to be from somewhere else. well, fuck that! we won't! we're proud to be from jersey. its dirty and weird and i love it. that video was taken on the parkway, i think. i LOVE the parkway. www.thenjunderground.com