15 songs.

MP3s:
- Colleen
- A Bottle of Buckie

Get a limited-edition 5 song bonus EP featuring exclusive new studio material with purchase of Living With The Living CD. Available while supplies last!
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11 songs.

MP3s:
- Me And Mia

In early 2004, in between tours, Ted began to write his fourth solo album. Motivated to keep pushing himself as a songwriter, performer and cultural critic, he shut himself in the basement of his childhood home in New Jersey and began to write. The songs that resulted in "Shake The Sheets" are smart, and passionate. "Me and Mia,""Heart Problems," "Little Dawn" and the rest discuss personal, political and societal ills in Ted Leo's signature style: soulful but never preachy or heavy-handed. The message, as powerful as it is, is never greater than the music. Ted's light touch and vast array of influences makes the pop perfect while the lyrics are searing and searching.

Producer Chris Shaw proved to be the perfect partner for Ted and his sonic vision for the album. Shaw has also worked on many other diverse projects, from Dashboard Confessional, to Bell Biv De Voe to the classic Public Enemy album, "It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back." Chris helped Leo develop and layer "Shake The Sheets," certainly Leo's most sonically powerful album to date.Â

Ted Leo is a unique artist for these times. He provides a near perfect combination of politics, art, punk values and humor in his songwriting and the combination resonates with people all over the world.Â
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9 songs.

MP3s:
- The Sword in the Stone

Ted Leo distinguished himself in 2003 with an acclaimed album, Hearts Of Oak, sold-out tours and coverage from Rolling Stone, Spin, Punk Planet, Mojo and other music magazines. In addition to playing with his band, The Pharmacists, Ted is also an accomplished solo performer. Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead is an EP built around the second single from the album, Hearts Of Oak. Apart from the title track this record consists of new solo recordings by Ted Leo - over 25 minutes of music. In addition to new songs, this EP features recorded versions of cover songs that have become live show favorites and illuminate some of Ted's inspirations, The Pogues'"Dirty Old Town," "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" by The Split Enz and The Jam's "Ghosts." This is an opportunity for fans to hear a different side of Ted Leo.
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13 songs.

MP3s:
- Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?
- The High Party

"I consider myself a perpetual English major, but I also get into bar fights."
- Ted Leo

TED LEO finally returns with the follow-up to 2000's "The Tyranny Of Distance" with "Hearts Of Oak" and he's brought his incredible band, The Pharmacists with him. They've spent the last two years touring with Quasi, Juno, Q & Not U, Radio 4 and on their own; delivering TED's music to appreciative crowds. Produced by Nicolas Vernhes and~TED LEO himself, "Hearts Of Oak" takes off where "Tyranny" left of, with passionate moments and moods inspired by Generation X, Dexy's Midnight Runners and The Ruts; the album references the intensity and politics of late 80's DC Hardcore scene as well as the political dance pop of Chumbawumba. The basic facts are these: TED LEO used to be in Chisel and The Sin-Eaters. His songwriting and performances are compared to the likes of Thin Lizzy, Paul Weller, Elvis Costello and Billy Bragg and informed by his love of punk rock. TED LEO is one of the most important, original and earnest of today's underground/indie punk scene. Hearts Of Oak is a vital record that defies categorization and is undeniably great on every level.
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12 songs.

MP3s:
- Under The Hedge
- Squeaky Fingers

TED LEO is a rare gem in the indie rock world. Having labored for years in the mod pop outfit CHISEL, he released his first solo effort in 1999 which fused his influences from such artists as THE JAM, ELVIS COSTELLO and SQUEEZE with his love of reggae and dub music. The Tyranny Of Distance takes this one step further and is a brilliant showcase of Ted's incredible vocal and guitar playing talent and amazing song writing skills. Produced by Brendan Canty (drummer of FUGAZI, producer of THE MAKE-UP and collaborater with LOIS), The Tyranny Of Distance has moments of such pure musical happiness it is difficult to stop listening to it once you hear it for the first time. This is a special record in a similar vein to ELLIOT SMITH in its pop purity, but with a unique rock assault. The recording has a hyper-energetic, almost live sound, but with the all the polish of the accomplished musicians who performed and produced. In addition to Brendan Canty producing, his brother James Canty from THE MAKE UP and THE NATION OF ULYSSES also played on the record along with Seb Thomson of TRANS AM and former members of GOLDEN, TSUNAMI and THE TELEGRAPH MELTS. TED LEO is a force to be reckoned with that will be partially responsible for saving music.
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20 songs.

MP3s:
- Worst Dressed Up In Class by The Washdown
- 4am by The Enemies
- Psycho Over You by The Queers

It's finally here, The Lookout! Freakout, Episode 3! These annual compilations collect music from Lookout! Records and Panic Button Records releases. Episode 3 will include songs from each label's 2002 albums and EPs including The Queers, The Mr. T Experience, Ben Weasel, The Yesterday's Kids, Bratmobile and The Enemies. This year's compilation will also include music from recent releases by new Lookout! bands Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Cost, The Washdown, The Pattern and The Oranges Band. Each installment includes new, rare and unreleased tracks from a number of Lookout! and Panic Button bands and this year is no different. Episode 3 will feature a new song by Vancouver, Canada's The Smugglers, a rare track from The Pattern with Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba on backing vocals, an unreleased song from Baltimore MD's The Oranges Band, a live song from Ted Leo, and the release of the last song ever recorded by American Steel, who broke up last spring. Lookout! and Panic Button are also offering a preview of their future releases on Episode 3 with new music by Moral Crux (full length due in January, 2003) and the debut offering from new Bay Area band, Communiqué (EP due in February, 2003) As always, Lookout! Freakout Episode 3 is available at an incredible low price!
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The DVD features over 2 hours of live footage from the legendary Michigan Fest Music Festival 2002 including Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Small Brown Bike plus !!!, Aloha, Arab On Radar, The Arrivals, Berwer, Casket Lottery, Coalesce, The Constantines, Crooked Fingers, Crush Kill Destroy, Death Cab For Cutie, Dillinger 4, The Dismemberment Plan, End It, Few And Far Between, Haymarket Riot, Hey Mercedes, Honor System, Hot Snakes, Inside Five Minutes, Isis, Keleton DMD, Leaving Rouge, Milemarker, Owls, Oxes, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Pleasure Forever, Radio 4, Rye Coalition, Sweep The Leg Johnny, as well as interviews, footage from the after-parties, a run from the cops, spin the bottle and other random mischief.
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15 songs.

Our latest sampler compilation "This Is My Bag" is the best opportunity to to get acquainted with the Lookout Records Circa Now. "This Is My Bag" collects music from all of Lookout's recent releases on one compact disc continuing where the "Lookout Freakout" budget sampler series left off. This time around we up the stakes with the inclusion of a full length DVD that features ten brand-new music videos. The perfect snapshot of Lookout's current crew of great punk and indie rock and it includes one brand new song from The Dollyrots and a track from Ted Leo + The Pharmacists' recent digital-only release, "Sharkbite Sessions" appearing for the first time in the US on CD.

DVD Video Content

• Engine Down Cover
• Communiqué Perfect Weapon
• Washdown Right Foot
The Oranges Band Finns for our Feet
• Hockey Night For Guys Eyes Only
• Ted Leo/Rx Me and Mia
• Black Cat Music The Jet Trash
• The Dollyrots Kick Me To the Curb
• Troubled Hubble Ear Nose & Throat
• Communiqué Cross Your Heart

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