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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Oceanator (White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ, November 13, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTENDED: November 13, 2024] Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Oceanator

I saw Ted Leo back in June.  But I missed about half of the set because I was at another show that night.  When he announced that the tour was continuing and he was going to play White Eagle Hall (where I had first seen him five years ago), it seemed like a nice moment of serendipity.  But the show was the same night as Ratboys and Palehound and I knew I was going to go to that show.

So I’m going to have to wait until he comes back around (and for December 6 when I see him play with Aimee Mann).

Oceanator opened for AJJ back in 2023 and I didn’t go to that show either.  But here’s what I said about them then

Oceanator is Elise Okusami a Brooklyn-based guitarist.  I hadn’t heard of her and when I listened to some songs, I loved them. The songs are catchy and fun and sound great.  This would have been a really fun show.

I even hear a little bit of Aimee Mann in her voice.

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AJJ / Oceanator / Gladie (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, June 9, 2023) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: June 9, 2023] AJJ / Oceanator / Gladie

AJJ were once called Andrew Jackson Jihad (that’s how I had always known them, although they changed it in 2016:

1.) We are not Muslims, and as such, it is disrespectful and irresponsible for us to use the word jihad in our band’s name. 2.) We no longer wish to be a living reminder of the president Andrew Jackson. Interesting historical figure as he was, he was an odious person and our fascination with him has grown stale.

And that’s all I knew about them.  I had no idea they were a folk/punk band, I assumed they were a heavy, harsh band.  And I could not have been more wrong.

They sound a bit (on this new album anyway) like The Weakerthans.  Literate, clever lyrics with simple instrumentation (in this case mostly on acoustic guitar).

But I had had tickets to see Pixies/Franz Ferdinand/Bully and I wasn’t passing that up for a band I didn’t really know.

Turns out they played 28 songs from throughout their career. It was probably a lot of fun.  Maybe even if you didn’t know their music ahead of time since the lyrics are so easy to understand.

Oceanator is Elise Okusami a Brooklyn-based guitarist.  I hadn’t heard of her and when I listened to some songs, I loved them. The songs are catchy and fun and sound great.  This would have been a really fun show.

I saw Gladie open for Otoboke Beaver late last year and really enjoyed their set a lot.  I would happily see them again, although this is the second time since that show that I’ve had to miss them.  They were supposed to open for Charly Bliss, but cancelled at the last minute.  I’m sure that with each show they just get better so when I finally get to see them again, they’ll be fantastic.

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