The second installment of Guilt By Association comes out in February. In case you don't remember Vol. 1, the compilation featured contemporary indie bands covering so-called "guilty pleasures." Of course, the problem with these sorts of things is that the... CONTINUE READING TAKKA TAKKA COVER PHIL COLLINS »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Billy Joel | Frightened Rabbit | Jarvis Cocker | Kaki King | My Brightest Diamond | Phil Collins | Rafter | Takka Takka | The Forms
The crapshoot buffet of 25 minute sets from overextended bands is now closed, thanks. When you're out all day and all night, you encounter lots -- some undercooked and unpalatable flller, some that's ripe and right, lots never intended for... CONTINUE READING CMJ '08: IT'S A PHOTO WRAP»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Au | Awesome New Republic | Cause Co-Motion! | CMJ | Emmy The Great | Fight Bite | Little Boots | Marnie Stern | Reggie Watts | School Of Seven Bells | Takka Takka | The Physics Of Meaning | Violens
In this Amy Finkel-directed video for Takka Takka's "Silence," the Brooklyn quintet's dreamy little song (with guest instrumentation via the National's Bryan Devendorf and Lee Sargent of CYHSY) is transformed into the backdrop for a war between Lilliputian toy soldiers... CONTINUE READING NEW TAKKA TAKKA VIDEO - "SILENCE"»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Grizzly Bear | Menomena | Takka Takka | The National
It's totally reductive to associate Memorial Day Weekend solely with drinking and eating (and not, you know, Memorializing), but here it is, that special weekend custom made for welcoming summer, getting drunk, and eating bbq, and yay for that. Before... CONTINUE READING AN MP3 MIX FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY»
Posted on May 23, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Awesome New Republic | Brendan Canning | Burning Star Core | Grizzly Bear | Hercules And Love Affair | Los Campesinos! | Mates Of State | Mount Eerie | Music Go Music | My Morning Jacket | Phil Elverum | Quiet Village | Takka Takka | Tokyo Police Club
We liked the Takkas right out of the gates -- early demo track "We Feel Safer At Night" (still available here) wedded Gabe's Lou Reedy vocal to a Brooklyn-circa-Clap Your Hands feel (at a time when that wasn't pejorative) making... CONTINUE READING NEW TAKKA TAKKA - "THE TAKERS"»
Posted on May 23, 2008 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Takka Takka
Free music is the best music, no? Takka Takka show the love on V Day with an EP of new tunes, and all you have to do is download. It's called Talk Faster, though we're just gonna call it Takka... CONTINUE READING TAKKA TAKKA - TALK FASTER»
Posted on February 14, 2007 in (16 comments)
Tags: Takka Takka
"Everyday's no holiday," sings a warm and obviously reflective Gabe -- over gentle guitars in country-campfire cadence -- and we imagine Takka Takka gathered around a cozy living room in Brooklyn with a handful of sweatered friends, sipping eggnog, smiling... CONTINUE READING HOLIDAYS WITH THE TAKKAS»
Posted on December 5, 2006 in (3 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Cat Power | James Franco | Judd Apatow | Seth Rogen | Takka Takka
This fall, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are joining forces with Aussies Architecture in Helsinki and Brooklyn buzz band Takka Takka for a month-long trek brought to you by the word "blog." Expect this to be the tour that launches... CONTINUE READING INSIDE THE ROCKERS STUDIO: ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, TAKKA TAKKA»
Posted on September 1, 2006 in (1 comments)
Tags: Architecture In Helsinki | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Takka Takka
