

Takka Takka
A warm combination of folk-inspired songwriting and indie rock instrumentation characterizes the music of Brooklyn's Takka Takka, who formed in 2004 after bandleader Gabe Levine (vocals, keyboard, guitar) relocated to New York from Texas. The band's early lineup also included drummer Conrad Doucette, bassist J.P. Jones (replaced by Grady Jurrens in 2006), and guitarist Damion Jurrens (replaced by Rene Planchon and Drew Thurlow in July 2007). After recording the debut album We Feel Safer at Night in the band's native Brooklyn, Takka Takka spent the la...[more]
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Sophomore release was lovingly produced by Sean Greenhalgh (CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH) & features performances by Bryan Devendorf (THE NATIONAL), Lee Sargent (CYHSY), Olga Bell (BELL) & Charles Burst. "Sometimes this record is about existing in a place you don't belong. Conversely, it is about where you came from & how you got there... Sometimes this record is about a band experimenting with sound & form, trying to honestly say things in song it has never said before. Sometimes this record is about not going [ read more ]
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Sophomore release was lovingly produced by Sean Greenhalgh (CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH) & features performances by Bryan Devendorf (THE NATIONAL), Lee Sargent (CYHSY), Olga Bell (BELL) & Charles Burst. 'Sometimes this record is about existing in a place you don't belong. Conversely, it is about where you came from & how you got there... Sometimes this record is about a band experimenting with sound & form, trying to honestly say things in song it has never said before. Sometimes this record is about not going [ read more ]
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These New Yorkers have some serious talent. What I found when I ventured to their simple (yet charming) website was a bunch of neat, folky indie/rock songs. Their sound is so familiar, but not stale. I spent a few hours last night listening to 'They Built You Up Too Fast,' 'Joshua and Professor Faulkner,' and 'American Queen' trying to pinpoint who they sound like. Even after scanning thorugh my extensive iTunes library, I couldn't really put my finger on it. I heard a little bit of Yo La Tengo. A little Am [ read more ]
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There's an airy simplicity and a reluctance to embrace the heavy on Takka Takka's first full-length album, We Feel Safer at Night, that has encouraged a number of folks to tag them as an indie variant on folk-rock. But if Takka Takka are folkies, it's in the same way Simon & Garfunkel were imagined to be folk -- this is folk-rock from city kids, smart and just a shade streetwise, and though Takka Takka don't seem to know how to embrace cynicism, they understand how to make like th [ read more ]
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