Black Taxi / We Don't Know Any Better
Album: We Don't Know Any Better   Collection:General
Artist:Black Taxi   Added:Jun 2012
Label:Tinderbox Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-10-05 Pull Date: 2012-12-07
Week Ending: Dec 9 Dec 2 Nov 25 Nov 18 Nov 11 Nov 4 Oct 28 Oct 21
Airplays: 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 07, 2012: Time Traveler
Tightrope
4. Nov 28, 2012: Meow After Midnight
Tightrope
2. Dec 01, 2012: The Base of A Dream is Empty
Tightrope
5. Nov 23, 2012: Time Traveler
Tightrope
3. Dec 01, 2012: Meow After Midnight
Do What You Gotta Do
6. Nov 17, 2012: The Base of A Dream is Empty
Hand

Album Review
Rex
Reviewed 2012-09-23
Artist: Black Taxi Album: We Don't Know Any Better
Reviewed 9/24'12 by Rex
Genre: Alternative/Indie rock, Garage rock revival
RIYL: The Strokes, Modest Mouse, Franz Ferdinand, Talking Heads, Coldplay
A New York City based indie rock band, featuring Ezra Huleatt’s Julian-Casablancas-like vocal and street-smart style. Reminds me of The Strokes. Additional trumpet sometimes lights up the songs. Brilliant.
FCC: 11

*1. Tightrope (3.06)- middle/fast-paced, male vocal, brightful guitar lines, walk down the alley in the afternoon, slippery sound effects, stops suddenly at the end
2. We Don’t Know Any Better (2.57)- energetic/aggressive starts off, fast-paced, rebellion-driven, nervy
*3. Hand (3.39)- arpeggiation starts up, duo male vocals, slightly Strokes feeling, additional trumpet
*4. Becoming (3.18)- celebratory, choir, visceral, cheerful feeling
*5. Friend (4.09)- urban, cheerful, street-smart style, hanging out, good rhythm
*6. Vultures (3.48)- reminiscent, regretful, exuberant+bittersweet
*7. Do What You Gotta Do (3.56)- rebellious, urgent, swaggering, sharp, brillliant
8. We’ll Take Another (3.02)- people chatting starts off, energetic, rousing, dark night walk, menacing
9. Balloons On Barbed Wire (2.48)- bouncy, bright, freewheeling, stylish, world-weary vocals, spiky guitars
10. Holding On To Nothing (4.10)- melancholic, young, jaded, yearning, rebirth, weird witchcraft effects around 2:40, slowly fades out ten sec. earlier
(FCC)11. Politics (3.08)- slow/mid-tempo, brash, urgent
12. Tell Me What You Need (3.04)- reminiscent, day driving, freedom, nostalgia
13. Hope I Never Know (3.16)- reminiscent, road trip, rural, relaxing

Track Listing
1. Tightrope   7. Do What You Gotta Do
2. We Don't Know Any Better   8. We'll Take Another
3. Hand   9. Balloons On Barbed Wire
4. Becoming   10. Holding Onto Nothing
5. Friend   11. Politics
6. Vultures   12. Tell Me What You Need
  13. Hope I Never Know