| Karate / Stekcod |
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| Album: | Stekcod | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Karate | Added: | Nov 2004 | |
| Label: | Southern Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-04-10 | Pull Date: | 2005-06-12 |
| Week Ending: | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 03, 2012: | The Fall of Math Cacophony | 4. | May 08, 2005: | The Ox and the Hammer Show Alingual | |
| 2. | Apr 19, 2012: | The Fall of Math [single precision] Cacophony | 5. | May 01, 2005: | The Ox and the Hammer Show Water | |
| 3. | Oct 16, 2009: | Mittens & Scarves With Age | 6. | Apr 27, 2005: | Strange Attractor Alingual |
| Album Review |
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| Nathaniel Jones Reviewed 2005-03-30 | ||
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Karate – Pockets (not steckop) If I label this emo will that scare everyone away? Hopefully not, because these guys have incorporated some really cool stuff into what could have fallen as a pretty flat Christie Front Drive-like sound. There are some real interesting things simmering beneath the surface. The jazz influences blended into the post-rock trio will be very evident. You’ll find lots of improvisational guitar solos and splashy drums. These songs are mostly very chill and relaxed, dare I say sexy?, and the songs seem pretty effortless, but from what I can tell, these guys are quite talented. First-impression wise the more upbeat playful numbers (1,3) grabbed my attention more, but upon more listens the ones like 2, 4, 8 got some real interesting things happening. Drummer has played with Ted Leo, singer’s been in Secret Stars, and bassist’s been in Moving Targets, all 3 have lots of formal training. I recommend it if you wanna hear a pretty unique fusion of rock and jazz. *1- splashy, bouncy, 2 prominent guitar solos, jazzy drums *2- sparse and slow, light drumming, guit solo at end feels latin, quiet but nice 3- upbeat, swinging rhythm, staccato guitar line, a little funky 4- slow, moody and meandering, 5- more laidback chill, could imagine a coffee shop band playing this as background music, sway with it 6- FCC(shit) uptempo again, playful 7- minimal percussion, very relaxed strumming *8- long (8:30), feels improvisational, builds slowly, voice gets more expressive than usual, driving | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | With Age | 5. | Alingual | |||
| 2. | Water | 6. | Tow Truck | |||
| 3. | "The State I'm In" Aka "Good | 7. | Pines | |||
| 4. | Cacophony | 8. | Concrete |