Tiny Resistors

Sickafoose, Todd
Cryptogramophone
Jazz | Jul 2008

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-07-27
Easygoing instrumentals from the bassist for Ani DiFranco (who makes appearances on 3 and 4). Pretty stuff, but not sleepy. Gentle, chiming electric guitars feature heavily (indie post-rock fans take note), but the horns get their say too. Great stuff for a lazy summer day. For similar music with more experimentation, check out Jim Black's Alas No Axis.

1- Mid/fast, gets into a chunky kind of groove. Heats up with a guitar solo later.
2- A bit of stern funk. Twangy guitars over a curly bass riff.
3- Tense two-chord pattern and wordless vocals, into a nice middle-intensity horn line. A touch of funk in the guitar.
4- Slowish, languid, pretty. Quietly intense trombone solo.
5- Easygoing.
6- Beautifully spun. Mid/fast and open-aired. Really nice violin.
7- Sunny, funky, a touch of South Africa?
8- A sultry march with wah-wah muted trumpet
9- Relatively quiet. Soft. With professional-sounding whistling (actual, human, with-the-lips whistling.)
10- Perky and bright, but still breezy. Freakout ending.
11- Slowly tuneful conclusion

Recent airplay

Cloud Of Dust
That's Not BluegrassApr 08, 2014
Warm Stone (Playing w/ Will Bernard Quartet Sat @ Duende, Oakland)
Tiny Resistors
No Cover, No MinimumNov 16, 2012
Invisible Ink, Revealed
Memory SelectOct 10, 2008
Bye Bye Bees
Rorshach's DanceSep 24, 2008
Future Flora
Memory SelectSep 05, 2008

Charting

2008-08-10 — 2008-10-12 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 12 1
Sep 28 1
Sep 7 1
Aug 31 1
Aug 24 1
Aug 17 3

Track listing

1. Future Flora
2. Invisible Ink, Revealed
3. Bye Bye Bees
4. Pianos Of The 9th Ward
5. Everyone Is Going
6. Cloud Of Dust
7. Warm Stone
8. Paper Trombones
9. Whistle
10. Tiny Resistors
11. Barnacle