News
Update! Album and Tour in the Spring
Hello!
A quick note to say that our new record, and first since 2008, will be released this spring on Ernest Jenning in the US and Lili Is Pi in Europe!
Also, some domestic dates, as well as a tour of Europe, will soon be announced. These shows will happen in the spring, and beyond.
Finally, we'll be playing a few shows leading up to the album release in order to learn all of these new songs! Next up in December 7 at the Rock Shop in Brooklyn, alongside Plants and Animals and our friends Balene.
See you soon!
posted on: 12/01/2011
Album Nearing Completion, Plus More Shows
So! Our album is getting closer and closer to being done. Still quite a bit left to do, but we're much closer to the finish than the start.
In other news, we'll be opening for And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead on February 8 at Littlefield in Brooklyn. We'll also be playing later in the month 'round these parts. And speaking of that Texan-style slang, we'll be in Austin for SXSW.
posted on: 02/07/2011
Takka Takka Europe Tour November 2010
Hello!
Takka Takka will be playing a few weeks of dates in Europe in November. Check the itinerary to the right of this page. We will be celebrating the European release of Migration (via Lili Is Pi Records), and will also be debuting new material.
Hope to see some of you along the motorway.
posted on: 10/18/2010
We Have Begun Recording New Music
Recording for LP3 began on July 8.
posted on: 07/10/2010
Noodlemania vs. CMJ: We're back
The world of TAKKA has seen some changes in the past few months. We have a new line up and we're working on a new record (right now it's called MOVER / BELIEVER). We're looking forward to sharing it with you as soon as it's done. We're also playing some CMJ-related shows and eating a lot of noodles. Come slurp noodles with us.
posted on: 10/21/2009
Takka Takka On Daytrotter
Hello. In the summer we were fortunate enough to record a session at Daytrotter. That morning saw us record four songs, after which we celebrated by loitering in the Daytrotter office and accepting, many times, friendly offers to raid the mini-fridge stocked with beer. Thanks to Patrick, Sean and everyone at Daytrotter. It was a great day.
posted on: 12/03/2008
’Silence’ On KCRW’s Tuned In with Nic Harcourt
Hello.
Nic Harcourt has long been one of our favorite Radio Persons, so it was a thrill to hear him say some nice things about our song Silence on his video piece Tuned In with KCRW's Nic Harcourt. Check it out here . Also nice to be in the same piece with My Brightest Diamond, of whom we are fans.
All in all, very exciting!
posted on: 11/24/2008
WOXY Today, September 30
Hello. We'll be stepping into the Lounge at WOXY once again this afternoon. The broadcast should begin around 3pm. WOXY is amazing and the people are as good as it gets.
posted on: 09/30/2008
Fever on Nick and Norah Soundtrack
Hi. We're excited to be part of the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist film and soundtrack, which features our song Fever from our first album. The soundtrack is out now and the movie is out on October 3. Check it out on Amazon.
posted on: 09/28/2008
Live at Lime Session
Hello. In July we recorded a Live at Lime Session, a brand new enterprise from the LimeWire Store people. If you'd like to listen and/or purchase, head to this site.
posted on: 08/21/2008
Spin Band of the Day
We were Spin.com's Artist of the Day! Check it here.
posted on: 07/26/2008
Migration Release Show!
Our July residency is nearly complete. The release show for Migration is Tuesday, July 29 at Pianos in New York. We are honored to have Inlets and La Strada also on the bill. If you are able to, please help us celebrate on the 29th!
posted on: 07/26/2008
September Dates
Hello. We will be playing some shows in the Northeast and on the East Coast in general in September. Stay tuned for more information.
posted on: 07/26/2008
Migration Is Here
After a year of work, we are pleased to release Migration on July 29th! It will be available at all the usual places.
posted on: 07/26/2008
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Press
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Playlist - Beats From Down Home To Far From Home
Takka Takka, a Brooklyn band, gets the guitar-picking patterns on its album “Migration” (Ernest Jenning) from all over: Minimalism and math-rock, Africa and Indonesia, funk and folk and psychedelia, often over beats that sound like rock anthems burnished smooth by the notes pelting above. The band members sing as if to themselves, murmuring glimpses of catastrophe — “You walk around while the city’s on fire too. Fight on.” — and transcendence: “Talk without making a sound. You and universe.” Despite some earthbound moments most of the music is rock as meditation, with orderly repetition trying to keep the deepest fears at bay.
— Jon Pareles
Pitchforkmedia.com
"The unabashedly portentous pan-national approach pays off immediately with the Peter Gabriel-esque mood-setter "Monkey Forest Road", whose sequenced ostinatos lead into a web of interlocking guitars and pounding percussion (courtesy of the great Conrad Doucette, with an assist from the National's always on-point Bryan Devendorf). The alternately tribal and chugging "Silence", with its cool synth flourishes and awesomely precise polyrhythms, recalls Gabriel circa Security or Talk Talk. "The Takers" is breezier and a lot less alien, but "Everybody Say" proudly pilfers its percussion and guitars from a hodge-podge of vaguely African sources."
New York Daily News
Takka Takka Launches An Afro-pop Attack
Takka Takka offers just a sketch of a sound, letting their instruments trace a tune, and dance around the beat rather than pounding the rhythm home and filling in every inch of aural space. "I come at our music more like a painting than a song," Takka Takka leader Gabe Levine says. "You start with a sketch, then add more colors as you go." The result has made their music some of the most playful, light and evocative on the New York scene today. Their latest CD, "Migration," suggests more than it states, letting the guitars pirouette and the synths twinkle. Luckily, the melodies prove pretty enough to make it all work.
— Jim Farber
Shows
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- 12/07/11
Brooklyn, NY
The Rock Shop, 9:00PM
w/ Plants and Animals, Balene - 11/18/11
Brooklyn, NY
Spike Hill, 10:00PM
w/ Brass Bed, This Old Ghost - 09/28/11
Brooklyn, NY
The Rock Shop, 9:00PM
w/ Viva Voce - 09/10/11
Big Indian, NY
Truck America Festival, 3:00PM - 06/17/11
New York, NY
American Folk Art Museum, 7:00PM - 05/26/11
Brooklyn, NY
The Rock Shop, 9:00PM
w/ Noah Chernin Band, Little Racer - 04/27/11
Brooklyn, NY
Glasslands, 9:00PM
w/ Sea Of Bees, The Silent League - 03/19/11
Austin, TX
The 512 Bar (408 E 6th at Trinity), 10:00PM
w/ O'Death, The Forms, The Albertans - 02/25/11
Brooklyn, NY
Cameo Gallery, 10:00PM
w/ Princeton, Bell, Erica - 02/08/11
Brooklyn, NY
Littlefield, 8:00PM
w/ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - 01/25/11
Brooklyn, NY
The Rock Shop, 9:00PM
w/ Suuns, Milagres - 11/23/10
Gent, Belgium
Vooruit, 9:00PM - 11/22/10
Liege, Belgium
Le Escalier, 9:00PM - 11/21/10
Lille, France
Le Select, 9:00PM - 11/20/10
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rotown, 9:00PM - 11/19/10
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Podium Asteriks, 9:00PM
w/ The Strange Death Of Liberal England - 11/18/10
Colmar, France
Le Colisee, 9:00PM - 11/17/10
Verona, Italy
Interzona, 9:00PM - 11/16/10
Rome, Italy
Sinister Noise, 9:00PM - 11/15/10
Pescara, Italy
Mono Spazio, 9:00PM - 11/13/10
Stuttgart, Germany
Galao, 9:00PM - 11/12/10
Offenbach, Germany
Hafen 2, 9:00PM - 11/11/10
Duisburg, Germany
Steinbruch, 9:00PM - 11/10/10
Paris, France
Fleche d'Or, 8:00PM
w/ Jaill, The Blood Arm - 11/09/10
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Cafe Rocas, 9:00PM - 10/22/10
Brooklyn, NY
Bruar Falls - CMJ Ernest Jenning Showcase, 10:30PM
w/ The Forms, La Strada, Greg Jamie - 10/21/10
Brooklyn, NY
Knitting Factory - CMJ Day Party, 2:00PM
w/ The Secret History, Diamond Rings, Submarine Bells - 07/15/10
Brooklyn, NY
Littlefield, 9:00PM
w/ The Acorn, Ola Podrida - 06/24/10
Brooklyn, NY
Cameo Gallery, 9:00PM - 02/05/10
Brooklyn, NY
Bell House, 9:00PM
w/ tUnE YarDs!!!!!!!!!!!!! - 01/16/10
New York, NY
Mercury Lounge, 9:00PM
w/ La Strada - 12/02/09
Brooklyn, NY
Knitting Factory, 5:00PM
w/ Shaky Hands and US Royalty - 11/05/09
Brooklyn, NY
Smack Mellon DUMBO, 7:00PM - 10/23/09
Brooklyn, NY
Glasslands - CMJ Popgun Party, 10:00PM
w/ With Francis & The Lights, Pattern is Movement, Le - 10/21/09
Brooklyn, NY
Knitting Factory - CMJ Showcase, 8:00PM - 10/21/09
Brooklyn, NY
Union Pool - Noise Problem CMJ Party, 11:00PM - 06/11/09
Brooklyn, NY
Bell House, 8:00PM
w/ ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 - 05/10/09
Brooklyn, NY
Bell House, 8:00PM
w/ CHAIRLIFT, ANGEL DERADOORIAN, THE SECRET LIFE OF S - 03/29/09
Montreal, QC
Il Motore, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/28/09
Toronto, ON
Lee's Palace, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi, Bruce Peninsula - 03/27/09
Pontiac, MI
AC Rich Building, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/26/09
Normal, IL
TBD, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/25/09
Chicago, IL
Co Prosperity Sphere, 8:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi, Soft Speaker - 03/24/09
Bloomington, IN
Rachel's Cafe, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/22/09
Dallas, TX
Mountain House, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/21/09
Austin, TX
SXSW: Red Eyed Fly (Red River @ 8th), 12:45PM - 03/20/09
Austin, TX
SXSW - the Independent, 11:00PM - 03/18/09
Athens, GA
Caledonia Lounge, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/17/09
Chapel Hill, NC
Local 506, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/16/09
Philadelphia, PA
Kung Fu Necktie, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 03/15/09
New York, NY
Cake Shop, 9:00PM
w/ Sister Suvi - 02/27/09
New York, NY
Mercury Lounge, 10:00PM
w/ Swirlies - 01/31/09
Brooklyn, NY
Music Hall Of Williamsburg, 9:00PM
w/ Jukebox The Ghost, Lowry, Robbers On High Street - 01/10/09
Brooklyn, NY
BAM Cafe Live, 9:00PM
w/ Tamar Eisenman - 12/12/08
Brooklyn, NY
The Bell House, 8:00PM
w/ Loney Dear, Melpo Mene, Alina Simone - 10/25/08
New York, NY
Knitting Factory old office - Brooklyn Vegan CMJ A, 4:00PM - 10/24/08
New York, NY
Cake Shop - New York Noise CMJ Showcase, 10:00PM - 10/22/08
New York, NY
Cakeshop - Terrorbird CMJ Party, 4:20PM - 10/22/08
New York, NY
Pianos - Earfarm CMJ Party, 5:45PM - 10/22/08
New York, NY
Le Royale - BlackBook / Music In Motion CMJ, 8:00PM - 10/22/08
New York, NY
40 Thompson - CMJ/Paste/KCRW Artist Lounge, 10:00PM - 10/20/08
New York, NY
KEXP Live @ CMJ, 9:00AM - 10/17/08
Brooklyn, NY
Bell House - Obama fundraiser, 9:00PM
w/ Anti-Pop Consortium, Dirty on Purpose, and Dragons - 10/10/08
Brooklyn, NY
Glasslands Gallery, 9:00PM
w/ The Albertans - 10/02/08
Chicago, IL
Darkroom, 8:00PM
w/ Grammar and Elephant Gun - 10/01/08
Bloomington, IN
Cinemat, 8:00PM
w/ Seedy Seeds - 09/30/08
Cincinnati, OH
WOXY.com, 3:00PM - 09/30/08
Cincinnati, OH
Gypsy Hut, 9:00PM - 09/27/08
New York, NY
Mercury Lounge, 10:00PM
w/ Oxford Collapse - 09/26/08
Philadelphia, PA
M Room, 9:00PM
w/ Oxford Collapse - 09/25/08
Washington, DC
Black Cat Backstage, 9:00PM
w/ Oxford Collapse - 09/22/08
Cambridge, Massachusetts
TT the Bears, 9:00PM
w/ Oxford Collapse - 07/29/08
New York, New York
Pianos, 8:00PM - 07/26/08
Madison, Wisconsin
The Frequency, 9:00PM - 07/25/08
Chicago, Illinois
Schubas, 9:00PM - 07/22/08
New York, New York
Pianos, 8:00PM - 07/15/08
New York, New York
Pianos, 8:00PM
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