EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Tempo No Tempo - Line Drawing + Two More
(Photo: Jonathan Hung)
Tempo No Tempo began kicking around the Berkeley scene after they all met there in college. Since then, they've ostensibly graduated, played sweaty house show after sweaty house show, and adapted their sound to fit some of the more rhythm-oriented tastes they've developed. The beast remains hard to pin down, though the brittle, cold funk of mid-era Fugazi is as great a place as any to start. "Medicine" is mostly heaving rhythm and cascading bass, little Telecaster larva wiggling through the holes for some added bite. "Line Drawing" is much more delicate, as quietly tapped toms and a repetitive bass figure make space for a really great, Q And Not U-ish vocal melody. Of course, the tunes speak loads more than I can in a few sentences, so I'll just mention TNT are playing Noise Pop on Friday in San Fran and SXSW in March and call it a day. More info over at the MySpace.
Sounds like: Mi Ami, Pterodactyl, Ponytail
Tempo No Tempo - Line Drawing (String Quartet Version)
Tempo No Tempo's RCRD LBL Page
