Takka Takka

Gabe grew up in Forest Hills, Queens. Grady in Saginaw, MI. Conrad in Southwestern Ohio and Southern Ontario. Drew in Rhode Island. Rene in Massachusetts.
We met and now play music together.
PURCHASE
Our CD, We Feel Safer At Night, is available for purchase at: insound , iTunes , Other Music , Amp Camp and Cake Shop [Ludlow St, NYC].
Purchase the tour EP featuring live tracks from Takka Takka, Architecture In Helsinki and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Click here . Only a few left!
Our new EP, Talk Faster, is available for purchase on iTunes . There will be a select amount of hard copies available at Insound in the near future.
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RECENT PRESS
April 2007, Spin Magazine
"Takka Takka - We Feel Safer At Night / 4 Stars / Self-Released
ATTENTION, DEFLATED INDIE KIDS: THIS BAND'S FOR YOU.
Brooklyn's Takka Takka seem overly casual or even apologetic at first, but there's a sneaky intensity to the minimalist urban rock n' roll on this wonderful debut. Resisting cynicism and self-pity, wry frontman Gabriel Levine sings the way people talk, resembling a nicer Lou Reed as he offers moral support to self-conscious loners who get caught up in society's games, only to "break under pressure." Sample throwaway gem: "You pushed real hard / But you never pushed enough."
- Jon Young, Spin Magazine
February 2007, Time Out New York
"Takka Takka seems preternaturally gifted at conveying prettiness through guitar pop. The band's casual swagger, both on record and stage, suggests an ease at pursuing this difficult task."
February 2007, Spin Magazine
"With aw-shucks organ and conspiratorial, almost spoken-word vocals by Gabriel Levine, this Brooklyn foursome is like a more upbeat Lamchop."
Jan/Feb 2007, Harp Magazine
"[They] catch you with little details like the handclaps, whistling and "oh-ah-ah-oh" refrain on "Coco on the Corner" or offhand rhymes like "Utah" and "you, pa" on "Living Out of Trouble." They're as sweet and hooky as you'd hope that any up-and-coming indie rockers could be."
December 2006, The L Magazine - Top 20 Albums of 2006 (No. 8)
"Takka Takka has made a record that makes us think about Lou Reed, 70s Dylan and late-period Pavement all at the same time, yet still manages to stay current."
December 2006, New York Magazine
"When Takka Takka scored an opening slot with former band-of-the-second Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, rock cognoscenti were alerted to their laid-back organ pop. Together for less than a month, they mesmerized fans at SummerStage, then played to packed shows at the CMJ festival."
December 2006, Rolling Stone magazine (jpeg)
"Unsigned indie-popsters Takka Takka have been a hot property since Clap Your Hands Say Yeah took them on tour this fall."
December 2006: holiday song "Stars and Subway Cars" featured on Stereogum and Spin.com
November 2006, NME Magazine (jpeg)
Takka Takka was named one of the Top artists at this year's CMJ by the NME! "Meanwhile NYCs Takka Takka played shows rammed with a and r folk..."