Tuesday, July 08, 2008





CLIKATAT IKATOWI


Clikatat Ikatowi was one of San Diego’s most celebrated bands. They helped maintain the city as the art punk capital of world. They created twisted yet naturally flowing works in a broad range of styles. Ranging from lightning fast and huge, to stripped down, spacey, and lethargic, Clikatat’s songs were always engaging and mesmerizing. It wasn’t just their excellent compositions which made them everyone’s favorite band but also their superior musicianship. Mario Rubalcaba, who has gone on to play with The Black Heart Procession, Thingy and Earthless, is simply one of the best drummers around. He plays unbelievably fast and complex parts with taste and style. Guitarist Scott, who previously played for another Gravity band, Heroin, often conducted meandering, noise-filled experiments without compromising structure. He also always knew when to keep it simple, and to compliment the other members. Cutting-edge yet organic, they were one of the best.
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River Of Souls

3 Comments:

Blogger blend77 said...

i love, have always loved, even in the womb when clikatat was only a future event, i loved, clikatat ikatowi.

I was born to love them.

easily one of my favorite bands of the whole punk/hardcore genre. along with Max Colby and Shotmaker.

Awesome. I recently acquired their demo and it has a few songs not released. I shall pass it over your way, or maybe make a comprehensive post for it...

1:21 PM  
Blogger weleasewoger72 said...

I'd love to hear that demo!

12:37 AM  
Blogger blend77 said...

here ya go man... The demo shows their Slintier side and also has the closest thing to a pop song they would ever write.

Librarian is an awesome song too.

Clikatat Ikatowi - Demo
http://www.mediafire.com/?mmcop21szmj

enjoy! keep up the great posts..

8:31 AM  

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