The Montreal band TEKE::TEKE began in a record store, when band member Serge Nakauchi Pelletier found an album from Japanese guitarist Takeshi Terauchi. In the 60s, Terauchi played "eleki" music, ...
I used to think being a music journalist meant being a cross between an anthropologist and a private eye. Before going to a show or listening to a new album, I’d spend days researching the band. I’d ...
It can be difficult for a band with a truly distinctive sound to innovate and expand beyond their signature style without compromising their identity. On their sophomore LP Hagata, the Montreal-based ...
A quick Google of the Montreal band Teke::Teke and you'll easily find its origin as a cover band. But what that search may not immediately reveal is that the band's venture into performing classic ...
No one else is doing it quite like TEKE::TEKE. The Montreal-based psych septet became known internationally on the backs of their fearsome live show, where they delivered their throwback J-rock with ...
One of the hottest bands on Montreal’s robust indie music scene, Japanese psych-rock septet TEKE::TEKE brings its riveting live show and potent cinematic sound back to Vermont for a Friday performance ...
Listening to Montreal-based Japanese psych-rock band TEKE::TEKE is a bit like watching some crazy cult-classic foreign film. Blindfolded. Their very cinematic music is enough to conjure vivid imagery ...
Montreal-based, Japanese psych-rock group TEKE::TEKE has announced a string of North American tour dates beginning in June on the East Coast, including a show at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn before ...