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You know how sometimes you can see someone you think
is pretty hot, but then they open their mouth they
instantly become less attractive, or the opposite,
where a person gets better looking as your knowledge
of what’s inside connects to you personally?
This happens when listening to music as well, where
it may actually take a few listens before you really
start to feel it.
And then we get in a disc like All Teeth and Knuckles (ATAK)
that pulled me by the collar and pushed me up
against the wall in a full-on make-out sesh that
wouldn’t stop. And I didn’t want it
to. I went in for round two, three and four without
the need for a 20 minute rise-to-the-occasion
break. Although I quit smoking four and half years
ago, I oddly craved a smoky treat after repeatedly
taking in their debut on Pish Posh of North America,
Club Hits to Hit the Clubs With.
This butt-to-balls album is the makings of a
San Francisco based duo, Sick Face Fallon
and Gio Fo’Rio, with some
added icing on the cake spread on by well known
drum and bass producer UFO! Heavy on the dirty
grooves and pulsating electro lines, lyrics run
the gamut of street style philosophy, over-the-phone
commentary, internal dialogues and storytelling
with a whiskey/PBR touch.
Upon listening to “Fuck Your Jacket”
and the chit-chat between Fallon and Gio, I was
brought back to the Dead Milkman track “You’ll
Dance to Anything” mashed up with another
S.F. act who is still near and dear to my heart,
Voice Farm, inspiring quite a few giggles and
“an immediate urge to fling off my bikini.”
“The Real San Francisco” runs through
the various ‘hoods and such, flowing with
a bustling beat that fits right in with a manic,
80mph taxi ride from the Haight down to Soma.
I did get homesick when I heard the line, “Sometimes
I ask myself if there’s anywhere else I
should go / Really not sure but right about now
I never want to leave San Francisco.”
In a game of hot potato, CSS flows affection
towards Death From Above in their aptly named,
“Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death
From Above,” which is referenced in ATAK’s
own “Let’s Undress and Listen to CSS,”
making for lots of love, dance moves and naked
skin antics.
If you need to know more, you need look no further
than “My 411 Track.”
I just write what I know
Tellin’ you ‘bout all the shit that
I see at all the shitty places I go
I’ll give you my 411, just keep it on the
down low
The basis for all this is most definitely need-to-know
‘Cause I don’t rhyme about politics,
because that shit is all the same
I don’t rhyme about beef or if I am or am
not winning the game
I just rhyme about my life and what I think is
fucking lame
How I fight it all teeth and knuckles every day
after mother fucking day
Still need more? Fine. Check out myspace.com/allteethandknuckles
or visit the ATAK Sonic Bids site, which has three
tracks from the album available for download at
www.sonicbids.com/allteethandknuckles.
Now get on it.
-Kim Owens, August 1, 2007
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