DOWNLOAD: Takka Takka - "These Broken Chairs" (MP3)

Takka Takka at Littlefield in 2011 (more by Samantha Marble)

Last month (11/20), Brooklyn's Takka Takka released A.M. Landscapes, their first full length since 2008's Migration. The album was released through Ernest Jenning Recording Co. and was produced by Phil Palazzolo. You can stream the entire thing below and download a track, "These Broken Chairs," above.

Takka Takka will play a local show in early 2013 at Mercury Lounge on January 23 with Pattern Is Movement (who are also working on a new album), WIM and Future of What. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (12/7) at noon with an AmEx presale starting Wednesday (12/5) at noon.

Album stream is below.

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Love of Everything

Joan of Arc/Make Believe member Bobby Burg's Love of Everything project will be heading out on a tour with Earthquake Party later this summer which brings both bands to NYC on September 6 at Glasslands with Air Waves and Future of What and September 7 at Pianos with Gemini Club and Nolita Knights. Tickets for the Glasslands show and the Pianos show are on sale now. All Love of Everything dates are listed below.

In related news, fellow Joan of Arc member Mike Kinsella aka Owen will be in NYC this week on his tour with Braid which hits Bowery Ballroom on Thursday (8/9) with Laura Stevenson and the Cans and Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday (8/11). Aficionado opens both NYC shows (and others on the tour) too. Tickets for both shows are still available.

Another fellow Joan of Arc member Nate Kinsella aka Birthmark will be in NYC next week when his tour hits Pianos (8/17) and The Rock Shop (8/18).

A list of all dates and Love of Everything and Earthquake Party videos below...

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