February 14, 2008: Karate Kids, Carousel Lounge, Austin TX
Posted by Dara on 14th February 2008 in Art Rock, College Rock
the costumes were fantastic – every band member had a rigged costume that allowed them to play instruments with the real rams and fake limbs to maintain arms-raised one-leg-crooked-in-preparation – this gave them a perpetually hyped appearance which was the only relief, an insufficient relief, from their inane tacky boring music, less talented and less creative version of They Might Be Giants, kept returning to the Karate Kid theme in the lyrics of their song, the kind of band that would amuse you if it was a good friend playing for a group of friends, low-level talent insofar as vocals and instrumentals, the sctichk was all they had