Capsule Review & Show Preview: iKiLLCaRS

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Clipd Beaks, iKiLLCaRS & Daniel Francis Doyle
Friday, December 7
Emos (603 Red River St)
Inside, Doors at 8pm, Show at 10pm
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In case the name embodying misplaced aggression spelled in an unorthodox fashion that says, “You know what, I don’t have to follow your stupid rules of capitalization!” coupled with members' pseudonyms like Johnny Law didn’t clue you in, these guys play garagey, punk/rock and roll. The Austin trio’s second EP, At Ease With Your Haste, released last month, is replete with distorted guitar riffs, grubby vocals borrowing verse from Allen Ginsberg and steady, medium-paced beats.

One of the stand-out tracks on the 5-song disc is “Hartsfield-Jackson”. It has a jangly grit to it, and the scratchy vocals and unpolished production give the track a great rock and roll sound that’s hard not to enjoy. When you get to “The Teeners” and you hear the group – guitarist and vocalist Law, bassist and vocalist Lanyo Bourgeois and drummer Mike Fonseca of Those Peabodies – along with what sounds like a few others singing along to a chorus of “We love The Teeners!” it’s hard to decipher whether or not this is a genuine shout-out of appreciation to another Austin band or it’s meant to be sarcastic and there’s a hip-hop-style rivalry here. It’s probably the former, but what do you think?