Pt 3: Which Brings Us to The Cat Empire
Whereas Konk had a clear African drumming thing driving the party forward, there is a current band out of Australia, The Cat Empire (their MySpace page here), that has an equally rhythmic force but borrowing from ska and strangely some New orleans influences. Even with these differences, I still thought of Konk when I heard them. I was shocked when I saw their video performance on Late Night which only showed 4 band members. I could have sworn that they were another band with an impossibly high number of band members. Their band pix show 6, so I am guessing some couldn't make the US TV show date. There sound is quite dense and energetic. If you sample them, start with the song Sly.
They are touring in the US this summer and I am just guessing here but I think they will be tremendous live.
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