When Tempo No Tempo began in 2004, the quartet was just four UC Berkeley freshmen fooling around with music. United by little more than a vague desire to be in a band (and a shared love for Fugazi and The Faint), the guys began rehearsing in their dorm rooms and slowly wedged their way into the Berkeley co-op and house party scene.<br /><br />After some early shuffling, a concrete lineup took shape with Tyler McCauley and Chris Cadena splitting vocal duties while respectively playing the guitar and keyboard. Alex Kaiser mans the drumkit and Jason Wexler rounds out the group on bass. Together the boys craft decidedly uptempo rock music, balancing post-punk rhythms with offbeat pop tendencies reminiscent of mid/late 90’s emo (i.e. back before emo became totally embarrassing).<br /><br />2006 saw the release of The Get Down, a self-released EP that Pitchfork enthusiastically called a “jagged, melodious blast from start to finish.” Garnering comparisons to bands like Maritime, Q and Not U and Bloc Party, The Get Down received national college radio airplay and prompted San Francisco radio station Live 105 to name Tempo No Tempo one of the “Best 20 Bands in the Bay Area”. Countless shows followed with Tempo No Tempo sharing the stage with bands like Scissors for Lefty, Ima Robot, Persephone’s Bees, Port O’ Brien and The Death of a Party.<br /><br />Constantly recording at home and honing their craft, the band recently completed Repetition, a new EP that will be released in November 2007. http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tempo No Tempo http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/4J5TELy-/tempo-no-tempo-irregular-heartbeats-single-mix/ Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:45:48 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/4J5TELy-/tempo-no-tempo-irregular-heartbeats-single-mix/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/4J5TELy-.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 11BnPEF2yZ Tempo No Tempo http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/g5TSPsZJ/tempo-no-tempo-repetition/ Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:28:11 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/g5TSPsZJ/tempo-no-tempo-repetition/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/g5TSPsZJ.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> WBOCv4LM0F no lie. check our myspace, which is waaay more up-to-date than this thing:<br><br><a href="http://www.myspace.com/temponotempo">http://www.myspace.com/temponotempo</a> <br> Tempo No Tempo muuuuusic http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/blogs/2007/09/27/Gn4IwLA_/new-songs-coming-soon Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:17:02 -0000 cF9i2RWjYP please, everyone visiting the page-- we need YOUR help in winning this year's NOT SO SILENT NIGHT local band contest. we're up against 24 other bands looking to share the stage with the Killers, the Raconteurs and the Shins-- you can help us by commenting on our page, rating our song "static," and adding it as your favorite music.<br/><br/>drop us a line if you have any questions or comments!!<a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/live105" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/temponotempo" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/wutangclan" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/notsosilentnight" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/static" rel="tag"></a> Tempo No Tempo Shows http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/blogs/2006/11/20/gtz63gHL/we-need-your-help Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:51:50 -0000 MXdoDLcenq Tempo No Tempo http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/6JNXOD-S/tempo-no-tempo-a-different-weapon/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:18:38 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/6JNXOD-S/tempo-no-tempo-a-different-weapon/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p1.imeem.com/6JNXOD-S.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> csmHBeYK4I because Imeem won't let us use their &quot;upcoming shows&quot; thing, we're posting them here!!!<p><p><br /><br />11/16 UPTOWN NIGHTCLUB 21+ w/ Trucks and Postcoitus<br />11/17 CASA ZIMBABWE w/ Madam I'm Adam, Terminally Chill, Death of a Party and French Toast!<br />12/22 HOTEL UTAH 18+</p></p><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/shows" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/indie" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/temponotempo" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/bayarea" rel="tag"></a> Tempo No Tempo Shows http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/blogs/2006/11/08/C-h0C3ow/shows Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:38:28 -0000 W-B8fHzXzZ Tempo No Tempo http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/faBjK8nA/tempo-no-tempo-static/ Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:48:34 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/temponotempo/music/faBjK8nA/tempo-no-tempo-static/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p2.imeem.com/faBjK8nA.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> IdpvZnaXmU