"I never knew that music like that was possible. One hears such sounds and what can one say but Tackle Loco?"

-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When I lay in bed at night, unable to sleep, staring into the great chasmatic maw of the artistic void awaiting the thrust of the muse, it is comforting to think that Mozart meant those words as complementary. In any case it is a testament to his genius and vision that he was able to foresee, over 200 years ago, the emergence of the drifting melodies and punctuated rhythms of this turn-of-the-millennium trio.

The three who make up Tackle Loco come from musical backgrounds as varied as flotsam on an abandoned island beach or elementary...