| Artist: | Karate |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Live: | 2 |
| Compilation: | 2 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 10 |
The discography of American indie rock band Karate consists of eight albums, two live albums, three EPs, ten singles, and two compilation albums.
The band formed in 1993 and released a demo tape, Sometimes You're A Radio, the same year. It was followed by the "Death Kit"/"Nerve" single and their self-titled album in 1995. In 1996, they released splits with The Crownhate Ruin and The Lune. The following year, they released the "Operation: Sand"/"Empty There" and the In Place of Real Insight album. 1997 saw the release of The Bed Is In The Ocean. While no releases came in the following two years, Unsolved was released in 2000. The "Cancel"/"Sing" single was released in 2001. 2002 had the release of Some Boots, while 2003 saw the release of their first live album, Concerto al Barchessone Vecchio. Their last album before the end of their original run, Pockets, was released in 2004.[1] The band disbanded in 2005, with their last release being the In the Fishtank 12 EP.
After disbanding, the members released a live album, 595, in 2007. The Numero Group began reissuing the band's material in 2021. They reunited in 2022.[2] The following year saw their first compilation, Time Expired, with their second, Complete Studio Recordings, releasing in 2023. In 2024, the band and Numero Group began teasing new recordings,[3] [4] culminating in the announcement of Make It Fit,[5] releasing in October of that year.
| Title | Release info | |
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| Sometimes You're A Radio |
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| Karate |
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| In Place of Real Insight |
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| The Bed Is In The Ocean |
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| Unsolved |
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| Some Boots |
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| Pockets |
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| Make It Fit |
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| Title | Release info | |
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| Concerto al Barchessone Vecchio |
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| 595 |
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| Time Expired |
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| Complete Studio Recordings |
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| Title | Release info | |
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| Split with The Crownhate Ruin |
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| "Cancel"/"Sing" |
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| In the Fishtank 12 |
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| "Death Kit"/"Nerve" |
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| "The Schwinn"/"On Letting You Go" |
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| "Operation: Sand"/"Empty There" |
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| "Cherry Coke"/"The Schwinn" |
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| Fantasma |
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| For Your Entertainment |
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| "Defendants" b/w "Silence, Sound" |
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| "Around The Dial" |
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| "Cannibals" |
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| "Fall to Grace" |
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| 1996 | "Bad Tattoo" | CMJ New Music Monthly Volume 34 June 1996 | CMJ | |
| 1996 | "What is Sleep?" | Little Darla Has A Treat For You Volume 3, Spring 1996 | Darla Records | |
| 1997 | "New New" | Little Darla Has A Treat For You Volume 7, Summer 1997 | Darla Records | |
| 1998 | "The Last Wars" | Southern Tree & Polyvinyl Fall / Winter 1998 Compilation | Polyvinyl/Tree/Southern Records | |
| 2000 | "Empty There" | In My Living Room | Kimchee Records | |
| 2002 | "Operation: Sand" | This River Runs Dry | Music Is My Heroin | |
| 2002 | "Ice or Ground?" | Ottobre 2002 | Il Mucchio Selvaggio | |
| 2003 | "Airport" | 93 Feet East Vol. 1 | 93 Records | |
| 2004 | "Tow Truck" | Music with Latitude | Southern Records | |
| 2005 | "This Day Next Year" | Duyster. | [PIAS] | |
| 2005 | "Water" | When The Cat Returns, The Mice Are Fucked | Southern Records | |
| 2007 | "The Root and the Ruins" | Monopoly of Brilliance | Southern Records | |
| 2009 | "- - -" | Campiones di Cassetti | Beerbird Records | |
| 2022 | "New New" | Memorable But Not Honorable Mixtape Vol. 14 | Memorable But Not Honorable | |
| 2023 | "Today or Tomorrow" | Numero Twenty | The Numero Group |