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So we made it to Bonnaroo after a 16 hour drive from New Jersey. "We" being my friend Omar and me after three stops for gas guzzling almost $120 for a tank and a half and a pretty rotten experience with a Virginia Waffle House (My body rejected it after ten minutes) we rolled into the campgrounds at 1AM on Thursday morning. After sleeping haphazardly for 2-3 hours the festivities began. The first act we saw was Newton Faulkner all the way from England and he played one o... MORE
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OH! a relevant, punny title! How lame ABC! (slap on wrist). Now for the meat of the matter, or, the matter of the meat, this past week has been absurdly discombobulating a) with the election season on full steam and all sides taking potshots or arguing about 'who's the biggest celebrity' or 'who's going to raise/lower taxes, and obamania finding outlets (I even saw a cardboard cutout this weekend!) b) Edwards cheating on his cancerous wife. Yick, won't get into THAT c) R... MORE
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Battles Mirrored
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What a great band name and album title :) I hadn't heard of these guys 'til last weekend when a friend in work let me listen to them and described it as his 'favourite album of 2007'. I trust this guy pretty solidly with music recommendations as he has introduced me to such great music as Múm and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, so I knew I shouldn't let this one pass me by without a listen. And I wasn't disappointed. As far as I know this is their first full-length album,... MORE
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Another album I didn't really get into, but liked some of its songs ...and to be honest, this is how it goes for all Battles I've heard. The recording and mix are A LOT better than any of their EPs, making it easier to appreciate the songs as a whole - rather than being distracted by how fucking loud and abrasive that snare or keyboard part is. Though, they still chose some god-awful sounds that no amount of post could fix. That aside, it's one of the more interesting rele... MORE
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I found this new video for "Tonto" by Battles, from their Mirrored album. I don't know much about it, but I thought you might enjoy...
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9 out of 10 Stars Imagine you've gone to the theater to see a performance by a group of performance artists playing music that is indigenous to their country. Sure you've seen the children of Uganda, Tuvan throat singers, and Gamelan musicians from Indonesia, but this is special. These are a group of people that the bill says is from Metalstonia. You are anxious. When the curtain drops you are greeted by a large group of dwarves that are playing huge imaginary lookin... MORE
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While in Amsterdam, Dave and Ian answered some questions about their album "Mirrored" and inciting a riot at a poetry festival. Battles do no wrong.
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Battles nailed it on Jools' show on Friday night.
Every season or so, he broadcasts one performance as good as this.
Had the album ages, but had never seen them visually - and it clearly matters! This was the most astounding thing I've seen on the tellybox in ages!
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Ive caught myself singing the lyrics to this so many times, and as close as I can figure they are something like "eeg-a-whump-a eeg-a-whope-a ey-oh-ay-oh" So catchy, such a great track.
And supposedly they are amazing live. I just missed them playing in NYC a week or so ago. Majorly bummed about that.
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The robots are coming! And they've learned how to make you shake your booty! The debut full-length by the much EP'd NY band Battles is on a mission like a rich Nigerian potentate to infect you with it's intractable, mesmerizing virus. Resistance is futile and you WILL be assimilated, "Mirrored" beeps, chimes, buzzes and grinds like a clockwork juggernaut from the first spastic, cd-skip drum idle to the last click and blip. When people typically think of "dance" music... MORE
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- John Stanier, previously banging the drums for Helmet has a new band called Battles.- What now ? Stanier ?- Yep. And they don't sound anything like Helmet, but he sure sounds like Stanier... I had to check it out. I've been listening to it a lot. It's great to have it pumping in the earphones when walking through Rio de Janeiro, in the 12:00 sunny chaos. They use pretty much your conventional rock instruments but feed them into sampling pedals and others effects ... MORE
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One of the albums I am greatly anticipating is Mirrored by a group called Battles. One of the few songs I've heard, Atlas, sounds like beefed up Animal Collective. It has a completely infectious, almost tribal quality. I want to get up and jump around every time i hear it. Plus the drummer is from my high school fav, Helmet. I want more.
Believe they swung through Atlanta recently with Loney, Dear(odd combo?). Heard the show was sick.
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So I had to miss the Battles gig in the end due to my broken foot. At least I managed to sell the tickets to someone.
I got my hands on "mirrored", the new album, so there's some compensation there. And it delivers.
Battles is really unique, there's a binary techno-like quality to their music but with a hint of chaos that keeps it interesting.
