9 out of 10 StarsImagine 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 a...
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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...
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Is this one of the most anticipated releases in recent times?Their debut album, Mirrored, is released in the UK on May 14, and is preceded by the single Atlas on April 2.Mirrored comes off the back of a set of EPs originally put out two and a half years ago, which was re-released by Warp as a compilation of old material, EP C/B EP in February 2006.During this time Battles have been developing a...
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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 r...
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Battles rocking it on the Folkey Dokey Stage at the Green Man 2007
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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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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, D...
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My dad and I listen to practically the same kind of music, and I just came home from college for the winter break (but I miss it up there at the university and the small town), but I came home and he gave me the album Mirrored by Battles, and though I think it's pretty strange, I like it a lot (and wow that was a long sentence, and it's still going!). But the video is pretty interesting for one...
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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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Along with the new Explosions In The Sky album, I've also picked up the new Battles album, "mirrored," which is not what I expected...in a positive sense. I have somewhere around here a copy of "EP C"; I like it and listen to it as often as anything else, I suppose. But "mirrored" is a whole other deal. First, there are voices, words, heavily processed, to be sure, but almost intelligible. Seco...
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Let's talk about Battles "Atlas".From the moment I heard this song, I think it's been playing on an infinite loop in the back of my mind. It's infectious and just fucking badass. God bless Nathan Hunter for introducing me to this band last year. B+T on EP C? Hello? Brilliance is knocking...Coincidentally, I had decided to post a bulletin of their video for this song, as it's just something that...
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Battles new record on Warp is a triumph of instrumental music. I have heard them referred to as 'Math Rock' but this sounds far too pretentious for me, the sounds are complicated but there is more rhythm and melody than some of the songs on their ep B/C record. Not as immediate as some records you'll hear but give it a couple of listens and you will be rewarded. Also try Don Caballero or Boredoms.
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