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New York City (2002 – present)
Battles is an American rock band that formed in New York City in 2002. The group is composed of drummer John Stanier (formerly of Tomahawk and Helmet), guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress), guitarist Dave Konopka (formerly of Lynx), and guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Tyondai Braxton (son of Avantgarde Jazz musician Anthony Braxton).
Battles released three EPs in 2004, each on a different label (Cold Sweat, Monitor and Dim Mak). Their debut LP, Mirrored, was recorded by Keith Souza and released on 14 May 2007 to widespread critical acclaim, and it generated a fair amount of buzz in indie rock circles. Mirrored videos soon followed.
The album received an pretty high score of 9.1 in a Pitchfork Media review; “Atlas”, meanwhile, was voted “best single of the week” by NME, and received a glowing review in the UK’s Clash Magazine where comparisons were made to Glitter Beat. The band scored its first UK cover feature in May 2007, talking to Plan B Magazine about the making of Mirrored.
Drummer John Stanier’s yellow Tama drum kit is defined by an extremely high Zildjian K ride cymbal. He believes the ride cymbal is overused in drumming, so he wanted to make it more of an effort to play it. He has to jump up from his drum seat to hit it during live performances.
Battles released three EPs in 2004, each on a different label (Cold Sweat, Monitor and Dim Mak). Their debut LP, Mirrored, was recorded by Keith Souza and released on 14 May 2007 to widespread critical acclaim, and it generated a fair amount of buzz in indie rock circles. Mirrored videos soon followed.
The album received an pretty high score of 9.1 in a Pitchfork Media review; “Atlas”, meanwhile, was voted “best single of the week” by NME, and received a glowing review in the UK’s Clash Magazine where comparisons were made to Glitter Beat. The band scored its first UK cover feature in May 2007, talking to Plan B Magazine about the making of Mirrored.
Drummer John Stanier’s yellow Tama drum kit is defined by an extremely high Zildjian K ride cymbal. He believes the ride cymbal is overused in drumming, so he wanted to make it more of an effort to play it. He has to jump up from his drum seat to hit it during live performances.
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Jimmert wrote:
wait- what?
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jonnymidd wrote:
If a retard started singing it'd sound like the battles
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verdaccio wrote:
21st century yuppies
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GonzaloLizardo wrote:
I like a lot this Battles, and Don Caballero, and Foals. Math Rock rules, but it isn't a new stuff: the 80's King Crimson, and Rush, and Tool must be recognized as the first matematicians of Rock.
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LaFin wrote:
Come to Calgary, PLEASE
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bobx3 wrote:
Milk, I recorded 3 of their new songs from the Warp show and they're on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/shnugen27). I'm sure other people recorded the other songs as well. Also, there are programs to convert youtube files into mp3s...so you can do it yourself.
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tomozeguet wrote:
They had done live in Japan recently, but I wanna see them in somewhere else!!!
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MilkForWhales wrote:
I would kill for a recording of the terminal 5 show.
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MattKlomp1 wrote:
Still bummed I've never seen these guys - I'm sure their live show is insane. Another great live band is Pelican, if you haven't heard those guys you should really check them out. Let me know what you think! http://www.last.fm/music/Pelican
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ariesproject wrote:
*NEW BATTLES SONG* “Sweetie and Shag” from this gig[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0FmSjk3x0c
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EyeOTheMastodon wrote:
Woo! Battles on Top Gear this week!
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RLX-Devlin wrote:
I know I get killed for this: http://jagaland.de/?p=706
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
I bet these guys can add and subtract
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Gowienczyk wrote:
I think a new Battles record should be appropriate.
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Draufleben wrote:
oh yeah!
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GameGearLTD wrote:
Fuckin great band
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minimalnoize wrote:
fuckin klix klax!
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mattphilogene wrote:
please come to toronto k thanks.
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garotoorkut wrote:
whats math rock?
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PetarM4 wrote:
math rock like it should be
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