Loading ...Bjork’s claims that dropping out of the headlining spot at this weekend’s Wild In The Country festival was based on general concern for all the artists’ rather than demands on her part were backed up by Battles and Soulwax leaving the lineup soon after. More »
Posts Tagged ‘Battles’
Bjork Pulls Out From UK Festival, And The Cancellation Dominoes Fall
Thu Jul 3 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
The Rachael Ray SXSW Party: 30-Minute Sets, Yummo Drinks
Fri Feb 1 2008 by Maura
Apparently that Rachael Ray SXSW party that we thought was a joke is the real deal. Sadly, Battles will not be playing because they’re not making the SXSW trek, but according to the proprietor of Largehearted Boy the Ettes sent out a press release confirming their appearance today. More »
Thu Jan 31 2008 by Jess Harvell
Attention readers attending the SXSW festival this year/fans of TV chefs with obnoxious accents and giant teeth: “We are also reaching out to offer Battles a slot as one of the five bands in the ‘Feedback’ showcase” supposedly hosted by the Food Network’s own Rachael Ray. More »
Project X Pits The Family Against The Critics
Wed Jan 16 2008 by mmatos
As part of Idolator’s continuing effort to geekily analyze every music chart known to man, we present a new edition of Project X, in which Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos breaks down rankings from every genre imaginable. After the click-through, he [hilariously] examines the results of the Idolator Pop Critics Poll Tracks Top 10 with some special help:
By now you’ve seen the critics’ lists of the year’s best music. But what about the folks who really count–the people? In interest of fairness and balance, I’ve decided to take the critics’ choices to some regular folks. That’s right: it’s time once again for this column to exploit my family.
No. 19: Battles Go (Bang) Around The World
Tue Dec 18 2007 by jharv
Tue Dec 11 2007 by Maura
Paper Thin Walls names Battles’ Mirrored its album of the year, offers up a full stream of the record with behind-the-scenes commentary. More »
Tue Dec 11 2007 by Maura
Paper Thin Walls names Battles’ Mirrored its album of the year, offers up a full stream of the record with behind-the-scenes commentary. More »
Tue Dec 11 2007 by Maura
Paper Thin Walls names Battles’ Mirrored its album of the year, offers up a full stream of the record with behind-the-scenes commentary. More »
New Battles Remix: The Return Of The Boom-Bap
Tue Oct 2 2007 by jharv
The gritty, stuttering beat of “Leyendecker” already made it the quasi-funkiest track on Battles’ hyper-complex debut album, and if its rhythm was just a little too twitchy to imagine anyone other than Divine Styler rapping overtop, all it took was this old-school hip-hop remix from DJ… More »
Battles Light Up Our Life
Wed Sep 19 2007 by jharv
We’re a little behind on this one, but I’d feel remiss if I didn’t celebrate the new clip–where the creepy witching-hour atmosphere of a straight-to-video horror b-movie set in the backwoods meets the blinking fine art neon of a minimalist gallery exhibition–for the forthcoming second single from my mostest favoritest album of the year. (I’m also posting the “Atlas” video after the jump because it’s still friggin’ awesome.)
