Artist Battles
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Battles
A mercurial band given to both the strictures of math-rock and the wonders of only partly controllable noise, Battles has grown big behind 2007’s Mirrored, a mesmeric album that sounds like it was downloaded from a BitTorrent site in the distant future. The mix draws in part from the group’s intriguing lineup, which includes two guys who played in Don Caballero and Helmet, as well as Tyondai Braxton, a sort of wandering mystic of aural processing. Battles shows always hold out the promise of redline rocking and moments when it’s not clear at all what’s going on.
Updated 10/21/2009

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