Battles

Battles & Walls played the Vic (pics, review)

, words and some UK-based electronic duo Walls stood side by side in front of a table covered in guitar pedals and synthesizer gear, creating a long, wavering drone that slowly built a pulse through added complexity…

I'll Be Your Mirror 2011 -- pics from ATP Saturday (Swans, Ultramagnetic MCs, Battles, Beak, Horrors & more)

You saw pictures from Friday and Portishead from Saturday (and Portishead Sunday). Here are the rest from that 2nd day in Asbury Park. They continue below…

What's going on Friday?

today in Chicago * Dick Dale @ SPACE * Battles, Walls @ the Vic * Imelda May @ Park West * Riot Fest Secret Show @ AAA * Cut Chemist, Quantic @ The Mid * Van Hunt, Empress Hotel @ Schubas * Helmet, Electric Hawk @ Double Door * Riot Fest Secret Show @ Cobra Lounge * LA Looks, Secret Science @ Ultra Lounge * Roger Daltry @ Horseshoe Hammond Casino * Jackie Greene, Nicki & Tim Bluhm @ Lincoln Hall * Esperanza Spalding @ Chicago Symphony Center * Thomas Dolby, A Map of the Floating City @ Martyrs * Arboretum, Eternal Tapestry, Matthew Hale Clark @ Hideout * Gardens and Villa, Youth Lagoon, Tiger Waves @ Empty Bottle * Northpilot, The Lonliest Monk, Guillermo Sexo @ Subterranean * The Naked and Famous, The Chain Gang of 1974, White Arrows @ Metro * Danzig, Samhain, Youth of Today, Macabre, Nachtmystium, The Infected @ Congress Theater * The Bears Of Blue River, Dastardly, Bright Young Man, Shaina Hoffman, Woodrow Hart @ Panchos * ALL, Scott Reynolds, Down By Law, The Chinese Telephones, The Holy Mess @ Bottom Lounge Battles have posted some making of footage for their “My Machines” video…

What's going on Wednesday?

today in NYC * The Yardbirds @ BB King’s * John Doe @ Soundfix Records * TVOTR movie @ Nitehawk Cinema * Aloe Blacc @ Highline Ballroom * Umphrey’s McGee @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Big Terrific @ Cameo Gallery * The Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * C…

'Parallax Sounds' exceeds Kickstarter funding goal

Parallax Sounds is a documentary that aims to examine the connections between Chicago’s experimental music, musicians, and their urban landscape…

updated Moogfest lineup, new CANT & a Shabazz Palaces/Drumma Boy SBTRKT/Little Dragon remix (MP3s)

DOWNLOAD: SBTRKT – “Wildfire” (Drumma Boy remix ft. Shabazz Palaces) (MP3) Back in June, we announced the killer initial lineup for Moogfest 2011 (October 28, 29, 30)…

Treasure Island Fest announces 2011 lineup, includes St. Vincent (who recently released a new song)

Treasure Island Music Festival is returning to San Francisco, CA on October 15 and 16. The lineup includes Cut Copy, Beach House, The Hold Steady, Flying Lotus, Death From Above 1979, YACHT, Shabazz Palaces, The Antlers, St…

Pitchfork Fest 2011 ---- Day One in pics (part 1)

The 2011 Pitchfork Festival continues through Sunday at Union Park in Chicago. Some of it is streaming online. A set of pictures from Friday continues below…

Battles to release "My Machines" 12" single, playing the Vic +++ touring in the US this fall

STREAM: Battles – “My Machines” (Feat. Gary Numan) (MP3) Battles @ Le Poisson Rouge in April (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) Battles have just announced the release of their latest Gloss Drop single, “My Machines” (Feat…

Glastonbury 2011 happened (highlights, video, setlists, Tricky, SBTRKT, Radiohead, Pulp, Beyonce, Janelle Monae & more)

“Paul Simon, Lee Scratch Perry and Jimmy Cliff play blinding sets at Glastonbury Saga stage. All over 70 Tony Benn oldest at 95 !” – James Osborn “Best thing musically I saw at Glastonbury was probably SBTRKT on the Friday night …
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