Battles
Boston Calling spring 2016 lineup (Sia, Disclosure, Robyn, Sufjan Stevens, Janelle Monae, Courtney Barnett & more)
The spring 2016 edition of Boston Calling happens May 27-29. For a small festival (with no overlapping sets), Boston Calling continues to bring in some pretty huge names, and this one’s got Sia, Disclosure and Robyn headlining, plus Odesza, Sufjan Stevens, Haim, Miike Snow, Janelle Monae, Courtney Barnett, The Front Bottoms, Charles Bradley, Vince Staples, Battles, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Christine and the Queens, festival curator Aaron Dessner (of The National) playing a set with Li…
Houston's Day for Night Festival day 1 pics: New Order, Janelle Monae, Battles, Shamir, Psychic TV, CocoRosie & more
“What we’re trying to do is create an immersive experience where moving throughout the festival grounds is as engaging as standing and staring at the stage,” said Omar Afra, the Day for Night festival producer…
Pitchfork Paris 2015 in pics: Thom Yorke, Kurt Vile, HEALTH, Deerhunter, Beach House, Father John Misty, Destroyer, more
Kurt Vile / Thom Yorke / FJM / Health @ Pitchfork Paris 2015Loosening his man-bun before losing himself to dance as he and producer and collaborator Nigel Godrich step out on stage before huge screens rushing through hypnotic visuals for ‘The Clock’, Yorke kicks off a flawlessly tight and mesmeric set – leaning heavily on Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, but adding a twitchier and more introverted mechanical menace to tracks from The Eraser and AMOK…
Battles & Xenia Rubinos @ Webster Hall (pics)
Battles‘ third (and first entirely instrumental) album La Di Da Di is out now and the band’s tour in support of it hit NYC for their second time this week…
Battles previewed their new album at Saint Vitus ahead of fall tour (pics)
“Battles at St. Vitus just now was one of the most inspiring shows I’ve seen in I don’t know how long.” – Jonathan Cohen
Four years after their last record, Battles are back and ready to regain their focus as one of the tightest live bands in indie r…
Kanye West replaces Frank Ocean on this weekend's FYF Fest
Via press release…FYF Fest‘s 12th year kicks off this Saturday at the L.A. Memorial Sports Arena & Exposition Park. Kanye West will now headline Saturday night’s Main…
Battles share "The Yabba" from 'La Di Da Di' (listen)
How do you pronounce the title of your third album, and how did you come up with it?
Williams: Ladi-dadi.
Stanier: Like the Slick Rick song…
Battles add many more tour dates, including a 2nd NYC show
Earlier this year, Battles announced three US dates for August, including Portland’s MusicFestNW, LA’s FYF Fest, and Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus (8/…
Hopscotch 2015 lineup (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, X, TV on the Radio, Godflesh, Deerhunter, Battles, Pusha T & more)
Raleigh, NC’s annual Hopscotch Music Festival returns this year from September 10-12, and today the lineup was announced. It includes God…
Tyondai Braxton releasing 'HIVE1' album (stream it), performing it live at Mutek Fest and NYC residency
Tyondai Braxton‘s new album, HIVE1, is out next week via Nonesuch. The record was born from his high-concept 2013 Guggenheim installation, HIVE, and plays like the soundtrack to a single-take shot through a wormhole, where form meets the very abstract…
