Battles

John Stanier of Battles/Tomahawk (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Tomahawk is back! The supercrew featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, Fantomas, etc), Duan Denison (The Jesus Lizard), Trevor Dunn (Melvins Lite, Fantomas) and John Stanier (Battles, Helmet) has returned with a new LP Oddfellows, due this January via Ipecac…

On Thursday night (6/14) Battles visited Chicago to play the Bottom Lounge with support from locals An Aesthetic Anaesthetic. The trio were originally scheduled to appear at the venue on June 2 but had to postpone the gig due to a family emergency…

Das Racist / Battles… get a leg upWhile Bonnaroo‘s roots come from the jamband scene, the festival’s outlook has grown each year. The Red Hot Chili Peppers set provided a nod from the festival’s past without losing the band’s foothold in the present day…

Battles @ Treasure Island Music Fest 2011 (more by Autumn Andel) Due to a family emergency, Battles have postponed their June 2 show at the Bottom Lounge until June 14…

Local band An Aesthetic Anaesthetic have been tapped to open Battles‘ intimate Chicago show at the Bottom Lounge this Saturday (June 2). Parker Langvardt gave you a taste of the quartet last month, when he wrote about their new, Sanford Parker-produced LP…

Terry and Gyan Riley have been performing together since the late 90’s and have appeared in concert throughout the USA and Europe. The music has a connection to the improvising traditions of both Jazz and Indian Classical but more importantly depends on a synchronous intuition that has developed between a father and a son…

Battles @ the Vic in October (more by Zach Pollack) Battles, who were here in October to play the Vic, have announced a small (for them at least) club show at the Bottom Lounge on June 2…

John Stanier w/ Battles at Treasure Island Music Fest 2011 (more by Autumn Andel) First it was Dirty Projectors, then The Rapture and Prefuse 73, and on March 16, the 2012 One Step Beyond series at American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center will continue with DJ sets and Black Moth Super Rainbow…

“Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are excited to announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 11th annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 7 – 10 on the same beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville…

The Treasure Island Music Festival went down over two days on a small island in the San Francisco Bay, juggling two stages and acts that ranged from Death From Above 1979 to Cut Copy to St Vincent…