Posts Tagged ‘Battles’
1/26/10 News briefs: Battles, Animal Collective, F**ked Up, Javelin and Supergrass
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Battles will follow-up their brilliant 2007 debut Mirrored with a new album this year. Speaking with NME.com, guitarist Dave Konopka said making the album in the Times Squares neighbourhood of Manhattan has been an influence.
ODDSAC, Animal Collective’s film with director Danny Perez is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. Judging by the trailer, it looks very AC-like. Get a peek here.
F**ked Up guitarist Ben Cook has cleared up rumours of a feud between them and Sonic Youth. Speaking to Spinner, Cook said the song they wrote - “Cranking to Sonic Youth” - is “more of an homage to their fans.”
Brooklyn music mashers Javelin have announced details about their proper debut album. The duo will release No Más on April 20th through David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label. In addition, next month Javelin will embark on a UK tour with Yeasayer.
Fresh off the heels of their Hot Rats side-project, Supergrass have revealed that members will swap instruments to help spruce up their new album. Calling it “different and chaotic,” frontman Gaz Coombes told NME.com they’ve been listening to a lot of krautrock, which sounds awesome.
Tags: animal collective, Battles, Ben Cook, f**ked up, Gaz Coombes, Javelin, Luaka Bop, NME.com, No Más, ODDSAC, Sonic Youth, Spinner, Supergrass, Yeasayer
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Earworm: Three Trapped Tigers “6″
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Who: Three Trapped Tigers
Sounds like: An (artificially) emotionally charged mathematical post-rock band formed by Small Wonder’s V.I.C.I, Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century’s Twiki and Forbidden Planet’s Robby the Robot.
RIYL: Warp Records, Battles, Lightning Bolt, Salaryman, Boards of Canada, Holy Fuck, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, 65daysofstatic
Need to know: Three Trapped Tigers is actually three live humans from London, England: Tom Rogerson, Adam Betts and Matt Calvert. They took their name from a book by Cuban writer Cabrera Infante. They’ve released two EPs so far, both containing songs that are numbered not named. Originally they were a duo, but Rogerson and Calvert ditched their synthetic laptop and brought in Betts to give the live sound more presence.
Track: Using an awesome video clip from ‘70s Japanese cult favourite kids show Kure Kure Takora (aka “Gimme Gimme Octopus”), “6” combines those idyllic, serene synths made famous by Boards of Canada with mind-blowing time signatures as tight and rambunctious as the almighty Battles. It’s almost impossible to believe there are only three of them pulling this off, especially Betts’ frenetic polyrhythms, which like he himself is an octopus.
Buy: You can buy the two EPs and other merch over at bloodandbiscuits.bigcartel.com.
Tags: Battles, Blood and Biscuits, Kure Kure Takora, Three Trapped Tigers
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