Battles

Battles Announce World Tour, Play Toronto

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2011

Just last week, we got word from rhythmic rock unit Battles that they would soon be releasing their new album, Gloss Drop. As their first d...

Battles Unveil New <i>Gloss Drop</i> LP, Get Gary Numan, Yamantaka Eye and Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino to Guest

PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2011

The last we heard from rhythmic rock experimentalists Battles, singer/guitarist Tyondai Braxton had left the group to pursue his solo caree...

Tyondai Braxton Splits with Battles

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2010

Experimental, rhythm-fascinated collective Battles announced this morning (August 6) via their label Warp Records that the band's Tyondai...

Battles Head to Times Square to Work on New Album

PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2010

Back in 2007, post-everything math rock foursome Battles blew minds and melted faces with Mirrored, their debut long-player. The album saw...

Battles' Tyondai Braxton Readies Solo Album

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009

Despite just joining the new Risil supergroup, Tyondai Braxton has revealed he's again breaking away from his Battles day job for a solo jo...

Battles

"Atlas"

PUBLISHED Dec 31, 2007

"Atlas” first hits with a mighty "WTF?!!?” It does that to everyone, don’t worry, it’s not just you. With the calculated combination of Tyo...

Pop Rocks: Year in Review 2007

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2007

1. Battles Mirrored (Warp) What makes an album qualify as "pop” is always subjective, but in 2007 most people have accepted the notion that...

Battles Bedazzle

PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

Virtuosic music can seem bizarre to non-musicians — say "math rock” and one pictures some scruffy long-hair who might once have been an E.L...