Today's Quick Mention: Lots of good
shows tonight. John Vanderslice is at the
Mohawk, Asobie Seksu and White Lies are at Antone's,
and An Horse is playing Emo's. See something.
Or at least read the
breakdown
of The Hangover: Part 2 that I posted late
last night.
La Blogotheque
has a little video series called A Take Away Show,
and recently they were lucky enough to land a
special performance from Battles. Below you'll
find the footage and the album version of the song
they performed. Yes, this means your Tuesday
isn't getting any better. The super
anticipated Gloss Drop is due June 7 via
Warp. Enjoy.
:Battles
- Wall Street: Mirrored
was the band obviously having a good time, but I also
thought it had its fair share of edgy and moody moments.
These days, especially if you throw this crazy tune in with
Ice Cream, I'd say it's looking as though they've
ditched the atmospheric stuff and instead dialed the fun
level as high as it'll go. I like it. A lot.
Now let's get on with figuring out why there's no stop in
Austin on their current tour.
- John Laird -
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