Introducing Battles

[mikew4001]

One of the greatest current bands.

[luxvoyager1111]

i don't care about pretension, but i have seen this band live and given their albums several chances...i don't get it. and i like some weird shit. it's just not appealing to me. personally, i find it kind of annoying and devoid of feeling. not hatin', but wanna give my honest opinion, especially since all i hear from people is how amazing this band is and i just do not see anything special about them. but hey, to each his own.

[talldrumking12]

@luxvoyager1111

>I find it kind of annoying and devoid of feeling

>not hatin'

Pick one

[ambiamusic]

Hahaha! 5:48 - Race:Out vocals. Loved that!

[LozzaboyH]

god bless john stenier

[heavenscloud2]

This album is like sex for my ears...

[sta0005]

So they got Shooter McGavin and Robert Ford...

[helloitsandrew]

hahahaha "yeah yeah yeah ty" :') john stanier. <3

[sertronasora]

great JaM ban:D



[L3P4rk0Ur4L1f3]

The honest response: "We created this room with 2-way mirrors because it looked FUCKING AWESOME"

[3rdeye1983]

@Shitloger lol wrong

[tropcis]

bien

[TallFastLoud]

To everyone calling it pretentious: what is the music "pretending to be"? In what way is the music ostentatious? There is nothing more ironic than people misusing the word pretentious because they simply bandy it about without knowing what it means.

Battles rule

[wBAJKOnur]

i don't get how's their music pretentious??? i really hate that synthesied vocal or whatever was done to it, i hate it, it irrrrrritates me so much, i wish i could just shout it up - still i love the playing, it's soooo gooood. and vocals makes it almost some kind of a disco hit:/ (as for me) so - shut please up and just play!:)

[dmitrymin]

dude, I totally agree!!

[dante666diaz]

Warp records really knows how to find bands that are pushing something new and exciting.

[GIMPmanipulated]

@betukoso

releasing a new album.

[Jadabh2]

belting album

[oceanicband]

I hate when people know no other words but prententious to describe how they feel when they can't comprehend someone being serious about their art.

Good band. Fortunately they care about it.

[alski0]

Ive never thought of a band as pretentious or self indulgent. Im not even sure what thats supposed to mean when applied to music. If I like it, if there was some serious effort and thought put into the music, then Im fine with it.

[supermanJOEL2]

how do they get the money for the atlas video, they ovious dont have a lot of money with the music there making

still great

[Underhill182]

The record company knows where to put it's money : )

[doghanky]

they're not "pretentious new york kids"...john and ian are pretentious kids from pittsburgh....geez

[abbaroc]

hahaha apparebtly everyone hates being told the truth hahahaha

[hatebadmusic]

John Stanier is awesome, but I'm not so sure about this. I'll have to listen more before I decide. I had the great experience of being in a band that opened for Helmet back in the 90's. He's awesome to watch and learn.

[alexanderj1986]

I think it sounds good... I'm not pretentious.... But I've read your comment and now I've come to the conclusion that I'm confused... So now I ask you, my friend abbaroc, what am I to listen to?

[abbaroc]

i dont know u.. but chances r your are pretentious and dont know it..genuinely like it.. but have bad taste... or are trying to fit in...but the group is lame.. you know yourself .. i can't really say..all i know is my friends that try waay too hard to be different and get social respect.. from our perrs "hipsters" "scenesters" enjoy it... as for me fuck any scene... they're all lame... if a group has the same mentality something is not right about it. like how all backpack heads love dilla..

[lopside0]

nothing at all pretentious about that statement, huh?

Nothing hipster about name-dropping j dilla to diss scenesters. Go fuck yourself with the arcade fire or whatever shit music you like. perhaps if you spent more time listening and less time criticizing, cause anyone with half a brain can tell this is an amazing sound.

[abbaroc]

hahaha arcade fre?? lmao u r sooo lame... ima hip-hop head .. and fyi i brought up dilla because he is over rated but u can't tell an "underground" hip-hop head that because they'll never let u hear the end of it.. just like you are not letting me hear the end of this... and fyi if u call yourself a scenester than thats admitting ur a lame douche bag... go bump somebroken social scene and stare at a wall for 4 hours

[Underhill182]

Wow. I just came here to listen to a band i like...

I'm pretty sure that groups need to have similar mentality in order to function. For instance, bands, clubs, teams or any group of people with a common goal must already have a similar mentality in order to be in that group in the first place, and to allow it to progress.

If you can't align yourself with any group that shares a mentality, then you are useless to democracy, social groups and teams of any sort.

By the way, this band is nuts.

[MaggiesRevenge]

The chorus, full of actors/ The chorus doesn't matter.

[ybrik222]

So you want every band to do as little with their music as possible? Music is basically about trying to create something unique.

Pretentious music can still be good music.

[Flatlegs]

I met Tyondai, I was high on E and got him to type in his name on my phone XD

[specialneedschild123]

you guys are eshay

get your shlongs to sydney

[ersdada]

De lejos tyondai braxton es la cabeza generadora de propuestas extravagantes y experimentalmente peligrosas..¡¡¡¡pero como aciertan!!!!!

[DrumsOwner1993]

great band! I'm pissed off because I had an opportunity to see them last year but I forgott to buy a ticket xD

[evenjesuspooped]

what song is that at 5:51?

[RmTheBobert]

Race: Out

[mcjollyman]

John looks like Christopher McDonald lulz

[instantkarmava]

kind of like the mars volta on meth...SOOOOO GREAT...I just discovered these cats...

[AlexLococo]

surely they don't choose the most commercial music to do the videos, sicne their music is in no way comercial

but it fucking rocks!!!

[treewhore]

i want to marry their music.

[nahitzen]

@treewhore  i want to have sex while hearing their music specialy sz2 , race out would be grat also for the orgasm part xD

[MuelBoy41088]

I saw these guys at Bumbershoot on Monday super blazed out of my mind. Most amazing spectacle I've seen in my live. Their live show is rediculous!

[rellybaby777]

Fantastical new age sound - love em lots!!!

[asadkh05]

fauckin muppets but i do lyk der music its different,,

[stefanaustin]

Battles are really talented musicians, But the chipmunk like vocals just put me off.

i love their sound though. I love the song Snare hangar.

[magicpie77]

LOL. you're right.

[DiscoGabe]

SINGER IS A CROOK.

WHOA OH OH.

[WILLJR1973]

for those of you missing HELMET, John Stanier is in a great Australian band called The Mark Of Cain. They have a Helmet sound to them ( but were around before Helmet ) Their earlier stuff has a sort of Joy Division sound to the vocals with a Helmet feel to the music. "Battlesick" is a great album to start with. One of my favorite bands ever.

[rellybaby777]

Mark of Cain have been around for years - Im happy new people are getting in to them. Helmet played this year in Adelaide and I heard they were shit - others loved it.

[WILLJR1973]

Yea, I've been into TMOC since about 1996. I e-mail with Kim and John alot. Kim is supposed to be comming to the US for business. Me and a friend of mine will probably get together with him. real cool guys. I'm always trying to get people into TMOC.

[dlmjsy]

whats the song called that starts 4 minutes in??

[say12thebear]

Leyendecker

[djbreakcarlos]

whats the name of the song that starts at 5:56???

[urweird65]

It's called Race-Out I think

[say12thebear]

no its Leyendecker

[maguscl]

Race: Out

[slapproductions]

dude, these guys killed at Bonnaroo.....Atlas was gut thumping.

[rapidmysteriousbunny]

the vocalist is the son of a famous jazz musician

[thisisnothappening2]

which makes him famous.

[nwhiplash89]

seeing them at Lollapalooza!!! woot!!

[buriedvoid]

me tooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[mateus2]

people won't be people when they hear this sound

[de0vr]

Does anybody know the name of the song that starts at 5:54?

Thanks !

[dhenke]

Race Out. You're looking for the part of the song at 1:45

[slisting]

im in love with this music (L)

[friednietzsche1844]

it dont work for me

[actitudbandera]

jazz rock isn't for everybody not matter what hype says.

[ClintSpector]

Jazz implies improvisation and solos. Battles have neither.

[actitudbandera]

i said jazz rock not jazz and of course battles have the word jazz all over them, regardless of solos or improvisation, it's abot timing and structure, and sense of melody

[weprogwpwgwpeorig]

whoa, this is definitely NOT jazz, or jazz rock for that matter. I'll give them the timing, structure, and sense of melody, but there is a massive gap between this genre and jazz. Umphrey's Mcgee, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, and maybe Phish are jazz rock. I love this band, but seriously, get your genres down.

[ihsfilms]

technically i believe battles are math rock with minimalist influences, definatly not jazz

[PlanktonBouy]

I read a jazz mag once.

[0kLetsbeReal]

innovative. Good shit

[DisguiseDK]

Singer is a crook

[austin514]

Whoa-ey-oh

[jrtrobotdance]

idear. idear, idear. that's so great. they're really really good.

[wackiirahki]

pretty good music. i like these guys...

[TrunkMonkey123]

anyone know the name of the song at about 4:46?

[MightyKunibert]

Leyendecker

[SpamFairy]

that song is one of their best for sure

[KatelynET]

this band is fucking awesome.Cant get the drums out of my head

[mirak63]

please John Stanier go back with Helmet we beg you ^^

[shatnersizeme87]

I think the levitated cymbal is just for dramatic effect. and its also, you know, fuckin awesome.

[cockneymcfadden1979]

funny the people..that KEEP WRITING on this page like.-, need to stop thinking that this is the start of their point of the inheritance of the deuyn misters. and that goes for all you non CAN (the band) undiscoveroure's WAKE UP! Love''''''

[Thecorrectopinion]

This song isn't that great.

[feelingeverfine]

your mom's not that great

[JohnBosson]

Zing.

[saic77]

Que cancion tan mas chingona

[Clizown]

I wanna copy of that giant chart thing

[ipwnall123]

It's really neat though.

I wonder if it's to just remove temptation , like maybe he doesn't like to hit that cymbal alot but he does anyway just because he's a drummer , and he wants to make it easier not to?

I don't know...

[highway130revisited]

Even when John Stainer was in Helmet, he hardly used the cymbals. He accompanies alot of jazz rhytms in his drums. Even when he was in Helmet those drum tracks made the music stand out more. Plus most jazz drummers hardly use their cymbals.

[goopee]

except for the ride. and the hat. you can barely even have jazz drumming at its most conventional without a hat.

[timjmoran]

HUH??!! That..is not really True!! I'm thinkin' maybe you haven't heard many jazz drummers-'cause I'd say MOST,if not all,DO use their cymbals quite a bit.The Cymbal is

the main time-keeping element in most modern

jazz..the other drums tend to "comment"

or play off of what the cymbals & hi-hat are doing.

[sprattsbonio]

12 feet in the air? 'cause John Stainer can do what he wants. Go check out helemt.

[ipwnall123]

I'm sorry , i just don't get this band.

What's the point of putting a cymbal about 12 feet in the air?

And the singer sounds like a chipmunk.

[imarobot7]

Of course you don't get this band you probably listen to the fucking radio.

[danickmovies]

actually, I saw it on MTV

[TragicToni]

ouch

[melmes]

you guys are too good, saw you live not too long ago, new album is amazing

[thunkjj]

COOL

[skidaddle84]

Try as he might, that old Arsenal shirt really doesn't cut it.

Great band though.

[Babungus]

I'm starting to like these guys.

[tpickles]

Heh, exactly what I was just thinking.

[studycourts]

The science of badassology has been mastered.

[rrippp]

i was gonna try and praise these fellas, but there's no way i can top that one! :)

[MCKRUSH]

Excellent.

[hadiored]

hahaha... math rock

[javonne33]

Battles. Yes.

[Losmudbutt]

Battles. King Crimson.

[Flatliner0452]

that would be a pretty cool combo to see in concert.

[byLivio]

this song,Race In,reminds me of Secret of Mana game for the Super Nintendo haha

[rrippp]

if you don't like em then don't listen. quit your talk of telling people to quit. YOU quit! :)

[ZomBGon]

I think if someone was actually able to categorize this band, the whole universe would blip out of existences and be replaced with something even more weird and awe-striking.

[TerrificCranium]

Math-rock.

[RadioMuse1]

Kinda, ish... But no...

[hadogaydesu]

this is the closest sound i've heard to what math rock sounded like back in 2002

[Flatlegs]

I got Tyondai to write his name in my phone when i was high, needless to say no one believes me. Not even me

[stephleu]

whats the title of the song they start playing around 6:48?

[spekk]

"TIJ"

[o0frigor0o]

very nice video...thank you

[LeeGrasswalker]

this band is rly good and deserves to be taken seriously.

[givemebambi]

I don't like any jazz influences, nor drum and bass or R & B . Good alternative music is simply good songs don't dealing with dull jams like this...

[GriffisR]

i... don't get it...

i don't see how their music is dull?

of course, then, i love jazz influence, and things of the sort... i am usually no fan of drum and bass, but this stuff is fantastic, to me.

[funkykevin7]

i like that "we trust each other" part from the drummer. thats how i feel when i play with my band.

[stu5728]

Can anyone tell me the name of the song that starts at 4:00? Thank you... :)

[stu5728]

Haha and also the one that starts at 5:54... i love you

[NTrams]

Race: Out

[darthsid11111]

Four minutes is Leyendecker, 5:54, I'm not too sure. My advice, buy the EP and don't search the net for downloads!

[Roswellsounds]

Excelent material... It is always a pleasure to hear interesting people like Ian Williams.

Great album too! I am looking forward for the next one (in a few years, I guess...).

[kanibaldre]

now I love battles its the best band that I listen

[rentabeast]

I didn't know what math rock was until I heard about this band a few weeks ago. They could make it pretty big, but even if they don't they still have a sound that is quite their own. Hopefully the latter is more important to them.

[lculbertson]

I think to really experience the excitement of this band you have to see them live....it's an out of body experience.

[musov]

if you like this math rock type stuff watch

Drive Like Jehu "Golden Brown/Bullet Train to Vegas" on youtube

or Hot Snakes "Braintrust"

[Rennehana]

They play some of tech shit. Its awesome to hear a band thats really technical with pop influence that isn't metal or progressive. I pretty much bought this album as soon as I checked out a few songs.

[rapidremedy]

i like their music, but the name is kind of dumb.

[rileyvmiller]

battles = i don't get it.

[pinkdirt]

boring but very interesting. Yes i love them now!!mmmmm chocklatey!!!!!

[airbagabe]

boring

[fallennever]

no you're boring! boringhead!

[jiggy410]

Damn..after watching this im goin to go by that album right now. i hope dimples carrys it...

[Perfectism]

The song is called Race Out. It's on the new album.

[Vurgas]

Anyone know the song at 5:54? Sounds insane.

[prestolovesvarla]

so original!!!!

[DPTG23]

sooper

[MrShenanigans]

I'm really glad YouTube featured Battles on the music page.

[mattycfox]

These guys are amazing live. Music is maths

[moogadon]

yes yes they do.

[GuestAndHost]

Yeah! They Really Do! RULES!!!

[strictlydiatonic]

Battles rule!