Post by ANEXpete on Apr 21, 2005 18:26:13 GMT
lads, lads , lads (and any ladies who views this forum)
sit down , pay attention and take heeed - for what i am about to tell you , must be taken seriously
FACT 1) - i went to see BATTLES (and prefuse 73) @ the scala last night
and this is the REALLY important bit
BATTLES ARE QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING BANDS IVE EVER SEEN LIVE.
they would be the first band id think of , if someone asked me what was the best band ud ever seen
for those who dont know = 4 piece = feat. ian williams (ex don caballero) / drummer from helmet and tyondai braxton (electronica artist and brother to r'n'b singer toni braxton teeheehee)
but their music is SO unbeliveably complex!!!! its BEYOND math rock . fuck strange timings - each song is an organic, flowing , polyrhythmic sound-scape!!! the musical equivalent to an mc escher drawing! the way the songs are structured ud think all three guitarists and drummers where playing something completely different to one another, if they wherent so tight.
but get this - iam and tyundai (sp?) - for most of the set - hammer on and off riffs with one hand on their guitar , whilst playing a different riff on their keyboards.thats hard enought without doing it in 13/5 timing!!! plus they all loop their guitar lines/ and sample their own vocals through fx , ARRRRGHHH that band had it all - i feel like my face has been melted right off
when they come back over in june/july- miss them at your own peril!
they are coming
sit down , pay attention and take heeed - for what i am about to tell you , must be taken seriously
FACT 1) - i went to see BATTLES (and prefuse 73) @ the scala last night
and this is the REALLY important bit
BATTLES ARE QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING BANDS IVE EVER SEEN LIVE.
they would be the first band id think of , if someone asked me what was the best band ud ever seen
for those who dont know = 4 piece = feat. ian williams (ex don caballero) / drummer from helmet and tyondai braxton (electronica artist and brother to r'n'b singer toni braxton teeheehee)
but their music is SO unbeliveably complex!!!! its BEYOND math rock . fuck strange timings - each song is an organic, flowing , polyrhythmic sound-scape!!! the musical equivalent to an mc escher drawing! the way the songs are structured ud think all three guitarists and drummers where playing something completely different to one another, if they wherent so tight.
but get this - iam and tyundai (sp?) - for most of the set - hammer on and off riffs with one hand on their guitar , whilst playing a different riff on their keyboards.thats hard enought without doing it in 13/5 timing!!! plus they all loop their guitar lines/ and sample their own vocals through fx , ARRRRGHHH that band had it all - i feel like my face has been melted right off
when they come back over in june/july- miss them at your own peril!
they are coming