Line Out - Comments on Battles, "Atlas" http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas The odds are against this video on this day: A. It's a warm afternoon the Friday before a three-day weekend. You should be playing hooky outside. and B. This video's been out a few months already. That said, you... Copyright 2008 Fri, 25 May 2007 14:02:35 -0800 Sat, 26 May 2007 22:46:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Garrett Of course Battles, if you need any backstory, Jonathan, Ian Williams and I go way back, intermittently. He stayed at our (jeff chris and i-tullycraft) apt when he was playing in Storm and Stress. We actually were a one practice part of a very difficultly conceptualized math, or call it calculus rock, Zorn math CuteKaos theoreemathology. me, him and the owner of Pop Bus Records (get it? sub pop reverse). Don cab, baby. Boy, was that a hilarious, sort of, set with Wimp factor Fourteen. Signs like "WIMP OUT" were undeniable.

]]> Garrett http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727194 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727194 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:53 -0800 Comment by Levislade Well, at least there's one good thing to come of being inside right now. This is good stuff. A Helmet, a Braxton, and a Caballero? Zow.

And it seems they're streaming their whole album on the myspace!

http://www.myspace.com/battlestheband

]]> Levislade http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727195 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727195 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 14:35:35 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool i'm so psyched to go to see these guys at pitchfork! BE JEALOUS, I DEMAND IT.

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727204 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727204 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 14:42:32 -0800 Comment by Levislade How 'bout I just go see 'em at the Croc on July 5th and we call it even?

]]> Levislade http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727207 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727207 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 14:46:54 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Very cool.

Where can I get some oviduct around here?

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727214 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727214 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 14:54:28 -0800 Comment by jjj @3 - jealous of an over-populated music festival? Not really. You should be jealous of those of us attending BATTLES at the Croc.

]]> jjj http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727217 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727217 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:01:31 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool NO WAY because at Pitchfork I will also get to watch Yoko Ono watch Battles. Also, seeing shows outside in Chicago, where I never go, will be better than seeing them inside at the Croc, where I always go. BE JEALOUS

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727233 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727233 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:13:18 -0800 Comment by buynk at first i thought that song was gonna be awesome, but then i felt myself losing life as it progressed on and on and on and on.

]]> buynk http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727245 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727245 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:26:56 -0800 Comment by mera that's totally the guitar line and drum line from mm's "the beautiful people"!

]]> mera http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727250 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727250 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:28:37 -0800 Comment by trentdawg yea @11, you're right, but at least their ripping off from an original.

]]> trentdawg http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727254 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727254 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:29:58 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes I've been digging this squirmy number for months. It gets stuck in your head, even though the vocals are... wait, are those even vocals? The Cocteau Twins are spinning in their graves, I bet.

]]> Jason Josephes http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727261 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727261 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:32:39 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy Check it out, Ari and JJJ are totally battling about Battles!

]]> Eric Grandy http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727275 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727275 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:39:33 -0800 Comment by trent moorman Trentdawg is not me. Just saying.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727287 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727287 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:45:51 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool I WILL BATTLE YOU ABOUT OUR BATTLES BATTLE

]]> Ari Spool http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727288 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727288 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:46:40 -0800 Comment by jz when tweedle beetles battle, its called a tweedle beetle battle.

when tweedle beetles battle in a puddle, its called a tweedle beetle puddle battle.

and when tweedle beetles battle in a puddle with a paddle, its called a tweedle beetle puddle paddle battle.

thats some dr suess fo yo ass.

]]> jz http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727310 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727310 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 15:54:27 -0800 Comment by Garrett yeah, finally got to watching the vid. pretty sure that's Ian in the white shirt. i guess we bith have that gene:mutarded//nationfix for multi-instrumentaling. he was a monster drummer until he battled, noooo, they're friends, i think? Damon from Don Cab. Sludgehammer was his drumming gig! great T-Shirts! ask him about it. ask him about me. ask him about KEX Puke.

]]> Garrett http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727416 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727416 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 16:53:31 -0800 Comment by bailee. Why does this song sound SO familiar? Has someone already appropriated it for a commercial or something? I haven't listened to the album yet, and can't place where else I would have heard the track...

]]> bailee. http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727448 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727448 Video Fri, 25 May 2007 17:20:11 -0800 Comment by oye como va Why does this song sound SO familiar?

Maybe because the rhythm's very similar to Gary Glitter's "Rock & Roll, Pt. 2," which is played at many sports arenas/stadia, and the tune recalls some Carl Stalling cartoon music. Just tossing some ideas out there...

]]> oye como va http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727882 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c727882 Video Sat, 26 May 2007 01:20:50 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder I don't hear the Gary Glitter at all. Many bands have used that glam rock beat: Sweet, T. Rex, Slade, etc.

I like the song, but why does Braxton have to sound like a chipmunk? His voice alone would have made the song a lot better.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c728456 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/05/battles_atlas#c728456 Video Sat, 26 May 2007 22:46:33 -0800