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• Tyondai Braxton, 'Central Market' (Warp)

  September 10, 2009 – The progeny of legendarily convoluted jazz composer Anthony Braxton, Tyondai is known for adding a dash of looney tunes and loopy vocals to Battles' otherwise stoic post-rock. His third solo album is promoted as "new classical," but "J. City" sounds more like a grievous stab at alt-rock. …
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  Join SPIN.com at Lollapalooza '08!

  July 30, 2008 – SPIN.com is packing up its festival bags once again this weekend for one of summer's biggest weekends: Lollapalooza, in Chicago's gorgeous Grant Park. With headline sets from the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, and Kanye West, Lolla lacks little in star power, and we're unleashing our hounds accordingly. …
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  Backstage at Bonnaroo: Battles

  June 14, 2008 – Bonnaroo is always a lot of work for the journalists who cover it, so our Emily Zemler didn't really mind when Battles' Dave Konopka decided he'd pretend to be Emily during our backstage interview. Watch the results: Click here to check out more from Bonnaroo '08!  …
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  Gnarls Barkley, Battles Set MySpace's 150th Secret Show Aflame in NYC

  June 9, 2008 – A free show certainly attracts a crowd, and last night (June 8) fans were packed in tighter than sardines in a tin can at New York City's Fillmore venue where the soul-warping Gnarls Barkley, math rockers Battles, and robotic R&B maven Janelle Monae played the 150th installation of MySpace's Secret Show series. Monae, a Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society artist, was the first to grace the stage, moonwalking and high-kicking as she bree …
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