Their debut album. Simple yet complex, stripped then layered, Battles is unlike anything heard before. Comprised of simple computer blips, keyboard rhythms, looped and grooving walls of guitar, and precise backbeats, Battles is confronting new ground and dissolving any possible comparison. Battles is headed by Ian Williams (who you might recognize as frontman for Don Caballero and Storm and Stress) and John Stanier (the Swiss timing machine behind the kit, formerly of Helmet). Dave Konopka on guitar and Ty...   [ read more ]

CDep $9.99

Other people also bought:

!!! (Chk Chk Chk)  Louden Up Now , The Album Leaf  In a Safe Place , Death From Above 1979  You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

VINYL FORMAT. The first in a series of Dead C reissue collaborations between Jagjaguwar and Ba Da Bing, DR503 has been pressed on vinyl for the first time in years, along with the Sun Stabbed EP as a bonus record. Originally released in 1987 (and not to be confused with the releases DR503b or DR503c, which are completely different recordings), DR503 sounded like nothing that came before - a furious pastiche of unrelenting drones, noise and menace. It didn't fit in with the other bands New Zealand's vene...   [ read more ]

2xLP $21.99

Other people also bought:

The Rapture  House of Jealous Lovers, Death from Above  Romantic Rights, Cassius  15 Again

The clean and angular melodies, the workman rhythms, and luminous vocals reference the aesthetics of the design duo Charles and Ray Eames from which the band takes their name. Like the high design of the '50s, The Eames Era blend availability with an informed sense of the history of their craft. Their second EP, simply titled The Second EP, features four tightly crafted, charming pop songs as well as a video for "Could Be Anything."... Choppy, Strokes-like guitar lines, charming female vocals, flawless har...   [ read more ]

MP3 $10.49

Other people also bought:

The Stills  Logic Will Break Your Heart, Slant 6  Soda Pop Rip Off, Atombombpocketknife  Atombombpocketknife