Battles, Deerhunter played South Street Seaport

sarahana — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:04:27 +0000

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The last of the free summer shows at South Street Seaport was a celebration with an eager mass of Battles and Deerhunter fans. Though I missed much of the latter, who opened, much love was shown towards both bands, with traversing through the crowd a task as daunting as it had been when Animal Collective played the first of these shows. Battles, with their drummer up front (and why not, he was their gem), performed much like architects. This impression may have been influenced by their clean-cut appearances (not too mention all the colors – yellow drum set, pink and green shirts, a red-bodied keyboard – and the unusual layout on the stage itself). The performance itself seemed equally clean-cut, though the structurally sound foundations were padded by a feeling of loose explorations.

More photos after the jump

New York magazine has posted a video clip of this performance.

Deerhunter

Favorite song of the week: "Atlas" by Battles

sarahana — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:27:43 +0000

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It’s taken me some time to get to Mirrored, the much talked-about album from Battles on Warp Records. Thankfully, I’ve also been oblivious to much of the hype (hate the hype, not the band, I say). The foursome will be playing Studio B on July 20, but I might miss that for Bishop Allen over at Seaport Music Festival, where Battles will be playing an August 31 date. Animal Collective, Danielson and XXX Change from Spank Rock are kicking the fest, which happens to be one of my favorites this summer, off today.

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Battles, Deerhunter played South Street Seaport

Favorite song of the week: "Atlas" by Battles