This is just tupid

This BATTLES VS THE STROKES feud is ridiculous.

[In case you didn't know]

Ian Williams of Battles had this to say about The Strokes:

"The Strokes were just rich kids from uptown New York; the children of the heads of supermodel agencies who formed a rock band and thought they deserved respect because of that. Suddenly the downtown, older form of punk rock got co-opted by the system. If ever there was a point where Gucci and rebellion were married together, it was right there. The Strokes have, basically, been responsible for five or six years of a new form of hair metal, in the guise of something more tasteful. Their music is post-9/11 party music because it came out that week and everybody wanted to dance. They're seen as the rebirth of rock in the UK - but it's a very conservative, old-fashioned idea of rock for the 21st century. As for their punk credentials, I'm not going to say anyone's more authentic than anyone else ... But the Strokes are the new Duran Duran; the new decadence for the new millennium." [The Guardian]

Ridiculous and pointless.

But shit this video is good:

BATTLES "ATLAS" VIDEO



BATTLES are also playing with Deerhunter at South Street Seaport later this summer (August 31st) But that's not for a bit.