John Stanier obliterating his drumsticks with his inhuman precision drumming, Tyondai Braxton’s curious gurning as he takes on guitar and keyboard duties at the same time, Dave Konopka hiding down back with his bass and five gazillion effects peddles and Ian Williams dancing in the corner whilst he strikes his synths with irregular precision- yup, it’s Battles time again. And whilst they put on a typically excellent performance, it has to be said their identikit setlists are starting to get a little dull. Nice of them give EP favourite Hi Lo a rare airing, and Atlas was absolutely immense as ever but there’s so little variation between performances that I think I’ve finally had my fill.Dirty Projectors were once again a divisive proposition- weird time signatures, wall-of-sound female harmonies and the lead singer’s high-pitched wail definitely aren’t for everyone. But I enjoyed them, despite their characteristically intricate guitar work being sloppier than normal. Fuckbuttons also showed intermittent moments of greatness, although their intense noise rock had too many stretches of pointlessness to reach its full potential.
(Photo: Lucy Johnson (DrownedInSound))
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