A few decades from now, when the machines celebrate their triumph
over humanity, the robot rave will sound like Battles. The New York
City quartet is the first fully integrated android band, their
colossal digi-prog rock hardwired between technique and
technology. Every instrument—including vocals—is mediated
by electronics, but there’s human heart at Battles’ core.
Seattle’s Pleasureboaters, profiled on page 48, open. (Neumo’s, 925
E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $13 adv, all ages.) JONATHAN ZWICKEL