[lbo-talk] the band "Battles" in the New York Times

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Apr 5 15:42:36 PDT 2007


On Apr 5, 2007, at 4:24 PM, MICHAEL YATES wrote:


> The band is a proponent of math rock. Can anyone help me
> understand this?

It means they use funny time signatures instead of the standard 4/4. I.e., the beat is not the regular 1-2-3-4/1-2-3-4 that dominates rock, but uses odder, often rapidly changing rhythmic structures that group into 5s or 7s or 11s, and with the accents in unexpected places.

Doug



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