Photos: Battles / Caribou / White Williams [Chicago, IL; 11/08/07]

A lot went down at Metro last night, but if one impression lingers from the night-- which featured four fairly disparate acts, each threatening to spill over the edge of the stage, rocking before a sold out crowd-- it'll be the powerhouse drumming. The sweaty, lockstep, violent sort of drumming where even the little dust particles that fly up with each hit seem to do so with particular alacrity.

Battles' (and Helmet alum) John Stanier, of course, brought it all home; he was so caked in sweat halfway through the first song that he looked like a wax sculpture of himself. Caribou boasted two ace kit-kickers, including project mastermind Dan Snaith, who multi-tasked with guitar and electronics as well. Even the sticksman for Warp-signed Toronto trio Born Ruffians held his own among this accomplished company. All of which made White Williams' show-opening airy electro-rock thing-- which uses a drum machine-- that much more ironic.

Dates and more photos ahead.

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Battles:

11-09 Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig $
11-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace $
11-11 Montreal, Quebec - Le National $
11-12 Boston, MA - Paradise $
11-13 New York, NY - Webster Hall $
11-16 Belo Horizonte, Brazil - Roxy Club (Elektronika Fest)
11-19 Curitiba, Brazil - Era ó o Que Faltava
11-21 São Paulo, Brazil - Clash Club
11-22 Santiago, Chile - Industria Cultural
11-23 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Niceto
11-25 Goiânia, Brazil - Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer

$ with White Williams

Caribou:

11-09 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
11-10 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House *
11-15 Brighton, England - Audio
11-16 Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
11-17 Reading, England - South Street
11-18 Birmingham, England - The Glee Club
11-19 Cork, Ireland - Crane Lane Theatre
11-20 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
11-21 Belfast, Northern Ireland - The Limelight
11-22 Sunderland, England - Independent
11-23 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
11-24 Leeds, England - Brudenell Social Club
11-25 Nottingham, England - The Social
11-26 Bristol, England - Thekla
11-27 London, England - Dingwalls
11-28 Paris, France - La Fleche D'or
11-29 Brussels, Belgium - Palace
11-30 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Les Rotendes
12-01 Utrecht, Netherlands - Le Guess Who? Festival
12-02 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
12-04 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
12-05 Nürnberg, Germany - MUZ Club
12-06 Vienna, Austria - B72
12-07 Berlin, Germany - Lido
12-08 Hamburg, Germany - Übel and Gefährlich
12-09 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
12-10 Malmö, Sweden - 90kr
12-11 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren Järntorgsgatan
12-12 Bergen, Norway - Ladmark
12-13 Oslo, Norway- Garage Grensen
12-14 Stockholm, Sweden - Restless Romance
12-15 Barcelona, Spain - Razz Club
05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork Festival) ^

* with Born Ruffians
^ with the Hold Steady, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Hot Chip, Les Savy Fav, No Age, Of Montreal, Man Man, Los Campesinos!, Glass Candy, Dirty Projectors, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Wooden Shjips, Shit and Shine, Sebadoh, Ween, Pissed Jeans, Fuck Buttons, Apse

White Williams:

11-09 Ann Arbor, MI - The Blind Pig *
11-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
11-11 Montreal, Quebec - Le National *
11-12 Boston, MA - Paradise *
11-13 New York, NY - Webster Hall *
11-30 Atlantic City, NJ - Club Harlem at House of Blues #
01-29 San Diego, CA - Casbah ^

* with Battles
# with Girl Talk
^ with HEALTH