f course there are battles in Brooklyn: every current worthwhile American band has crowded the budget-Manhattan. Not just blippers, not just pluckers, not just twisters, Battles bash together genres letting sounds fight for respite, replete with the occasional demonic chipmunk vocal, 4/4 nod, and fuzz twist. They're amalgam sublimity epitomized. Or, for those that are vocabularily-deprived, Battles play fuckin' weird music. This concert will be the highlight of the year for those who like their garde avant and their indie rock experimental. How could you miss it? Battles play tonight at Richard's on Richards.