Hoots and Hellmouth is the craziest, nuttiest group of kids out of the Philly environs. They bang on stuff a lot. I like them.

-Alex Battles, arbiter of popular culture

Alex Battles' Whisky Rebellion is an original Honky Tonk outfit which plays new tunes written in the classic country style.

Clad in trucker's hat, brandishing a legal pad full of just-finished lyrics, and a drawling, lazy voice, Battles can wrap audiences around his knotty fingers.
-Village Voice

As with most unlikely renaissances, Brooklyn's current Cash - Hank - Hag - Buck - Willie fixation has it its core an unlikely anti-hero. In this case it's Alex Battles, a 33-year-old singer & banjo-picker.
-No Depression