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BattlesMirrored (2007)WarpInterviews Sam Sutherland (Junior Battles)Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM (EDT) Sam Sutherland and Aaron Zorgel (Junior Battles)Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 8:00 PM (EDT)Band on Band: O' Pioneers/Junior BattlesThursday, May 27, 2010 at 9:00 PM (EDT) Sam Sutherland (Junior Battles)Monday, December 5, 2011 at 8:00 PM (EST)Related StoriesTours: Happy Record Store Day It's Record Store Day so go support your local store and buy some music. Some band participating with special releases include: All Out War, Anberlin, Animal… April 21, 2012 Tours: Glenn Danzig to perform 'legacy' set at 'Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival' Glenn Danzig has promised another one of his legacy sets when he performs at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival. As with previous "Legacy" sets,… March 14, 2012 Tours: Bad Brains, Flogging Molly, Bon Iver, Black Lips at Bonnaroo 2012 The lineup for Bonnaroo 2012 has been announced. The event will be headlined by Radiohead and the 50th Anniversary lineup of the Beach Boys (Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks). Other notable performers include: The Antlers,… February 14, 2012 Tours: Big Day Out 2012 detailed The 2012 iteration of Big Day Out has been announced. The run kicks off on January 20th in Auckland, New Zealand and wraps up February 5th in Perth, Australia and will feature performances from The Living End,… October 03, 2011 Media: Battles: 'Gloss Drop' Battles is streaming their newly released full-length Gloss Drop. It's the band's first new studio album in four years, following up 2007's Mirrored. Check it out via… June 08, 2011 Media: Various: "Twilight: Eclipse" The soundtrack to the upcoming film, Twilight: Eclipse is streaming online. Despite the tween-focused demographic for the film, the soundtrack producers enlisted a variety of music including songs from Metric, Muse, The Black… June 02, 2010 |
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Battles is an American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City by Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress). The current line-up is guitarist/ keyboardist Ian Williams, guitarist/ bassist Dave Konopka (formerly of Lynx), and drummer John Stanier (formerly of Helmet). Following a string of EPs, the band released their debut album on the Warp Records label in February 2006,
Their first full-length album Mirrored, recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, was released on May 14, 2007. The album received positive reviews and appeared on several top album lists for 2007. Battles' second album, Gloss Drop, was released on June 6, 2011 featuring guests including Gary Numan (formerly of "Tubeway Army"), Kazu Makino, and Yamantaka Eye, and the band announced a spring tour in support of the record. In December 2011 the band curated the All Tomorrow's Parties "Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in Minehead, England alongside co-curators Les Savy Fav and Caribou.