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Pray for as few bad trails as possible for bringers of the bombast Battles as they race in and out of venues the world over on an exponentially-expanded tour in support of this year's shiny Mirrored.

Their current slate of shows-- which finds them in Hawkeye country tonight-- will have them bringing those ol' robotic futuristic George Jetson crazy joints to Europe, Japan, and this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival. Wait, that's this weekend? I better buy some shorts or something.

Battles:

07-12 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
07-13 Milwaukee, WI - Stonefly Brewery
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) *
07-16 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
07-17 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
07-18 Boston, MA - Paradise
07-19 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary
07-20 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B
07-21 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar !
07-29 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08-10 Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
08-11 London, England - Field Day Festival
08-12 Aulnoye-Aymeries, France - Les Nuits Secrétes
08-16 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-17 Biddinghuizen, Holland - Lowlands Festival
08-18 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man Festival
08-20 Cardiff, Wales - The Point
08-22 Liverpool, England - The Barfly
08-23 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dugh
08-24 Dublin, Ireland - The Village
08-25 Reading, England - Reading Festival
08-26 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-31 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival
10-10 Bristol, England - Blerkeller
10-11 London, England - KOKO
10-12 Leuven, Belgium - Depot
10-13 Heidelberg, Germany - Enjoyjazz Festival
10-14 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
10-15 Rouen, France - Club 106
10-16 Paris, France - Trabendo
10-17 Manchester, England - Academy 2
10-18 Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Room
10-19 Newcastle, England - Stage 2
11-01 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

* with Yoko Ono, Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues, Clipse, Mastodon, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Voxtrot, Califone, the Twilight Sad, Fujiya & Miyagi, Oxford Collapse, Dan Deacon, Beach House, William Parker Quartet, Professor Murder, Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound
! with Deerhunter