I hope all four of them reunite some day. The three piece was great, and so is the duo (Juice B Crypts is probably my most listened to Battles album), but god I miss the vibe that these four had together.
@michaelgraham977411 ай бұрын
As broad of a palette as they still have, I think Ian and John need to work with a full band again. It'd be good for helping them break out of some of their usual tricks
@llamapenNHL2 жыл бұрын
To throw race:in at the end of this set is such a brutal challenge for any drummer imo. To even have the endurance to complete the song is insane.
@iansmirna51839 ай бұрын
you need to be warm though ;)
@ElBastardoAlmeida6 жыл бұрын
The cameraman/director sure loves Stanier's sweaty back. I love the fact I finally have a decent sounding live Battles doing the Mirrored.
@tonypatino68292 жыл бұрын
No shit, huh?
@cd-shani23 Жыл бұрын
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@jeffreygrove4 жыл бұрын
Well, it's sad they couldn't keep the four-piece together, but shit they did more in a few years than most bands/musicians manage in a career, so I'm glad we have this!
@jeffreygrove4 жыл бұрын
Also love that John and Ian start chugging beers halfway through the set.
@sinistrality78833 жыл бұрын
well now it's a just a duo.
@AaronKaiMCDNLD3 жыл бұрын
they're almost 20 years old now....
@GlennSyndallius Жыл бұрын
I heard someone say that Tyondai's solo stuff is pretty good after he left. I don't know why they didn't get another vocalist - an instrumental band just doesn't have the same appeal ! *edit*: neither do guest vocalists
@michaelgraham977411 ай бұрын
@GlennSyndallius Idk if it matters in the case of Battles. Even when Tyondai was in the band, the vocals were usually more of a texture thing anyway
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
I hate saying stuff like this, but, I wish this original line up had stayed together. What an insanely under-rated band they are.
@michaelgraham97743 жыл бұрын
I liked Tyondai in this band.
@princea.74583 жыл бұрын
Totally unsustainable IMO.
@judekristo2 жыл бұрын
Love the two piece. Don’t understand these comments all over their vids. They’re doin’ some of the best work of their career lately IMO
@HoodGoblin5 жыл бұрын
Proshot Mirrored era stuff is so rare! Thanks for the upload!
@kobalt774 жыл бұрын
Wow, I am so late in finding this band, but better late than never.... amazing.
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
The drummer is ex-helmet
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
I love how it's hard to tell what's synth and what's guitar. Always a sign of an awesome band IMO.
@Templ04 жыл бұрын
the race in beat changed my life in middle school and now i get to see it lol
@harrybradley86103 жыл бұрын
Back when Eric Andre played in Battles, good times
@dominicpriest3 жыл бұрын
finally someone but me makes this comparison thank you. haha
@dominicpriest3 жыл бұрын
and christopher mcdonald on drums.
@michaelspurk20513 жыл бұрын
OrL
@snakewhitcher41892 жыл бұрын
It was John C Reighly disguised as Eric Andre. And the drummer from Fugazi.
@snakewhitcher41892 жыл бұрын
I like that the drummer keeps the crash up high enough so that he only hits it if he means it.
@Haarization6 жыл бұрын
Dave's bass tone got annihilated towards the end lol. Also they missed their cues in Race: In, good to know they're human.
@LeighWinspear5 жыл бұрын
It's.
@DJKidKobe4 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to see them twice in '07. When they played in Austin at FunFunFun Fest, Ian was struggling to get the notes down on Race:In, all while John was furiously beating that hi-hat to death. It took Ian about 3 minutes to finally get it, and John was just STARING HIM DOWN as if saying, "dude, get your shit together. I can't keep this going for much longer." After the song was over, John threw his stick down and said, "That's it, I'm done." It was awesome.
@beebbeebson2594 жыл бұрын
their live performances have gotten way better over the years
@TNYC_7282 жыл бұрын
It is currently 4 years later since you said that and I am here with my girlfriend fckd up eating baklava and prosciutto at 132 AM in Brooklyn NY reminiscing on how I played this at a talent show in 2008 when I was a senior in HS
@feluk-2 жыл бұрын
Huh?
@TNYC_7282 жыл бұрын
@@feluk- huhhhh?
@feluk-2 жыл бұрын
@@TNYC_728 are you okay
@TNYC_7282 жыл бұрын
@@feluk- I’m great !
@arjovenzia3 жыл бұрын
Only recently got onto these guys, had a fairly high play rate in my workshop the last few weeks. had heard they rock a live set pretty hard. Dayum, do they? absolutely mastering loops n samples, done right. Mad props. the next youtube suggested track has a somewhat similar sound, but far more downtempo. with 10 musicians on stage. these blokes are killer. That drummer... solid unit. beast of a slightly balding dude. no holds barred. Yes. Im off onto the internets to find a way to give them as much of my money to them as I can. you know, my bang giving them the most buck. Piracy is bad, mmkay, but without it, I wouldnt know of these gods of blowing out a tune.
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
Drummer is John Strainer ex-Helmet believe it or not...
@spicylegato60242 жыл бұрын
They don’t use samples
@darlingfascistbullyboy Жыл бұрын
You have a funny way of typing guey, but I'm down with everything you just said! Todos!
@iansmirna51839 ай бұрын
@@spicylegato6024 it happens, like some vocals after Tyondai left. I suspect Dave had some prepared samples on one of his Line 6 Delay.
@earthboundmother2052 жыл бұрын
So happy to experience this. Love them 🎧🎛️💚
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
MASTER of ghost notes.
@benbenpotato6 жыл бұрын
Atlas was so good
@jude9992 жыл бұрын
best
@torrapa2 жыл бұрын
I wanna travel to 2007 again and watch this show from the first line.
@mad24r453 жыл бұрын
what bad fortune made me miss this for years...
@aurum76957 жыл бұрын
I've never seen Dave make that loop in race out. I thought it was just a sample or something
@alexcoopertroopa7 жыл бұрын
they dont use samples for guitars ;)
@iansmirna51839 ай бұрын
@@alexcoopertroopa I suspect Dave had some prepared samples on one of his Line 6 Delay.
@jude9992 жыл бұрын
Heard them for the first time as the first band at Bonnaroo 2008. Epic introduction to an epic weekend.
5:48 sounds exactly like the starter on my time machine when it went bad. Unfortunately I'm still stuck in 2007.
@dominicpriest3 жыл бұрын
sounds like my washing machine.
@tytusolszowka12773 жыл бұрын
their playing is sooooo on point here
@drzazgi6666 жыл бұрын
John Stanier is a fucking machine
@yak68962 жыл бұрын
a machine that self-lubricates well
@wherethetreeslive3 жыл бұрын
Peak Battles
@nicholasputt90546 жыл бұрын
I love the song Toronto
@ElBastardoAlmeida6 жыл бұрын
Tororontoror
@kuriyura5 жыл бұрын
Great Sound!!!!
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
These vocals wouldn't exist with BRAINIAC- the greatest band who's career got cut short right when it was beginning. Cedric from Mars Volta also lists BRAINIAC as one of his biggest influences. If you've never heard them- look them up RIGHT NOW.
@adderon3 жыл бұрын
Go Freaks Go
@TheCrazyN00b12 жыл бұрын
battles probably wouldn’t have existed without don caballero either - one of ian’s bands before and also another cedric favorite
@shunme45296 жыл бұрын
46:23 The face when your friend whistles terribly
@MrDaigoRiki5 жыл бұрын
Tyondai all the way.
@GlennSyndallius Жыл бұрын
Stanier is such a BEAST..............
@matthewensign9683 Жыл бұрын
Stanier got some mighty stamina.
@kultur-vultur2 жыл бұрын
41:00 Dude who says "Never give up! Fuck Yea! I feel that....
@iansmirna51839 ай бұрын
No earplugs. Now I know why John is hitting harder and harder as time is passing by ;)
@dalekay9ine3 жыл бұрын
Dudes in the crowd look confused as fuck lol love it
@vicious51153 жыл бұрын
DON CABALLERO GOT ME HERE
@sdrsignals2 жыл бұрын
Time flies
@kohlemainen6 жыл бұрын
So good!
@jazzcar272 жыл бұрын
Muy buena banda...
@cedriccatrevaux90965 жыл бұрын
Putain quel batteur 🤠😍😍🤩🤩🤩
@Russ_Hell-Russell_Stevens3 жыл бұрын
Kickin butt
@conemedemelee2011 ай бұрын
pasadisimo de vrga, i love it!
@josejose12216 жыл бұрын
fuck this is amazing!!!
@seaofseeof3 жыл бұрын
Oh woah I was there.
@feluk-2 жыл бұрын
How was it
@sartre132 жыл бұрын
WOW.
@arstarkus4 жыл бұрын
I knew that Eric Andre is into weird ass music Not complaining tho
@lymntria4 жыл бұрын
bruh that’s tyondai braxton
@raymondou883 жыл бұрын
but think ... have you ever seen the two of them in the same room at the same time?
@lymntria3 жыл бұрын
@@raymondou88 i’ve never seen two black people in the same room together now i come to think of it... 🤔🤔🤔
@iamallrat4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t it be really easy to set the audio so t was actually in time with the video. I get that this happens when recording live sound but wouldn’t it be easy to fix in post?
@ryderthomas2424 күн бұрын
The setlist here is almost reverse of the trackorder of their first album
@glowfly6 ай бұрын
26:20 fuckin rocks and it lasts like 4 bars
@RonJhadm3 жыл бұрын
so this was black midi before black midi went to brit school
@kailiw.84623 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, they played a show together.
@blufango Жыл бұрын
Dunno what they're doin but theyre unique
@lucaspadulo504 Жыл бұрын
49:10 Ian looking back at John: "you still alive back there?"
“Due to Battles’ ambitions of finishing their second studio album followed by commitments to a full touring schedule in 2011, and Tyondai’s own commitments as a solo artist and his desire not to tour, both Battles and Tyondai have decided to move on without each other,” the band announced in an issued statement. “It is a sad but amicable split.” -- consequenceofsound.net/2010/08/tyondai-braxton-leaves-battles/
@customURLfor5 жыл бұрын
because he's a crook
@VICIOUSD3M0N5 жыл бұрын
@@customURLfor Good one
@candlerredden Жыл бұрын
how the hell did Tyondai do those vocals?
@candlerredden10 ай бұрын
Nevermind I figured it out. Line 6 dl4 pedal
@dougbenson37193 жыл бұрын
42 thousand views what the fuck
@nathjcaldeira3 жыл бұрын
bitch they amazing
@TianaJackson-gh4be4 ай бұрын
NERDS!
@thedangboi71983 жыл бұрын
☃
@devoscape5894 жыл бұрын
Ok. The harmonizing pedal on Atlas sounded like it got fucked by an angry gorilla. What the hell. Good band, need to fire their audio engineer
@lablakelydress19883 жыл бұрын
Eric Andre on guitar
@cortedemico Жыл бұрын
Without that drummer they're fncked...
@cortedemico Жыл бұрын
Oh, wait. That one guy singing.?.
@triple45532 жыл бұрын
im gay but no one knows since no one will see this comment
@joesiff2 жыл бұрын
I will guard your secret
@yak68962 жыл бұрын
i'm forever gay for you
@feluk-2 жыл бұрын
I saw the comment
@triple45532 жыл бұрын
LOL someone must've got on my phone and made that comment without me knowing
@triple45532 жыл бұрын
i am gay and everyone knows
@jeffl.84892 жыл бұрын
It's like going to a jazz concert. Boring.
@literatetree83946 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, the performance was very shit. The queues were off, ian and tyondai were very sloppy, and the overall feel was very bad.
@Kingzephyr455 жыл бұрын
Literatetree sure... just post up your latest set from your world tour. Then we can pick it a part.
@CasinoQueenScotland5 жыл бұрын
Festival shows in the middle of a tour are a fucking exhausting stress-fest. This is remarkably good under the circumstances.
@literatetree83945 жыл бұрын
@@CasinoQueenScotland yeah i know, and do not get me wrong, i am a huge fan of battles! But this performance was not their best. Someone should swap out the beers they bring on stage for pop!
@JakRipp4 жыл бұрын
They never had good luck with festival performances. I imagine it must be hard to get everyone in the mix with limited time to set up. Even them as a two piece they still have difficulty at festivals