IDLES
News: Idles announce new LP and single
Photo Credit – Tom Ham Bristol’s IDLES have just announced their follow up to the Grammy nominated Crawler. Titled Tangk (nope me neither!) it will be released on Partisan Records on 16th Feb 2024. Pronounced “tank”, the album was co-produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, The Smile, Beck), the band’s Mark Bowen and Kenny Beats (Denzel …
Live Review: Idles – O2 Academy, Brixton 16.01.2022 (Gallery)
After releasing their excellent album ‘Crawler’ last year, Idles have hit the road on a huge world tour in support. They are currently on the UK leg where our Nicole Osrin went along to the bands Brixton gig at the O2 Academy to capture all the chaos and joy. Purchase the bands album here Find …
See: IDLES unveil brooding atmospheric video for the track ‘When The Lights Come On’ from their album ‘Crawler’ on eve of world tour.
The bulldozer onslaught of the fabulous IDLES continues with vigour in their new single ‘When The Lights Come On’. And as per form, it is not all noise: a lot of light shines from the output of this ferocious band steeped in a sense of intelligence and compassion, heated by a shed load of intelligence. …
NEWS: Manchester quartet Witch Fever continue their rise with ‘In the Resurrect’ as they announce debut EP for October release
“I’ll fuck you up for fun.” That’s one of the more forthright lyrics in this song. Meet Witch Fever! The four-piece have been causing quite a stir as of late, signing to Sony offshoot Music For Nations and releasing debut EP teaser ‘Reincarnate‘ within days of each other around the start of June. The quartet’s …
Album review: DC’s Dark Nights – ‘Death Metal’: a raw, ravaging soundtrack
THE NEW soundtrack album is an ambitious and extraordinary ‘first’; the musical accompaniment to the recent DC Comics event, helmed by writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo. Based upon a hellish Earth twisted beyond recognition, wherein the Justice League is at the mercy of the Dark Multiverse and a diabolical Batman Who Laughs, the …
See: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes return with brand new single ‘My Town’ featuring Joe Talbot
Punk rock behemoths Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have returned to our airwaves with scathing new track ‘My Town’. The new single is the first offering of new music since their 2019 album End of Suffering, and if this track is anything to go by, things are heading in a more modern punk direction. Speaking …
WATCH: IDLES share new video for ‘Kill Them With Kindness’
IDLES have shared a new animated video for album highlight “Kill Them With Kindness”. The video, which was directed and designed by James Carbutt and animated by Pip Williamson, is taken from the band’s critically-acclaimed UK number one album Ultra Mono, which was released in September via Partisan Records. Watch below: Looking ahead to 2021, IDLES are preparing …
Live Review: IDLES – Lock-In Sessions, 29/30.08.2020
This live stream performance from Abbey Road studios consisted of three sets; two on Saturday night at 9pm and 11:45pm (BST) and a third on Sunday at 12pm. There’s a palpable sense of anticipation as the minutes count down, amplified by the excited comments in the live chat column. At just after nine, the screen …
See: Idles reveal new video for Model Village
Idles have released “Model Village”, the latest single from their 3rd LP Ultra Mondo, a commentary on life in a small town. The video, made of cardboard cutouts like something from South Park, features pig-like humans doing what we humans do, bashing each other, drinking, running around headless living the lives we’re supposed to live. …