INTERVIEW – IDLES (Joe & Bowen)

The Idles boys were back in town, so we (Max & Simon) though it best to have a quick catch up with them, our last meeting was the December of 2016 ahead of their Night and Day Cafe show. Almost 18 months later we’re back stage at Gorilla before they entertain Manchester on a much […]
-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Idles have not been an easy band to see in Manchester since they caught fire at the tail end of 2016. Their only appearance last year was at the Neighbourhood Festival in October, their Spring tour curiously skipping Cottonopolis. It all means that the anticipation tonight at Gorilla as they take the stage […]

LIVE: IDLES – 18/04/2018

WHO ARE YA? GAFFA TAPE SANDY

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]
What do Mary Berry, Mark Rothko, Benedictine monks, Bovis homes, Francis Bacon, photographer Richard Billingham and TV chef Rachel Khoo have in common? They are all victims in the equal-opportunity offence blitzkrieg from Idles frontman Joe Talbot on the Bristol band’s debut album, Brutalism. The record opens with an anonymous woman’s horrifying shriek of “NO […]

ALBUM: IDLES – BRUTALISM

LIVE: IDLES – 10/12/2016

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER –  Idles certainly put on a fantastic show and they are living up to the ‘antics’ name the venue has labelled the club-night.  They are a volatile bunch from the start. Between bursts of ferocious diatribe, with singer Joe Talbot driving each angry line through gritted teeth, he is […]
Bristol’s finest post-punk polemics IDLES have announced that they will be embarking on the massive 25 date ‘Brutalism UK Tour’ in March/April 2017. Before the 2017 tour, they are set to play Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe on December 10th (Get tickets here). Their much anticipated debut album Brutalism out 10th March. March 06-Mar-17 – […]

IDLES ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER SHOW

IDLES – BRISTOL POST-PUNKS RETURN WITH NEW EP ‘MEAT’

IDLES announce new MEAT EP for self-release on October 30th. After taking a hiatus from the live circuit since the release of their debut EP, Welcome, the band aptly describe how they took the time out to perfect their writing process and, “bleed out a s**t tonne of songs that we’re truly proud of.” The […]