We’re delighted to be premiering the new video of Matt Emery’s cello-led reimagining of Idles ‘Never Fight a Man with a Perm’. The reworking is part of the composer’s ‘Recomposed Singles Series’ which also saw him arrange cello quartet covers of tracks by Mac DeMarco, The Korgis, David Zowie and Arlo Parks. On the Idles…
Ever since Idles released their debut album ‘Brutalism’ in 2017, the Bristol five-piece have inspired a community of like-minded fans to rally against close-mindedness while also choosing love and collaboration as much as possible. This sense of togetherness – and need for a fairer society – runs throughout their eagerly awaited third album ‘Ultra Mono’.…
2020 is the longest we have gone without live music in almost 20 years. We miss them so much and our hearts go out to everyone in the industry who has been affected (mentally, physically and financially) by the devastation caused by both the pandemic and lack of adequate government support. It’s incredible to think…
Idles have shared the Michel Gondry- (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Daft Punk, The White Stripes) and Olivier Gondry-directed (in collaboration with WePresent) video for new single ‘Model Village’ – the fourth track to be taken from forthcoming album ‘Ultra Mono’ (25 September). The song finds Joe Talbot rallying against the small-town fishbowl mentality…
Idles have shared ‘A Hymn’ – the third single to be taken from their eagerly awaited third album ‘Ultra Mono’ (out on 25 September via Partisan Records. Directed by Ryan Gander, the video finds the band driving various parents to supermarkets – encountering all aspects of grey and drizzly suburban English life along the way.…
As we’ve now reached 1,000 posts* (as our friends at For the Rabbits said when they reached this landmark, that’s a lot of words to basically say ‘I like this song/band/album etc’) we thought we’d look back over the Glastonbury Festivals we’ve attended and choose a set that lit up Worthy Farm from each year.…
Following on from one of THE Glastonbury moments on the Park Stage and ahead of a sold-out tour of huge venues later this year, Idles have shared the animated video for live favourite ‘Never Fight a Man with a Perm’. Put together by the team behind Fluffer Records (Al Brown, Russell Taysom & Stella Belle…
Fontaines D.C. have shared the video for new single ‘Big’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘Dogrel’ on Partisan Records on 12 April. It follows a tour supporting Shame and comes ahead of a sold-out headline tour and shows with label mates Idles before their own headline tour later in the year. The…
2018 has been another fine year in the world of music and we’ve devoured so many new records over the course of the past 12 months. Which albums have you had on repeat? Idles – ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance‘ https://youtu.be/fMg9kvWYHfU Where better to start than with the Bristolian punks’ second effort? Timely, witty,…
Idles offer scathing and darkly humorous observations (‘Islam didn’t eat your hamster, change isn’t a crime) on what the likes of Brexit and Trump have done to communities across the world in pro-immigration anthem, ‘Great’. The fourth song to be released ahead of their second album ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ (out 31 August),…
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