An album about death and addiction may seem like an unlikely way to help a band become more popular. In the weird, wonderful world of IDLES, it’s par for the course. Indeed, the U.K. quintet found ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Tom Ham We’re barely a minute into Classic Rock’s Zoom interview with Mark Bowen and Joe ...
When singer Joe Talbot started the post-punk band IDLES back in 2009, it was in response to what he perceived as a rather lackluster music scene in Bristol, England. “We started the band with the ...
It may be surprising to learn that Idles, one of the most innovative rock bands to arise in years and an unlikely Grammy perennial, seem to have little background in rock music — at least frontman Joe ...
The album’s production — from guitarist Mark Bowen, hip-hop auteur Kenny Beats and Radiohead veteran Nigel Godrich — is suitably next-level, and finds the band going both harder (“Dancer”) and softer ...
Atop Glastonbury 2024’s lineup are titans Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA, and Shania Twain. However, yesterday’s show (June 28) was stolen by indie rockers — Idles. During the “Gift Horse” musicians’ ...
The trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming crime comedy Caught Stealing has some fierce punk energy, so it’s only right that English post-punk band Idles not only handles the film’s score, but also ...