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IDLES are a band who know how to get a message across, and there was one clear message to O2 Victoria Warehouse in Old Trafford - love each other.

IDLES have shared the unsettling new video for their song ‘When The Lights Come On’ – you can check out the clip below.The song is taken from the Bristol band’s fourth album ‘Crawler’, which was released last month.Directed and edited by IDLES guitarist Lee Kiernan and written by frontman Joe Talbot, the video for ‘When The Lights Come On’ stars Heavy Lungs’ George Garratt.Garratt is seen in the black-and-white clip riding a bicycle at night while wearing spike-pronged body armour and sunglasses

The Cave, Kenny Beats linked up with IDLES frontman Joe Talbot and guitarist Mark Bowen to mint what Talbot declared would be “an instant fucking classic”.The banter-heavy episode sees Talbot and Bowen explore the realm of hip-hop from their unique perspective as “the Nickelback of noise-rock”, wholly embracing their motto that “sometimes worse is better”.

IDLES have discussed the themes behind new album ‘CRAWLER’, and how trauma and taking accountability inspired the band’s fourth album.‘CRAWLER’ came out last Friday (November 12) via Partisan, and frontman Joe Talbot and guitarist/producer Mark Bowen spoke to NME for a new Big Read cover feature about the record.Discussing how the album is a reaction to their third album, 2020’s ‘Ultra Mono’, Talbot said: “The frustration and the alienation made us realise what we were doing wrong.

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has said the band will no longer play ‘Model Village’ live.The single, which featured on their 2020 album ‘Ultra Mono‘, makes scathing comments against small-town mindsets.Now speaking in this week’s NME Big Read, Talbot explained why the band won’t be playing the track again.“I don’t want to perform ‘Model Village’ live, because I’m not in that place any more,” he said. “I’m not defensive, I’m not angry.

IDLES‘ Joe Talbot has announced details of three Q&A evenings across the UK later this year, hosted by Creation Records head Alan McGee.McGee will lead conversations between fans and the frontman of the Bristol band at a trio of shows across November and December.The talks will begin in The Y Theatre in Leicester on November 19 before heading to The Foundry in Sheffield and finally wrapping up with a pair of matinee and evening London shows on December 4.Grab tickets for the Leicester show here,

IDLES‘ Joe Talbot has explained that he thinks ‘Ultra Mono’ “translated badly” in the absence of live music last year.Speaking to Mojo magazine, the frontman reflected on the setbacks of releasing the album in September 2020 – when concerts were still banned in the UK in a bid to curb coronavirus cases.“I think that album translated badly as a home-listening device.

IDLES‘ Joe Talbot has discussed writing a song about UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak on the band’s new album.As revealed this week, the Bristol band will release fourth album ‘CRAWLER’ next month via Partisan, with the album previewed by first single ‘The Beachland Ballroom’.Last October, Sunak hit the headlines and was mocked by musicians across the country after he told ITV News that people “in all walks of life” will have to consider changing the jobs they do in certain industries due to the

Idles have announced that they will release their fourth album, ‘Crawler’, in November, following last year’s chart topping LP ‘Ultra Mono’. First single, ‘The Beachland Ballroom’ – named after the Ohio music venue – is out now.“It’s the most important song on the album, really”, says vocalist Joe Talbot of the single.

Oh’s producing credits at Plan B include the Oscar-winning “Minari,” as well as Bong Joon-ho’s “Okja” and Joe Talbot’s feature debut “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” starring “Lovecraft Country” lead Jonathan Majors.

LARRY PINK THE HUMAN, the side-project of Slaves‘ Laurie Vincent and produced Jolyon Thomas, have shared details of their debut mixtape.‘M1XTAPE’ will be released on September 17, and is being previewed by a new track called ‘BISOUSxxx’.The duo released their debut single ‘Love You, Bye’ last April before following it up with ‘Might Delete Later’, ‘Purpose Built’, ‘Wasted Days [Inbetweens]’ featuring IDLES‘ Joe Talbot and more recently ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’.After sharing new track ‘NO WRONG NO

Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes have shared some exclusive behind-the-scenes snaps from their video shoot for new single ‘Go Get A Tattoo’ featuring Lynks.The song and video follow April’s ‘My Town‘ featuring Joe Talbot of IDLES and last month’s ‘Sticky‘, which is the title track of the band’s upcoming fourth album due for release on October 15, 2021.‘Go Get A Tattoo’ was inspired by Carter’s experience of having to shut his first tattoo parlour, Rose of Mercy, due to the coronavirus

U.K. band IDLES have shared a new track featuring Slowthai.

IDLES have enlisted Slowthai for a new version of ‘Model Village’, which originally appeared on the Bristol band’s last record ‘Ultra Mono’.The two artists performed the track live as part of a new hour-long special titled ‘Defense Of The Arts’, a collaboration between frontman Joe Talbot’s ‘Balley TV’ online talk show and footwear company Vans.Balley TV was launched by Talbot in June 2020 and named after his label Balley Records.

Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes have announced their new album ‘Sticky’, as well as details of a UK, Irish and European tour.The band’s first new album since 2019’s ‘End of Suffering’ is set for release on October 15 and has already been previewed with ‘My Town’, their recent collaboration with IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.‘Sticky’ has been further previewed today (July 5) with the release of the album’s title track, which Carter describes as being “about that moment where you’re drunk at a bus

IDLES have given their spin on Gang of Four‘s ‘Damaged Goods’ for an upcoming tribute album celebrating the post-punk legends and late guitarist Andy Gill.The Bristol outfit’s version stays relatively faithful to the original – taken from 1979 debut ‘Entertainment!’ – with frontman Joe Talbot’s distinctive vocals lending some grit to their rendition.“IDLES does not exist without Gang Of Four,” the band commented in a statement.

LARRY PINK THE HUMAN, the side-project of Slaves‘ Laurie Vincent, have shared their new single ‘NO WRONG NO RIGHT’.The duo, completed by producer Jolyon Thomas, released their debut single ‘Love You, Bye’ last April before following it up with ‘Might Delete Later’, ‘Purpose Built’, ‘Wasted Days [Inbetweens]’ featuring Idles‘ Joe Talbot and more recently ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’.Speaking about their latest track, the duo said: “It’s the summer of 2021.

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have dropped their blistering new single ‘This Town’, featuring IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.

IDLES have unveiled their powerful take on Sharon Van Etten‘s ‘Peace Signs’, taken from the upcoming anniversary edition of her 2010 album ‘Epic’.The new track sees the Bristol punks putting their typically thunderous spin on Van Etten’s original, dialling up the guitars and replacing her melodies with the imposing vocals of IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.You can hear IDLES’ cover of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Peace Signs’ below.The new anniversary double LP is also set to include covers by the likes of

Melina Matsoukas brought on veteran producer Khaliah Neal as Head of Film & TV of her production banner De La Revolución Films, which recently secured a first-look feature deal with MGM.

IDLES guitarist Lee Kiernan has shed more light on the band’s progress on their next album in a new interview, saying they have “lots of ideas” for the follow-up to ‘Ultra Mono’ and that there are “30 songs on the table”.Earlier this week, frontman Joe Talbot revealed IDLES were already working on their next record, following the release of ‘Ultra Mono’ in September.In an interview at virtual guitar show Guitar.com Live, broadcast October 3, Kiernan also said that work had already begun on the

IDLES have revealed that they’ve already started working on their next album.The five-piece’s latest LP ‘Ultra Mono’ only arrived last month, going straight to the top of the UK albums chart in its first week – making it the band’s first ever UK number one album.Speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq, IDLES revealed that that they’ve already begun writing their fourth studio album.Asked if they had a celebration upon hearing that ‘Ultra Mono’ had gone to number one, frontman Joe Talbot

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has revealed that he wants The Walkmen‘s classic 2004 single ‘The Rat’ to be played at his funeral.Talbot made the admission while speaking to Kerrang! about the 10 songs that have changed his life, selecting tracks by the likes of Otis Redding, The Pharcyde and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds during the interview.Speaking about his fondness for ‘The Rat’, Talbot initially selected it as ‘the song that picks me up when I’m down’ and said that the Walkmen track “changed me

The Streets have shared a new video for ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive’ featuring IDLES.

IDLES’ frontman Joe Talbot, who’s used a global pandemic as an excuse to become a talkshow host, pitching himself somewhere between Jerry Springer and Iggy Pop. But, like, from Bristol.Balley TV is stupid, clever, weird, wise, rude, sweet, mindless, thoughtful, totally baffling and absolutely hilarious.

Idles frontman Joe Talbot has discussed the band’s upcoming third album ‘Ultra Mono’ in a new interview.The album comes out in September via Partisan, and later today (July 14) the band will share another new track called ‘A Hymn’ from the album.Speaking to Apple Music, Talbot discussed the new album, how he’s been coping in quarantine and how Idles’ lack of success in their first decade as a band has changed them.“The beautiful thing about us being ignored for 10 years is that there was no one

IDLES frontman Joe Talbot has launched his own virtual chat show.BALLEY TV, named after Talbot’s record label Balley Records, has shared its first two episodes and announced a huge line-up of guests for future editions.Appearing on the first episode are IDLES bassist Adam Devonshire, Pussy Riot‘s Nadya Tolokonnikova and The Streets‘ Mike Skinner, while the second edition features Hak Baker and Chvrches vocalist Lauren Mayberry – watch both those episodes in full below.Future episodes of the

Idles have announced that they will release their third album, ‘Ultra Mono’, this autumn. The announcement was accompanied by new single ‘Grounds’.“We wanted to write a song that embodied self-belief, and gave us self-belief – a counter-punch to all the doubt we build up from all the noise we so easily let in”, says frontman Joe Talbot of that new track.

IDLES have announced their third album ‘Ultra Mono’ and shared its first single ‘Grounds’ – listen and find details of upcoming live-streamed shows below.Following on from 2018’s acclaimed ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’, the 12-track record will arrive on September 25 via Partisan.Arriving today (June 16), lead track ‘Grounds’ was previewed during IDLES tour late last year.

The new podcast launches on June 1...

Joe Talbot invites fans to "plough through these dark times with a two tonne machete of a song"

It comes ahead of the release of her debut solo album ‘To Love Is To Live’

With live music and special guests promised

The album features The xx’s Romy Madley Croft, actor Cillian Murphy and IDLES’ Joe Talbot.

Jehnny Beth, the leader of Savages, has announced her debut solo album. It’s called To Love Is to Live and it’s out May 8 via Caroline. Check out the album’s artwork and her new song “Flower” below. Jehnny Beth has also announced a tour. Find the tour dates here.