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Idles

July 2024

  • Noel Gallagher at 2024’s Glastonbury festival.

    Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians

  • Composite for Tory years music piece

    Sleaford Mods, the 1975, Fred Again: the songs that sum up each year of Tory government

June 2024

  • The Banksy-created boat at Idles’ Other stage set.

    Banksy launches inflatable migrant boat artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set

    Band say they were unaware of stunt by artist until after their set headlining the Other stage

May 2024

  • Massive Attack

    More than 100 acts quit Great Escape music festival in solidarity with Palestine

    Brighton event’s opening showcase scrapped after performers join Massive Attack and Brian Eno in boycott of sponsor Barclays

March 2024

  • Pyramid schemes … Dua Lipa, Coldplay's Chris Martin and SZA.

    Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 Glastonbury festival

    Coldplay become act to headline most times with their fifth top slot, while Shania Twain is booked for the Sunday teatime ‘legend’ set as the lineup is announced

February 2024

  • The five-piece band Idles.

    Kitty Empire's album of the week
    Idles: Tangk review – the Bristol firebrands change tack – with an album of love songs

    There’s less seething, more singing as the Bristol band’s fifth album finds them evolving musically, artistically and emotionally
  • Always surprising … Idles.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Idles: Tangk review – a return to joy as an act of resistance

    It doesn’t all work, but there are plenty of smart, intriguing ideas as Idles prove they don’t just do howling fury
  • Five people wearing red and sitting on yellow seats.

    The return of Idles: ‘I don’t have to hide behind violence any more’

    The outspoken British band have a new album full of love, but still feel anger towards a heartless government and a collapsing society

April 2023

  • ‘A frantically shortening nostalgia cycle’ … (L-R) Phoebe Bridgers, Cardi B and Joe Talbot of Idles.

    Let’s go round again: the ridiculous rise of fifth-anniversary vinyl reissues

    With young fans craving vinyl copies of relatively recent releases, the industry is shortening the nostalgia cycle to almost nothing. But how long can this boom really last?

January 2023

  • The runners and riders … clockwise from top left: Adele, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Steve Lacy, Wet Leg, Beyoncé.

    Grammy awards 2023: who will win – and who should?

    Will Adele’s Grammy dominion continue and Harry Styles steal more limelight? Or could Kendrick Lamar or Beyoncé finally take one of the headline prizes?

June 2022

  • Phoebe Bridgers at the 2022 Glastonbury festival.

    ‘Back to the Middle Ages’: Glastonbury stars rail against Roe v Wade decision

    Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers and Idles are among the artists at the festival who have commented on the controversial supreme court decision

February 2022

  • Chris Martin of Coldplay, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles

    ‘Working class people are getting priced out’: cost-of-living crisis spreads to live music

    Prices for big gigs such as Billie Eilish and Harry Styles are sky high – and a combination of Brexit, Covid and ticket touts means they aren’t likely to fall

January 2022

  • Idles performing at Brixton Academy, London 17/1/22

    Idles review – like being punched and hugged at the same time

    Galvanised by newly sober-sharp Joe Talbot, the impassioned Bristol band aim wider, higher and louder in a thrilling showcase of their latest album, Crawler

November 2021

  • Idles

    Idles: Crawler review – thrilling, glass-gargling introspection

    No holds are barred, and nothing is off-limits, as Joe Talbot goes deep on this expansive follow-up to last year’s Ultra Mono

October 2021

  • Idles

    The raging return of Idles: ‘We’ve always used violence as part of our vocabulary’

    After scoring a No 1 in lockdown, the post-punk band’s singer Joe Talbot reflects on writing about car crashes, substance abuse and Rishi Sunak on their new album

September 2021

  • ‘Do you hear that thunder?’ Joe Talbot of Idles on stage in Bristol.

    Idles review – primal howls and bullish power for the pits

    Joe Talbot dominated the Bristol band’s post-lockdown homecoming with spring-loaded unpredictability

July 2021

  • Idles in Don’t Go Gentle.

    Don’t Go Gentle: A Film About Idles review – fan-friendly portrait of punk’s anti-ironists

    The polarising Bristol band are followed from their 2009 inception onwards in Mark Archer’s documentary, which honours their earnestness and energy

June 2021

  • Thom Yorke, Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice, and Kano, some of the musicians backing the Let the Music Move campaign.

    Radiohead, New Order and more artists call for overhaul of post-Brexit touring rules

    More than 200 UK acts including the Chemical Brothers, Kano and Wolf Alice back Let the Music Move initiative, calling for financial help and cutting red tape for EU tours

May 2021

  • Coldplay perform in front Pyramid stage for Live at Worthy Farm.

    Lockdown culture
    Live at Worthy Farm review – beautiful music marred by technical meltdown

  • Wolf Alice play at the Stone Circle.

    Club culture
    Live at Worthy Farm: follow along with Glastonbury’s livestreamed festival

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