ACL Live Review: Idles

UK punk rottweilers scream of reform and justice for all

"...Pure wholesomeness drove punk rock Idles through the intense UV rays hitting the Honda mainstage..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Music Post by Alyssa Quiles

SXSW Music Review: Idles

The youngest, angriest, motorik-punk band on the planet

"...30’s British Music Embassy, BBC deejay Steve Lamacq introduced Idles by declaring last year’s debut long-player Brutalism his favorite..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

Last Week in Live Music: Spoon, Duran Duran, Weezer, Modest Mouse, Idles, Big Freedia, and Way More

"...Idles at Re:SET in Grand Prairie on June 11, 2023..."

June 13, 2023 Photo Gallery

Last Week in Live Music: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Idles, Mastodon, and More

"...Idles at the Factory in Dallas on September 1, 2022..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Photo Gallery

Last Week in Live Music: L7, Jake Owen, Idles, and More

"...Idles at Barracuda on May 18, 2019..."

May 21, 2019 Photo Gallery

UT Idles on Los Alamos

Nuke-lab bid cools down, but not entirely

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Pivotal Punk at SXSW Music

Don't miss this gang of 10

"...reform through raw rock. Blueprint follows up this month. Idles..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

We Have an Issue: The Weekend Forecast Is Hot. Very, Very Hot.

The 32nd annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is here

"...Ghost, Mastodon, Schatzi, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and Idles...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Faster Than Sound: Lizzo City Limits

“Truth Hurts” star’s historic audience, and other ACL Fest weekend one standouts

"...on "Pussy Mouf" definitely earned new fans. Fishing for Idles..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...a movie that literally went places. Wrong Cops merely idles around a few ill-defined, vaguely humorous situations. It’s tonally..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Teezo Touchdown, Arny Margret, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Standout sets to kick off the big music week

"...I first saw Black Midi, Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., Idles, and even – way back in 2009 – Bring..."

March 13, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Cinched, Toned, Depressed: A Trip to Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Store in Austin

Domain Northside hosts shapewear brand’s first retail store

"...arms. Cars inch along in bumper-to-bumper traffic. A Lamborghini idles on this street, revving its engine. I wonder, what..."

Feb. 5, 2024 Design Post by Ali Montag

When She’s Not Touring With Star Musicians, Photographer Pooneh Ghana Settles in Austin

New Radio/East concert series highlights the globe-trotter’s indie origins

"...photographer, ranging from alternative wavemakers like Fontaines D.C. and IDLES to global pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

We Asked Writers To Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Free Week in Austin

First looks at Dregs, Chief Cleopatra, Exotic Fruits, Nuclear Daisies

"...choruses cut from the same cloth as British upstarts Idles and Shame (see “Calm Means Less Anxiety”); and cathartic,..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Nayeli Portillo

To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access

Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year

"...in but you don't know why. Fans of Fugazi, Idles, and even metalheads will be drawn in by their..."

May 6, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Review: Yard Act, Do Nothing, Squid, and the Art of the British Post-Punk Soliloquy

SXSW Music’s bread-n-butter: cutting edge UK rebellion

"...In subsequent years, England and Ireland exported Idles, Shame, and Fontaines DC – all owning a high..."

March 19, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music Review: British Music Embassy Sings the Razor’s Edge

The two biggest trends currently importing from the UK

"...increasingly anxious maelstrom. If recent breakouts like Shame and Idles re-imagined classic Brit punk, the New Wave influences here..."

March 18, 2021 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Checking In: Beto Martinez Stays Home for the Summer

Triple threat shredder adapts from Buda

"...of metal, punk, and rock: High on Fire, Windhand, Idles, American Sharks. But also a lot of funk and..."

June 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Kesh Humans - 'Noose' (Canada) / D: Peter Ricq Idles - 'Mercedes Marxist' (United Kingdom) / D: 32 Joywave..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Blood Goes Big, Free Week Contracts

In the ATX music news: punk poetics by local septet Blood, January’s Free Week dates, and the Live Music Fund’s first feedback

"...They could sit with current caustic Brits such as Idles and Shame, but reach moments of elegant pop exuberance..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival

Including three weekend-two-only performers

"...Idles2pm, Honda stage These art-punk brutarians from the English seaport..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

ACL Music Festival 2019: Sunday, First Weekend

"...Idles..."

Oct. 7, 2019 Photo Gallery

10 Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival

And concluding the first weekend ...

"...Idles2pm, Honda stage These art-punk brutarians from the English seaport..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

SXSW Music Interview: Fontaines D.C.

How frontman Grian Chatten worked his childhood in Dublin into debut album Dogrel

"...A sold-out local date at Barracuda in May with Idles follows the group's first time in Austin...."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...act spread after dates with fellow noisemakers Shame and Idles. Partisan Records now backs their steep rise, boasting pub..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Luv Doc: A Barney Fife God's Universe

People are just no damn good

"...Well Blue, as my old friend Motorcycle Michael used..."

July 27, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music: Thursday, March 15, 2018

"...Idles at Latitude..."

March 16, 2018 Photo Gallery

SXSW List Lucky No. 7

Metz, Princess Nokia, Nikki Lane, Tennis, and 108 others

"...JB (Austin) Hard Proof (Austin) The Hearts (Edmonton, Canada) Idles (Bristol, England) Imur (Vancouver, Canada) The Jacks (Orange County,..."

Feb. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music List No. 7

Pussy Riot Theatre, Kano, Bilal, and 137 more

"...Idles (Bristol, England)..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jack White Towers Over the Austin Music Hall

Night two of a sold-out stand

"...like a homage to the Doors. When it eventually idles, White turns it into a guitar showcase, teasing other..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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