IDLES have dropped a remix of their single 'POP POP POP' featuring a very expected guest appearance by Detroit rapper Danny Brown. The original version was released earlier this year and is taken from their latest album 'Tangk'.
Bristol mainstays IDLES have shared a new cover of the Sharon Van Etten cut 'Peace Signs'. The original version appears on Van Etten's 2010 LP 'Epic'. Beefing up the instrumentation with their colossal brand of punk, IDLES deliver thundering drums underneath whipping guitar lines, all topped off with front man's Joe Talbot's in your face delivery.
Mike Skinner came in during the summer quarter with his exceptional release 'None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive' under his project The Streets. What he deems a mixtape, is a star-studded handing which features IDLES, Tame Impala, Greentea Peng, Donae'o, Ms. Banks and more.
Back in 2018 Bristol band IDLES released one of the best albums of that year with their critically-acclaimed LP 'Joy as an Act of Resistance'. Combining the sounds of punk, post-punk, noise and more, the group challenged the standard ideas of masculinity, promoted self-love and dealt with issues revolving around immigration.
Hull band Life have unveiled a new remix of their track 'Switching On' courtesy of guitarist Mark Bowen of IDLES. Sonically bold and intense, Bowen pulls from an industrial blueprint, incorporating sinister guitar riffs, lashing snares, distortion and more. Like a musical attack directly from the front line, the groundwork of the original version is firmly embedded in the rework.
The current global pandemic has been a thorn in everyone's side with the everyone having to isolate for the past couple of months now. However, if it's any group whose sound can help break the monotony of everyday life is definitely IDLES. The Bristol band have shared the video to their latest track 'Mr. Motivator'.