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Facebook as an Act of Resistance: How an IDLES Community Group has Become an Online Sanctuary

We are all missing each other in the music industry at the moment. It is our community, our family, and our support network and it can all seem so distant. The 'ALL IS LOVE: AF Gang' an IDLES community Faceb...

Album Review: IDLES – Ultra Mono

Ultra Mono has been released into a universe far removed from when IDLES released the acclaimed Joy as an Act of Resistance (our record of the year in 2018). As the world around them has plunged further into ch...

IDLES Rip Into Small Minded Mentality on New Single ‘Model Village’

IDLES have released their latest single ‘Model Village’ from their eagerly anticipated third album Ultra Mono. Returning to their high octane punk sound after the deliciously brooding 'A Hymn', the Bristol ban...

IDLES Slow it Down with New Single ‘A Hymn’

IDLES have released their new single 'A Hymn' from the upcoming album, Ultra Mono. The new ballad-like track reveals a softer side to the band. ‘A Hymn’ shows how adept they are at opening up and connecting on...

Watch: Joe Talbot’s New Virtual Talk Show – BALLEY TV

If you're a fan of IDLES then you will love Joe Talbot's new series BALLEY TV – a virtual talk show hosted the frontman. Filmed in isolation and with conversations ranging from current events to creating music...

IDLES Debut New Single ‘Grounds’ and Announce Details of New Album

IDLES have debuted their second single of 2020 titled, 'Grounds', and also announced the release of their third album, Ultra Mono, for the 25 September. "We wanted to make the sound of our own hearts’ marchi...

Listen to IDLES new ‘workout’ track, ‘Mr. Motivator’

IDLES have returned with the release of their new single, 'Mr. Motivator'. An unadulterated, no-holds-barred, battering-ram, the track gives us an inkling as to what we can come to expect when they release the...

Live Review: IDLES at The Leadmill, Sheffield

Following from their high energy debut Brutalism, it was last year’s sophomore release Joy as an Act of Resistance from IDLES which really propelled the five-piece. Making several album-of-the-year lists (but m...

The VLM’s Top 20 Albums of 2018

In 2018 we saw Trump come out in his full and foul colours. With his politics came a whole host of retaliation, but boy did that result in some great albums. Over half of our albums this year have something to ...

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