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UNBELIEVABLE: Idles - The Untold Story

“IDLES were bigger supporters of me than I was. I thought, ‘I'm not capable.’ They were like, ‘You just need to commit to it’”: Masca’s Tina Maynard on how three months in IDLES reinvented her playing – and why Teles are underrated grunge tools

On Love Letters, the Bristol, UK-based guitarist and frontwoman of ‘heavy pop’ trio Masca showcases a hard-won confidence as a guitarist and tonesmith

Guitar World

“When everyone’s staring at you, you can’t run off and cry. You just gotta deal with it”: Witch Fever’s Alisha Yarwood on superhero stompboxes, dream tours with IDLES, and why ‘That Great Gretsch Sound’ was doom-punk all along

Raw, feminist, fiercely unrelenting, Witch Fever have taken their sound from clubs to arenas. Here, Yarwood talks tonal epiphanies, starting on drums, and finding freedom on bigger stages

Guitar World

AFI, Mannequin Pussy, Ecca Vandal join Deftones, Deafheaven, Amyl and the Sniffers and more on stacked Outbreak / All Points East bill

AFI to make long-awaited UK return on stacked London festival bill also featuring Idles, Interpol and more

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Deftones announce biggest ever UK show for 2026 with Idles, Amyl & The Sniffers, Jpegmafia and more

Deftones will play London's Victoria Park next summer with a huge bill in tow!

Metal Hammer

IDLES invite Jack White to join chaotic Riot Fest guest spot – and give him the keys to Lee Kiernan’s famed Pink Mustang

The White Stripes legend joined in on the band’s energetic antics during Never Fight A Man With A Perm

Guitar World

OPINION - Writing a filmscore reminded me what Idles are all about

Darren Aronofsky, the man who directed Requiem for a Dream, wanted to play Idles’ ‘Love Song’ as his first dance. His fiancé was like “get fucked”. When I met him on Jimmy Fallon’s show and he told me the story, I told him she had a point – I wouldn’t…

Evening Standard

Idles frontman Joe Talbot eyes film career after scoring Caught Stealing

Joe Talbot would like to make his own movie one day after studying the art form and getting to score Darren Aronofsky crime thriller Caught Stealing.

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“I had some guitars stolen. Fender heard about it because we were trying to find them. They sorted us out”: How a guitar that went missing led IDLES' Lee Kiernan to his now-famed pink Mustang

Kiernan discusses his less-is-more approach to guitars – and why he opted for a single pickup model that has now accompanied him throughout his IDLES career

Guitar World

“Championing the artists who are redefining the role of guitar in music and culture”: Fender Next previously touted Wet Leg, Phoebe Bridgers and IDLES as ‘Ones to Watch’ – find out which artists were handpicked for its class of 2025

UK's Lambrini Girls, Chicago's Horsegirl, Paris' Oracle Sisters and Wuhan's Chinese Football are among this year's picks

Guitar World

Idles' new album is 'more driven'

Idles have "recorded a bunch of songs" for their new album and their are hoping it will be finished by the end of the year with frontman Joe Talbot declaring the record is "more driven" than their previous offerings.

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“Time to blast riffs and throw a TV out a hotel window”: IDLES, Wet Leg and Sam Fender all graduated from the Fender Next programme – meet its Class of 2025, ft. Horsegirl, Lambrini Girls, Man/Woman/Chainsaw and more

The Fender Next class of 2025 has been announced and you've got hopecore, punk-rock and the future sound of Chicago indie-rock right here

MusicRadar

OPINION - Why Kneecap should play Glastonbury: 'to deplatform them is dangerous'

Kneecap are at the centre of a media storm but - as the bands Sleaford Mods, SOFT PLAY and The Horrors tell us, if they are removed from the bill at Glastonbury, that will set a precedent for creative self-censorship

Evening Standard

“I don’t want a guitar that, the moment I play it, sounds like the blues. Sometimes I want a guitar to sound truly horrendous!” For IDLES’ Lee Kiernan, modding guitars is a gateway to sonic chaos – and Fenders make the perfect platforms

The post-punk trailblazer is one of the faces of Fender’s new Player II Modified series. He explains why he’s not interested in perfection while making music – to the point of not wanting a guitar to sound like a guitar at all

Guitar World

“It’s about delivering the most in-demand mods straight from the factory”: Fender hot-rods itself as the Player II Modified Series rolls out the upgrades –and it got IDLES to demo them

The Player II Modified range is a refresh of the familiar favourites, with Noiseless pickups, locking tuners, treble bleed circuits and of course there is an HSS Strat with a Floyd Rose

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Noah Kahan, Tony Christie, Chase and Status and more set for honours at 2025 O2 Silver Clef Awards

The 2025 O2 Silver Clef Awards take place in London on July 2.

The Guardian - UK

Everyday people: the parking wardens, estate agents and more who inspired classic songs

After the death of Joe DePugh, the high school baseball player hymned in Springsteen’s Glory Days, we look at the ordinary inspirations for extraordinary hits

Guitar World

“If your taste in fuzz leans toward the extreme, Gary has the personality to remain your lifelong best friend”: EarthQuaker Devices Gary review

Lee Kiernan of IDLES' signature pedal is a Jekyll and Mr Hyde drive/fuzz twofer inspired by EQD's legendary Gray Channel

Evening Standard

Belfast named UK’s biggest pub music scene outside London

South-east London was found to have more venues than the entire cities of Newcastle, Glasgow and Leicester.

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Deftones announce more North American dates for 2025 with IDLES in support

Deftones will play an additional 14 dates in Canada and the US in August and September of this year

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David Gilmour to receive coveted O2 Silver Clef Award

Prog rock hero David Gilmour is the 2025 recipient of Nordoff and Robbins' O2 Silver Clef Award

Salon

The 2025 Grammy winners list

From Chappell Roan to Beyoncé, here's who's going home with something to celebrate after music's biggest night

Guitar World

“There are better players, better lyricists, better songwriters – but there’s an energy to their combined powers that is hard to rival at the moment”: The best guitar albums of 2024

The guitar albums that had the biggest impact in the guitar world and beyond, as chosen by GW editors and pro players

The Independent UK

Gig-goers take part in experiment aiming to make live music more sustainable

Concerts by Massive Attack, Idles and Nile Rodgers are being held as part of a launch event for Liverpool.

The National (Scotland)

Idles lead fans on 'f*** the King' chant at major Glasgow gig

Guitar World

“A domineering and interactive fuzz and natural overdrive with a dark side”: IDLES' Lee Kiernan encourages EarthQuaker Devices to revive its Gray Channel overdrive and fuzz pedal for his signature stompbox, Gary

The two-sided pedal brings back a stompbox loved by many, and ensures it comes back with an evil streak

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