IDLES' How To Nail It Live playlist

IDLES ARE PLAYING LIVE A LOT THIS YEAR. THEY'VE A MASSIVE GREAT BIG HEADLINE TOUR TO COINCIDE WITH NEW ALBUM 'BRUTALISM', AND A BUNCH OF FESTIVALS INCLUDING LIVE AT LEEDS AND STANDON CALLING. TO CELEBRATE, FRONTMAN JOE TALBOT RUNS THROUGH HIS FAVOURITE LIVE ACTS.

Girl Band
Girl Band are the last band I saw live and they, to me, are masters of their craft. They were fucking good at playing their instruments and seem to be on another level when it comes to capturing their tone live. Every song was perfect. They excite me on record and often bands don't translate when on stage but Girl Band just do it better. They inspire me to want to be better.

Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees blew my tiny mind when I saw them. The crowd seem to lose their shit in their presence and I love that. I've never seen a crowd destroy themselves for a whole set before, especially fuelled by unanimous joy. I think it's important to offer a level of existence that you can't get on record, whether it be violence or danger or ecstasy and they do all those things. It is not formulaic, so very hard to articulate how they do it but their is a magic to their shows, a thunderous magic that, I think, everyone can feel. I want that.

Frank Carter
Frank Carter seems to have sustained himself as an icon amongst a sea of forgettable characters in modern music. I think he is unlike many front men/women because he is believable as a regular voice of "the people" yet stands alone as enigmatic. He is likeable yet terrifying without pretence. I think audiences want that in a "post-truth" era, they want someone to show brut-strength and conviction in their own beliefs.

Otis Redding
Otis Redding died long before I was born but if you watch footage of his live shows, you see something very rare; he can't dance for shit. He seems clumsy, like a man trapped in a body made way too big for him, yet he doesn't give a fuck. He stands so proud and engulfed by the love for his own music, like he's possessed by The Bar Keys backing. I think we stand for something similar; where we seem to dance like nobody's watching as we really do love playing our music.

Sex Swing
Sex Swing - Bowen says, "They all look like badmen or not badmen. Hypnotic saxdrone shiver epic bass lines and the best drummer I've ever seen.”

IDLES play a 25-date headline tour this March, followed by Live At Leeds (29th April) and Standon Calling (27th-30th July). Their debut album 'Brutalism' is out 10th March.

IDLES' How To Nail It Live playlist

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IDLES' How To Nail It Live playlist

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