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There are two artists by the name of Idlewild:
1. A rock band from Scotland
2. An Americana group from the United States
1. Idlewild is a rock band which formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1995. The band currently comprises of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Allan Stewart (guitar) and Gareth Russell (bass). The band has released six albums: “Hope is Important” (1998), “100 Broken Windows” (2000), “The Remote Part” (2002), “Warnings/Promises” (2005), “Make Another World” (2007) and “Post Electric Blues” (2009).
Initially, Idlewild’s sound was faster and more dissonant than many of their 1990s indie rock contemporaries. However, it developed over time from an edgy and angular sound (as heard in their early material—once described by the NME as “the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs”) to a sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises. While Idlewild’s sound cannot be easily placed into a specific genre, they have clearly been influenced by the likes of: Gang of Four, Pavement, R.E.M., Blur and Fugazi.
Part of Idlewild’s early success can be attributed to their singles gaining heavy rotation on Steve Lamacq’s Evening Session on BBC Radio 1. Alongside his all-round endorsement of the band, Lamacq often cites them as one of his favourite bands.
In April 2010, vocalist Roddy Woomble announced that the band will enter a ‘hiatus’ following their current tour. However this was proved to be a misunderstanding of sorts with Woomble later going on to suggest that there would be further shows before the end of 2010 in support of the EMI re-release of “100 Broken Windows”.
1. A rock band from Scotland
2. An Americana group from the United States
1. Idlewild is a rock band which formed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1995. The band currently comprises of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Allan Stewart (guitar) and Gareth Russell (bass). The band has released six albums: “Hope is Important” (1998), “100 Broken Windows” (2000), “The Remote Part” (2002), “Warnings/Promises” (2005), “Make Another World” (2007) and “Post Electric Blues” (2009).
Initially, Idlewild’s sound was faster and more dissonant than many of their 1990s indie rock contemporaries. However, it developed over time from an edgy and angular sound (as heard in their early material—once described by the NME as “the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs”) to a sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on The Remote Part and Warnings/Promises. While Idlewild’s sound cannot be easily placed into a specific genre, they have clearly been influenced by the likes of: Gang of Four, Pavement, R.E.M., Blur and Fugazi.
Part of Idlewild’s early success can be attributed to their singles gaining heavy rotation on Steve Lamacq’s Evening Session on BBC Radio 1. Alongside his all-round endorsement of the band, Lamacq often cites them as one of his favourite bands.
In April 2010, vocalist Roddy Woomble announced that the band will enter a ‘hiatus’ following their current tour. However this was proved to be a misunderstanding of sorts with Woomble later going on to suggest that there would be further shows before the end of 2010 in support of the EMI re-release of “100 Broken Windows”.
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LiquidSheep wrote:
Why would matt_white visit the artist page of a band he describes as 'christian generic radio rock faggotry'? Don't feed the troll, ladies and gentlemen.
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the_love_donkey wrote:
Ha! wow.
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Ze_Criz wrote:
'matt_white tagged Idlewild with ‘christian rock’.' Opinion. Void.
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the_love_donkey wrote:
Yep. And on the subject of absolute bullshit claims - it's cool to rep a picture of Jarvis Cocker because he's NOT a pretentious talentless goon. Oh wait...
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matt_white wrote:
wow this band is pure generic radio rock faggotry
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creamsicklesky wrote:
Little Discourage >333
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kluk_jako_buk wrote:
Also I noticed, people who listen to Idlewild use to have a very good taste in music :)
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kluk_jako_buk wrote:
That being said, I respect 100 Broken Windows but prefer the later stuff...
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kluk_jako_buk wrote:
Amazing band, very underrecognized... Which I don't really understand, because imho a lot of their songs have a mass appeal and should've been huge...
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AdamSebParker wrote:
The Remote Part was an excellent album, and showed off their real literary lyrical skills. 100 Broken Windows was rawer, and great, but Remote Part swings me.
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the_love_donkey wrote:
... because the Remote Part is absolutely brilliant.
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tommywalsh wrote:
Why are the top 3 tracks from the very average Remote Part, take your pick from 100 broken windows, cos every song is top drawer!
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LexXAoc wrote:
i think it's right that bands like idlewild are not popular. Idlewild music like a fresh rain in this crazy world, i like that i know this band and hope they will continue their work. "You know that you always meant to be like this"
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LucianaN wrote:
American English :)
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vavo900 wrote:
100 broken windows is good shit
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six6to8eight wrote:
Am desperate for a copy of the Scottish Fiction DVD, but can't find one for sale anywhere! If anyone can help me out, please message me -- I'd be super grateful!
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rustedempire wrote:
They need to tour the states sooooooooooooooo bad!
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questforfire wrote:
i hated when this band wrote ballads or slow songs, especially because they were so good at writing fast songs. "if it takes you home" and "a modern way of letting go" are 2 of the best songs ever written.
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El_Hound wrote:
Don't understand why nobody shows this band more love, my all time favourite.
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LiquidSheep wrote:
Meh, that's not true. The first place is shared with The Remote Part.
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Edwin Morgan 27 April 1920 – 19 August 2010
19 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/idlewild
Of course i was very sad
to read of the news of Edwin Morgan's death today. He was a
great poet
and a man I admired hugely. I was lucky enough to meet him
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