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Idlewild News

Idlewild announce UK tour and ticket details

Roddy Woomble and co to hit the road this March

  • Jan 6, 2010

Idlewild announce national tour and ticket details

Roddy Woomble and co set for March gig-run

  • Dec 18, 2009

Mudhoney, Idlewild, Loverman – free gigs this week (begins October 5)

Your guide to the best free live music around the UK

Idlewild showcase new songs at T In The Park

Scottish band play two new songs from forthcoming album

Idlewild, Jenny Lewis, Mr Hudson for Summer Sundae

Plus Airborne Toxic Event and Filthy Dukes added to line-up

  • May 12, 2009

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Idlewild Music Videos

A Modern Way Of Letting Go

A Modern Way Of Letting Go

Idlewild official music video for the track A Modern Way Of Letting Go

Love Steals Us From Loneliness

Love Steals Us From Loneliness

Idlewild official music video for the track Love Steals Us From Loneliness

I Understand It

I Understand It

Idlewild official music video for the track I Understand It

Love Steals Us From Loneliness

Love Steals Us From Loneliness

Idlewild official video for the track Love Steals Us From Loneliness

I Understand It

I Understand It

Idlewild official video for the track I Understand It

Idlewild 'City Hall' FlyTV In The Courtyard

Idlewild 'City Hall' FlyTV In The Courtyard

Idlewild perform 'City Hall' for FlyTV In The Courtyard

Idlewild 'Little Discourage' FlyTV In The Courtyard

Idlewild 'Little Discourage' FlyTV In The Courtyard

Idlewild perform 'Little Discourage' for FlyTV In The Courtyard

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YouTube Idlewild Videos

OutKast - Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry "Bout Me)

OutKast - Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry "Bout Me) (04:08)

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Idlewild - Love Steals us From Loneliness

Idlewild - Love Steals us From Loneliness (03:30)

Idlewild - Love Steals us From Loneliness promo video

IDLEWILD - you held the world in your arms

IDLEWILD - you held the world in your arms (03:32)

from the album: the remote part (2001)

Vampire Diaries 109 - Post-Electric (Idlewild)

Vampire Diaries 109 - Post-Electric (Idlewild) (05:07)

Lyrics: We've gone post electric I've written down the concept It's casual to deny Along sentimental lines A little bronze age electric And born for the first time Returning to the tried and tested methods Keep it...

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Idlewild Pictures

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Idlewild Reviews

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A Distant History: Rarities 1997-2007

  • Oct 30, 2007

Idlewild: 'Scottish Fiction: Best Of 1997-2007'

'This traces their descent from brilliant to bland'

Idlewild

A Ghost In The Arcade

  • Jun 18, 2007

Idlewild: Make Another World

Steadfast Scots rediscover the rock

  • Mar 2, 2007

Idlewild: If It Takes You Home

Back, back, back

  • Dec 1, 2006

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Idlewild Biography

Idlewild are a Scottish rock band, formed in Edinburgh, in 1995, comprising Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Allan Stewart (guitar) and Gareth Russell (bass). To date, Idlewild have released six full-length studio albums, with their latest, Post Electric Blues, self-released to fans in June 2009.

Initially, the band's sound obeyed the conventions of 1990s British indie rock guitar music, however, unlike many of their contemporaries, 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.

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Idlewild's Best Songs

  • 1. You Held The World In Your Arms
  • 2. American English
  • 3. A Modern Way Of Letting Go
  • 4. Love Steals Us From Loneliness
  • 5. Live In A Hiding Place
  • 6. No Emotion
  • 7. When I Argue I See Shapes
  • 8. Little Discourage
  • 9. These Wooden Ideas
  • 10. Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror)
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Idlewild Discography

Idlewild albums.

  • Make Another World - 26/02/2007 (Sequel Records/GB)
  • Warnings / Promises - 07/03/2005 (Parlophone/GB)
  • The Remote Part - 15/07/2002 (Parlophone/GB)
  • 100 Broken Windows - 10/04/2000 (Food/GB)
  • Hope Is Important - 26/10/1998 (Food/GB)

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