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IDLES: “Loads of people don’t fucking like us”

The defiant Bristol punks answer the critics, rail against “class war” and talk up their explosive third album ‘Ultra Mono’

Jordan Bassett - 18th September 2020

LATEST NEWS

Black Honey release new song ‘Run For Cover’, hoping it inspires women to “dump their boyfriends”

Astrid S announces debut album ‘Leave It Beautiful’ and shares new single

Ozzy Osbourne marks 40 years of ‘Blizzard Of Ozz’ with animated ‘Crazy Train’ video and more

Semisonic’s Dan Wilson on how Liam Gallagher inspired them to reunite

Watch Dua Lipa and James Corden lay out ‘New Rules’ for coronavirus dating

‘Cuties’: French cinema group condemns “violent reaction” to Netflix film

BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC

Who’s in Bill & Ted Face The Music’s time-travelling, universe-saving supergroup?

10 amazing stories that prove Keanu Reeves is Hollywood’s most excellent bloke

Here’s what happens in Dave Grohl’s ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ cameo

Meet Bill & Ted’s daughters: what you need to know about Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine

FEATURES

Ian Brown’s conspiracy tweets are pure Covidiocy. And he’s not the only tinfoil hat-wearing rocker

Toots Hibbert, 1942 – 2020: an all-time great whose message of joyful defiance never dimmed

Katherine Ryan: “The NME Awards were the most surreal point in my life to date”

Everything Everything: “It’s like all these biblical plagues conflating at the same time, with us right in the middle”

Jarvis Cocker has released a brand of tea. Obviously we had a few questions about it

‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ was brilliant, biting pop telly – we need it more than ever

ALBUM REVIEWS

Alicia Keys – ‘ALICIA’ review: an enriching blend of empathy, positivity and self-knowledge

18th September 2020

Neil Young – ‘The Times’ EP review: classic protest songs reworked to reflect the current chaos

16th September 2020

TiaCorine – ‘34Corine’ review: viral star comes good with diverse, deceptively confident debut EP

11th September 2020

Osees – ‘Protean Threat’ review: the dizzying sound of an art-rock renegade chasing his whims

16th September 2020

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

Soundtrack Of My Life: Nick Offerman

IDLES: “Loads of people don’t fucking like us”

Pendulum drop two new songs and tell us about returning after a decade

Alex Winter: “Keanu Reeves and I had no intention of making a third ‘Bill & Ted’ movie”

‘The Lord Of The Rings’ star Morfydd Clark: “This show is continually mind-blowing”

Dub Pistols share ‘Dark Days Dark Times’ video: “If you write about history, it will catch up with you”

GIG REVIEWS

“It’s brilliant!”: on the scene at Wild Fields, one of the UK’s only socially distanced music festivals

Sleaford Mods live in London: a rallying cry for the swelling ranks of angry pandemic jobseekers

14th September 2020

Margo Price live in Nashville: conservative-baiting country queen rocks harder than ever

10th September 2020

Declan McKenna live in London: baby Bowie skips through glam-pop for the pandemic age

7th September 2020

MORE NEWS

Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of CBE by the Queen

Lykke Li shares piano ballad cover of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’

Rihanna announces Savage X Fenty show with Travis Scott, Rosalia and more

‘The Devil All The Time’: watch an exclusive musical clip from the new Netflix drama

Doves’ comeback album ‘The Universal Want’ goes straight to Number One

Lady Gaga plays A&E victim in video for new dance strutter single, ‘911’

Tool’s Maynard James Keenan announces new album and shares single from his side project Puscifer

Kanye West responds to reports Jay-Z sold his masters to buy back his own: “Don’t let the system pit us against each other”

THE BIG READ

IDLES: “Loads of people don’t fucking like us”

Rico Nasty: “I definitely resonate with being a pop-punk princess”

Declan McKenna: “There is a time for understanding – and that time is now”

Disclosure: “Some people want us to make ‘Latch’ over and over again”

FILM & TV NEWS

‘Cuties’: French cinema group condemns “violent reaction” to Netflix film

Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of CBE by the Queen

‘The Devil All The Time’: watch an exclusive musical clip from the new Netflix drama

‘The Batman’ resumes production after Robert Pattinson diagnosed with coronavirus

Watch Trixie Mattel’s country cover of Lana Del Rey’s ‘Video Games’

The Smiths drama about fallout of band’s 1987 split confirms release plans

‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin is getting her own reality TV show

‘The Walking Dead’ star “collapsed and sobbed” when filming his death scene

RADAR - NEW MUSIC

Black Honey release new song ‘Run For Cover’, hoping it inspires women to “dump their boyfriends”

Fenne Lily – ‘BREACH’ review: fuzzed-up musings from Bristolian’s isolation period

18th September 2020

Radar Roundup – September 18, 2020: The killer new music you need to hear this week

Gus Dapperton – ‘Orca’ review: a glimpse into life on-the-road in your twenties

17th September 2020

GAMING NEWS

Watch the world of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ come to life in two brand new trailers

‘Beat Saber’ to receive multiplayer update next month

Sony rules out game subscription model for PS5, says its not sustainable

‘Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition’ won’t launch for PC, says Capcom

‘Disintegration’ to remove multiplayer support three months after launch

J.K. Rowling “not directly involved” with ‘Hogwarts Legacy’, confirms WB Games

The PS5 will not be backwards compatible with PS3 games and older

PlayStation CEO confirms more PS5 units will be available at launch than PS4

FILM REVIEWS

‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’ review: lifting the lid on America’s murky electoral past

18th September 2020

‘White Riot’ review: passion, protest and punk politics on the front lines

18th September 2020

‘Summerland’ review: quirky festival romance at a Gen-Z Burning Man

18th September 2020

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ review: self-aware slacker-comedy revival is the nonsense we need

17th September 2020