IDLES [2024]

IDLES 2021 Rig Rundown: https://youtu.be/ZyofmA3bJk4

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Between 2016 and 2024, Bristol outfit IDLES have gone from being snarling, post-punk underdogs to being snarling, post-punk champions. Their debut LP, Brutalism, was an immediate hit, and since then they’ve turned out a string of full-length records that have expanded their creative vocabulary while increasing their popularity. It’s all come to a head this year with Tangk, their Grammy-nominated fifth album, which dropped in February.

Along the way, IDLES’ sound has mutated into experimental offshoots and outgrowths, so it’s little surprise that the rigs of guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan, along with bassist Adam Devonshire, have done the same. While they still tour with some of the gear they showed off on our 2021 Rig Rundown, each player has fun new trinkets that contribute to their run of shows this year. But even with all the new toys, they keep an element of danger in the mix, and certain variables mean the set sounds different every night: “People come to see an IDLES show ’cause it almost falls apart all the time,” grins Bowen.

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0:00 - Electronic Audio Experiments & D'Addario

0:15 - IDLES Live

0:39 - Chris Kies Intro

0:59 - Mark Bowen's Baritone Stratocasters

5:37 - Mark Bowen's "Stinky" 1972 Strat

7:43 - Mark Bowen's Amps & Cabinets

10:14 - Mark Bowen's Fender Mustang with Fishman TriplePlay

12:57 - Mark Bowen's "Crawler" Pedal & Synth Rig

16:17 - Recreating Tangk Album Live Onstage

20:10 - Mark Bowen's Sonic Curiousity

22:19 - Does Joe Talbot Get Tired of Gear Experimentation?

23:17 - Working with Nigel Godrich on Tangk

25:14 - Lee Kiernan Intro

25:45 - Lee Kiernan's Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire

27:54 - Lee Kiernan's Fender Mustang

29:55 - Lee Kiernan's Jackson Soloist SL1

32:12 - Lee Kiernan's Amps

33:20 - Lee Kiernan's Marshall 1987X Plexi

35:34 - Lee Kiernan's Hiwatt Custom DR88

36:35 - Lee Kiernan's 1970s Peavey Deuce

40:00 - Rig Rundown & D'Addario

40:23 - Lee Kiernan's Pedalboard

40:55 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Jungle"

45:57 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Dancer"

50:41 - Lee Kiernan's New Earthquaker Devices Gary Pedal

55:39 - Lee Kiernan's Baritone Esquire

56:36 - Lee Kiernan's Pedals for "Roy"

01:03:00 - Adam Devonshire Intro

01:03:44 - Adam Devonshire's Fender American Ultra Jazz Bass

01:04:38 - Adam Devonshire on IDLES Gear Evolution

01:06:15 - Adam Devonshire on Holding Down Rhythm with Jon Beavis

01:07:07 - Adam Devonshire on Bass Influences

01:08:19 - Adam Devonshire Custom Neck for Jazz Bass

01:09:30 - Adam Devonshire on Recreating Tangk Onstage

01:11:25 - Adam Devonshire's 1970s Fender Precision Bass

01:14:25 - Adam Devonshire's Serek Lincoln Bass

01:16:04 - Adam Devonshire's Fender & Hiwatt Amps

01:17:08 - Adam Devonshire's Pedalboard

01:24:55 - D'Addario Strings

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