Formed in late 1995 and playing their first gig in 1996, Idlewild were picked up by Food/Parlophone for a series of acclaimed LPs. They've recently (2007) found a new home at Sequel.

The band's current line up is as follows:

• Roddy Woomble - vocals
• Rod Jones - guitar
• Allan Stewart - guitar
• Gareth Russell - bass
• Colin Newton - drums

For more information and a full biography, ish, click to the band's Wikipedia entry here, or to their MySpace.

Releases

• A Distant History: Rarities 1997-2007 - album, out 29/10/2007 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• Scottish Fiction (Best Of 1997-2007) - album, out 01/10/2007 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• A Ghost In The Arcade - single, out 18/06/2007 on Sequel. (post review)
• Make Another World - album, out 05/03/2007 on Sequel. 1 review (read/post)
• No Emotion - single, out 26/02/2007 on Sanctuary. 1 review (read/post)
• If It Takes You Home - single, out 04/12/2006 on Sequel. 1 review (read/post)
• I Understand It - single, out 02/05/2005 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• Warnings / Promises - album, out 07/03/2005 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• Love Steals Us From Loneliness - single, out 21/02/2005 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• A Modern Way of Letting Go - single, out 09/02/2003 on EMI Records. 1 review (read/post)
• Live In A Hiding Place - single, out 21/10/2002 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• The Remote Part - album, out 15/07/2002 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• American English - single, out 01/07/2002 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• You Held The World In Your Arms - single, out 22/04/2002 on Parlophone. 1 review (read/post)
• 100 Broken Windows - album, out 09/05/2000 on Food Records. (post review)
• Hope Is Important - album on Food Records. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Sat 17 May at Dunfermline Carnegie Hall. (post review)
• Tue 30 Oct at London Koko. (post review)
• Mon 29 Oct at Cambridge Junction. (post review)
• Sat 27 Oct at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. 1 review (read/post)
• Connect Music Festival - Sunday, Sun 02 Sep at Inveraray Inverary Castle. (post review)
• Lodestar Festival - Saturday, Sat 01 Sep at Cambridgeshire Sunnyridge Farm. (post review)
• Ballads Of The Book, Sun 29 Apr at Glasgow Tramway. (post review)
• Sat 24 Mar at Bristol Academy. (post review)
• Fri 23 Mar at London Hammersmith Palais. (post review)
• Thu 22 Mar at Northampton New Roadmender. (post review)
• Mon 19 Mar at Aberdeen The Music Hall. (post review)
• Sun 18 Mar at Leeds Metropolitan University Union. (post review)
• Sat 17 Mar at Oxford Brookes University S.U.. (post review)
• Fri 16 Mar at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall. (post review)
• Wed 14 Mar at Norwich UEA. (post review)
• Tue 13 Mar at Manchester Academy. (post review)
• Tue 23 Jan at Glasgow ABC. (post review)
• Mon 04 Dec at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Sat 02 Dec at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
• Fri 01 Dec at Bristol Fleece and Firkin. (post review)
• Thu 30 Nov at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
• Wed 29 Nov at Sheffield Plug. (post review)
• Let's Rock! Edinburgh, Fri 21 Jul at Edinburgh Royal Highland Centre. (post review)
• Tue 08 Mar at London Virgin Flagship Megastore. 1 review (read/post)
• Fri 23 Jan at Manchester Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 29 Oct at London Astoria. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 18 Jul at Chelmsford V2002. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 16 Jul at Manchester Matt & Phred's Jazz Club. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 27 Jun at Colchester Arts Centre. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 12 Mar at London Kings College London (KCLSU). 1 review (read/post)
• Wed 11 Oct at Exeter University. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 24/08/2007: Fuel your engines: Truck is back
• 09/08/2007: Idlewild to release best-of in October
• 01/08/2007: Lodestar Festival: Cancelled *updated*
• 20/07/2007: Breaking news: Truck Festival postponed
• 20/07/2007: Truck festival: leave the car at home
• 06/07/2007: Mogwai confirm Connect appearance: Scottish fest takes shape...
• 06/07/2007: Triptych line-up announced: Espers, CSS, Euros Childs, Gruff Rhys and more for seventh year
• 06/07/2007: Idlewild, The Darkness and others added to T in the Park 10th anniversary bill
• 06/07/2007: Idlewild Play V!
• 06/07/2007: Idle Buggers! Cannae Be Arsed With Reading

Features

• 28/09/2007: Truck 2007: the DiS review
• 12/09/2007: Connect Festival 2007: the DiS review
• 30/08/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: have too many festivals spoilt the summer?
• 06/07/2007: V2002: Preview
• 06/07/2007: Glastonbury: Complete Line-up! - *Updated*
• 23/02/2007: ReDiScover: Idlewild
• 25/10/2006: Our 66: 20 that missed the cut
• 26/04/2005: WARNINGS: “We’ve been listening to Elton John…”; PROMISES: "The next record will be more extreme..."
• 13/03/2003: Why DiS loves IDLEWILD
• 21/09/2002: DiS: New Postal Address!

Links

• Idlewild - official merchandise from swagshop.com
• Idlewild - official site
• Idlewilder - idlewild fansite with a nice archive of Roddy's online diary

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