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Idles at Palace Theatre, St Paul (2021-10-07)

IDLES Setlist Colossus Mr. Motivator Grounds Mother Anxiety 1049 Gotho Samaritans Divide and Conquer War Danny Nedelko Television Faith in the City Reigns Love Song The Beachland Ballroom Never Fight a Man With a Perm Danke Rottweiler Gustaf Setlist Liquid Frown Design Book Mine The Motions Best Behavior Dog Dream Cruel Package Read More Idles U.K.’s Idles (stylized as IDLES) announced new album, Crawler (Partisan Records) and their sold-out North American tour – starting it all at St Paul’s Palace Theatre on October 7th. ... Gustaf Their sold-out North American tour – starting it all at St Paul’s Palace Theatre on October 7th. Gustaf is set to open the show. ...

British rock band Idles (stylized as IDLES) headlined the Palace Theatre, in St Paul, on Thursday, October 7th. The band released Ultra Mono during the COVID pandemic, so this is the first tour to feature those songs live… and as a special bonus, the band is previewing a new song from their forthcoming album Crawler, set for release on November 12, 2021, via Partisan.

Gustaf Setlist

Brooklyn art punks Gustaf opened the show, playing, basically, their entire debut album Audio Drag For Ego Slobs (Royal Mountain Records). They even played “Dog”, which was clearly not written on their setlist, resulting them going over their set time.

Gustaf is singer/flutist Lydia Gammill, with bassist Tine Hill, guitarist Vram Kherlopian, drummer Melissa Lucciola, and backup vocalist/goofy dancer/percussionist Tarra Thiessen. Their music is described as ESG meets Jonathan Richman… and you can hear it: they got that rhythmic “dance dance dance” sound with Richman’s humorous story-songs.

They ended their set with “Package” which had a false ending. Gammill rambled on about merch and doing the YMCA symbol… before sucker-punching us with relaunching back into the song’s finale.

U.K.’s IDLES took the stage slightly later than advertised… with the audience chanting “Idles! Idles! Idles! Idles!”. You know you’re in for a heck of a show when the audience is this restless.

When they finally came on stage, the audience went nuts. Watching them perform the intro song “Colossus”, followed by “Mr. Motivator” (“You! Can! DO IT!”), I can best described their music as powerful. You can just see singer Joe Talbot trying to contain his anger.

With his heavy Welsh accent, Talbot thanked us for coming to the show, “This is the first time we’ve brought these songs to life” (referring to their pandemic album Ultra Mono).

Highlight of the show is whenever guitarist Mark Bowen is crowd surfing while still playing chords!

Perhaps it’s because they were in Minnesota, but their song “Love Song”, medley a little bit from Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”: “It's been seven hours and 15 days since you took your love away… I went to the doctor, guess what he told me. Guess what he told me?”

Even though the band announced their new album, Crawler, the band didn’t play any songs from the new album – except for “The Beachland Ballroom”, which serves as a preview for what’s to come. It made sense, considering that fans wouldn’t know any new songs since the album is not out yet.

IDLES’ Ultra Mono is out now, their fourth album Crawler will be out in November.

IDLES 2021 tour dates:

Oct. 9: Detroit (Saint Andrew’s Hall)
Oct. 10: Columbus, Ohio (Newport Music Hall)
Oct. 12: Boston (House of Blues)
Oct. 13: Philadelphia (The Fillmore)
Oct. 15: New York (Terminal 5)
Oct. 16: New York (Terminal 5)
Oct. 17-18: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Oct. 20: Asheville, N.C. (The Orange Peel)
Oct. 21: Nashville (Cannery Ballroom)
Oct. 22: Atlanta (Heaven at the Masquerade)
Oct. 25: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s)
Oct. 26: Dallas (Granada Theater)
Oct. 27: San Antonio, Tx. (Paper Tiger)
Oct. 28: Phoenix (The Pressroom)
Oct. 30-31: Pioneertown, Calif. (Pappy & Harriet’s)
Nov. 1: Pomona, Calif. (Glass House)
Nov. 3-5: Los Angeles (Fonda Theatre)
Nov. 6: San Francisco (The Warfield)
Nov. 8: Portland, Ore. (Crystal Ballroom)
Nov. 9: Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 10: Seattle (Showbox SoDo)

Gustaf Tour dates:

10/9 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall #
10/10 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall #
10/12 - Boston, MA - House of Blues #
10/13 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore #
10/15 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
10/16 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 #
10/17 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
10/18 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
10/20 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel #
10/21 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom #
10/22 - Atlanta, GA – Masquerade #
10/25 - Austin, TX - Stubb's #
10/26 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater #
10/27 - San Antonio, TX - Paper Tiger #
11/2 - Birmingham, UK - The Sunflower Lounge $
11/3 - Bristol, UK - Rough Trade Bristol $
11/4 - London, UK - The Dome $
11/6 - Brighton, UK - Mutations Festival
11/8 - Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club $
11/9 - Manchester, UK - YES (Pink Room) $
11/10 - Liverpool, UK - Arts Club Loft $
11/11 - London, UK - The Windmill, Brixton
11/13 - Utrecht, NL - Le Guess Who Festival
11/14 - Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City Festival
11/14 - Brussels, BE - Witloof Bar
11/16 - Berlin, DE - Cassiopeia
11/17 - Haldern, DE - Haldern Pop Bar
11/18 - Paris, FR - Les Femmes S'en Melent
11/19 - Lille, FR - The Black Lab
11/20 - Luxembourg City, LU - Rotondes Klub
12/18 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
12/19 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *

# - supporting IDLES
$ - supporting Pillow Queens
* - supporting Osees

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Idles at Palace Theatre, St Paul (2021-10-07)

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Upcoming: Athens Popfest 2017

poster Read More Athens Popfest After a five-year absence, Athens Popfest is back in Athens, Georgia. The indie festival took place on August 10 to 13. … ESG I remember the first time I heard "Dance" by ESG, I had to stop and ask "who is that?" I just loved it, the drums, the beats, the lyrics of "yew yeww ooh ohh" said it all. …

It’s almost time for Athens Popfest 2017. The festival is presented by HHBTM Records and will take place August 9-12, 2017 in Athens, GA.

Venues include Little Kings (afternoon shows), The World Famous (evening shows), the Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt Club (night time showcases).

Headliners include ESG, The Apples in Stereo, Superchunk, Waxahatchee, Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Sneaks, Elf Power, The Veldt, Pylon Reenactment Society, Eureka California and Tunabunny.

You can see 49 bands over the course of 4 days for only $55 for a full festival pass. Individual day tickets are also available. Shows are not scheduled against each other, so you will be able to catch each band’s set in its entirety.

Tickets can be purchased here: ticketfly.com

For more information:

• Web: athenspopfest.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/athenspopfest
• Facebook: facebook.com/athenspopfest

Lineup:

Ancient Whales, Antlered Aunt Lord, The Apples In Stereo, Big Fresh, Big Quiet, Casper And The Cookies, Coeds, Claire Cronin, DieAlps!, Divine Feed, Dump Him, Einschlagen, Elf Power, ESG, Eureka California, Feather Trade, The Foresters, The Gotobeds, Growl, Happy Abandon, Harlot Party, Matt Harnish, Heavenly Creatures, Emileigh Ireland, Kleenex Girl Wonder, Lingua Franca, Marshmallow Coast, Noon:30, Outer Spaces, Palehound, Peyote Coyote, Procedure Club, Pylon Reenactment Society, Rat Fancy, Red Pony Clock, R. Ring, Laetitia Sadier, Saline, Schande, Scooterbabe, Seafang, Superbody, Superchunk, Très Oui, Tunabunny, The Veldt, Waxahatchee, White Violet

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Dance To The Best Of ESG

ESG: Dance to the Beat of My Moody

I remember the first time I heard "Dance" by ESG, I had to stop and ask "who is that?" I just loved it, the drums, the beats, the lyrics of "yew yeww ooh ohh" said it all.

For those that aren't familiar with ESG, they're initials for Emerald, Sapphire and Gold. The band, minus the guitars and bass, are a bit of a Scroggins family affairs. You can tell their influence span generations, especially with 70s disco.

Their first album came out in 1983, called Come Away with ESG, this is where I've heard "Dance" (the song would later resurfaced on a compilation, A South Bronx Story).

Anyway, I just found out that Fire Records released Dance To The Best Of ESG a few days ago (January 4^th).

I have not had a chance to listen to the greatest hits Dance To The Best Of ESG album, but it's probably safe to say that it'll contain a lot of fat bass and funky beats. I did preview their free track, "Dance to the Beat of My Moody", it's pretty catchy with the repetitive "the beat!" lyrics.

Full track listing below.

CD1: 01 You're No Good 02 Tiny Sticks 03 Moody 04 Come Away 05 U.F.O. 06 Dance 07 Parking Lot Blues 08 Chistelle 09 Talk It 10 Erase You 11 Hold Me Right 12 It's Alright 13 Get Funky 14 My Love for You 15 About You 16 Insane (Tambourine Mix) 17 Keep on Moving 18 I Can't Tell You What to Do 19 Moody (Spaced Out)		CD2: 01 Dance to the Beat of Moody 02 Bam Bam Jam 03 A New Day 04 In the Streets 05 Erase You (Puppy to Your Side) 06 You're No Good (Alternate Version) 07 Standing in Line 08 I Wanna Dance 09 Six Pack (Original Version) 10 Moody (A New Mood) 11 There Was a Time 12 Earn It 13 Like This

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