The Impossible Song and Other Songs is perhaps not the album many may have been expecting. And whilst it still has one foot firmly in the folk camp, the other foot is travelling a lot further than the Isle of Mull.

Idlewild – O2 Academy, Oxford, 18/10/09
On an October evening in Oxford, Idlewild are greated to a boisterous crowd and respond accordingly, belting out a greatest hits set that would put similar aged bands to shame.

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Idlewild – Post Electric Blues
Where have Idlewild gone next with their sixth album? Further down the wayward path of rock and roll? Back down the folk nature trail? Or somewhere in-between…

Idlewild to release new album to the masses
Idlewild have announced they will be releasing their seventh studio album, Post-Electric Blues, in October, complete with a UK tour.

Summer Sundae Weekender – 14th-16th August 2009
Simon Tyers spends three days in the middle of Leicester with one of the boutique festival season’s most eclectic bills, from Monotonix to the Lightning Seeds.
Idlewild unveil new album plans…
Idlewild have come up with plans for a new album, involving a whole series of internet related means of giving you extra…
Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble – Before The Ruin
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Idlewild annouce back catalogue live shows
Idlewild have announced plans to play their entire back catalogue live in a series of shows in Glasgow this coming December.
The Twilight Sad / Idlewild – The Junction, Cambridge, 29/10/07
Photographs by Rich Thane November is just around the corner, the clocks have gone back and it’s suddenly, seemingly, dark all day. What better way to banish those Autumnal blues than see the long standing Idlewild tour their greatest hits around the provinces. Tonight, they visit our fair town of Cambridge. The PA is continually [...]
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