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Rotosound at the Guitar Showcase 2023: IDLES’ Adam “Dev” Devonshire gives the low-down on his musical journey inside the UK’s joyfully defiant post-punk band
By Guitar World Staff published
Watch the bassist break down his biggest influences, and take a deep-dive into his tone and gear – of which Rotosound strings play a crucial role

IDLES: “The ability level of what we do is not out of reach of anyone. That’s the best thing. It’s just the use of pedals, the sonics and the timing”
By Jonny Scaramanga published
Guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan unpack the breathtaking sonic evolution of the world's most innovative post-punk band and share the secrets of their pedalboards

Tom Morello announces star-studded new album The Atlas Underground Flood, featuring Kirk Hammett, Alex Lifeson, Ben Harper and Rodrigo y Gabriela
By Matt Parker published
The Rage Against the Machine man has rounded up another stellar line-up of guest talent for a quick follow-up on his previous Atlas Underground album

From tortured neo-soul to festival-ready indie: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published
Close out September on a high note with thrilling new songs from IDLES, Wet Leg, Ghost, The Lumineers, Converge, Limp Bizkit and more

IDLES announce new album Crawler, take soulful left turn on new single, The Beachland Ballroom
By Jackson Maxwell published
The follow-up to 2020's UK chart-topping Ultra Mono is set for a November 12 release

Hear IDLES' incendiary, left-field take on Metallica's The God That Failed
By Jackson Maxwell published
This dissonant, post-punk-influenced interpretation of the Black Album classic is one of the most ferocious Metallica Blacklist excerpts we've heard yet

The future sound of Fender: Black Pumas, Yola, Girl In Red, Ashley McBryde and IDLES on gear, tone and songwriting
By Jonathan Horsley published
We meet the Fender Next alumni who are building new sounds from fresh approaches

IDLES: "We always dreamed of having such huge setups… we get giddy every time we look at our guitar rigs!"
By Jonny Scaramanga published
Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan talk balancing simple guitar lines with tons of gear, injecting hip-hop into guitar music and how their pedalboards got quite so enormous…
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