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Idles Brings Urgent Post-Punk and Dynamic Energy to Ruckus New York Show: Concert Review
The British post-punk quintet Idles is touring their fifth album, "Tangk."
The 13,000-capacity outdoor venue, known for inspiring scores of noise complaints from neighbors, immediately started shaking when the band took to their positions for the slow, droning buildup of “Tangk” opener “Idea 01,” before ratcheting up the intensity into fan-favorite “Colossus.” Highlights included an especially moody performance of the quiet-loud “Car Crash,” a chest-thumping rendition of Talbot’s recovery anthem “The Wheel,” the roaring “War,” and mosh-pit inspiring early single “Never Fight a Man with a Perm.” Talbot’s lyrics lend themselves to be shouted by the heaving masses, and while certain Britishisms get slightly lost in translation (it’s a bit odd to hear a swath of New Yorkers screaming in tandem about “the best way to scare a Tory,” but the message comes across), it’s mainly a righteous lefty fury.
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