IDOLS FOR IDLES
Shopping for the records that created the mosaic of TANGK
Funkadelic playsets. A rare Cramps flyer. An oversize bus-shelter Hüsker Dü poster. These are the sorts of things that appear in every record store around the world, but what separates the good from the great is the excellent curation and stock.
Go into any record store and everyone knows the expensive shit is on the wall or behind the register or in that special crate on the checkout counter. So as CREEM walked through the incredible Academy Records Annex in Brooklyn, waiting for the guys in IDLES to pick out LPs that influenced their recent banger TANGK, we wholly and honestly expected a stack of whopper price tags considering the wildly eclectic nature of their music.
Instead, as CREEM sat down with each member of the band, we got varying styles with similarly variant price tags featuring names from several different periods in music. Proof positive that eclectic listening habits lead to eclectic music. So what did each of the IDLES guys choose, and why? Head below for a full discussion on it all, and what little they do agree to listen to together.
LEE KIERNAN, guitar
Dire Straits, Love Over Gold
So Dire Straits, huh?