One of the greatest bands to have come scurrying out of Edinburgh since the dawn of time itself, Idlewild have been making consistently marvellous music since around 1995. To date, they've released five full length albums (Hope Is Important, 100 Broken Windows, The Remote Part, Warnings/Promises and Make Another World) and one EP (Captain), each of which has its own distinctive style that sets it apart from the others, and yet they all manage to be, at the very least, 8/10 pieces of work. It is 1999's 100 Broken Windows, however, that remains the true jewel in their crown: referencing the notion of 'ideas', postmodernism and Gertrude Stein IN THE LYRICS ALONE, this is a twelve song synthesis of everything that's good and kooky about British indie-rock. 'These Wooden Ideas', the third single from the album, even manages to encapsulate this in its utterly barking video. Click below, if you dare.
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