This week we are joined by friend of the pod and member of Aberdeen band Pages , Jack Lovie. Jack will be reviewing probably the two hottest gigs in town when he saw Jack White on his no name tour in Liverpool and then the very next night Chappell Roan in Glasgow. And if two gigs are not enough Terry went to see Snow Patrols hometown gig in the Uls…

Lots to cover this week...We cover the hot of the press news that Oasis are back with a world tour in 2025. Four Idle Hands will sort you out with tickets for the Warm Up Gigs in Banchory Town Hall. We cover the Fringe By The Sea as Michael went to see Ash/Idlewild and HoneyBlood, Terrys went to the Fringe and we both went to see Alien Rommulus and…

This episode we talk to Mikey and Darren from North East band Indian Red Lopez who release there first album in 10 years "Results Of My Dreaming" on 1st August 2024. You will be able to buy the vinyl from the bands Bandcamp page and stream on all usual platforms, its well worth your time. Also on the pod we talk about the Donald, Euros, Bob Dylan e…

One half of the FIH team has been to the euros so in this episode we talk about the experience, getting to games, ticketing, atmosphere, beer and the actual games. Best teams so far, best players and prospects now that the knockout round is upon us. We also have a chat on this weekends Glastonbury festival and who we are looking to see. Danke fürs …

This episode is a record store day 2024 special. We run through what its all about, how the day works, what amazing vinyls will be released and how to get them online if you cant make the day. We also get first favourite vinyls from Echo Machines Gary Moore and Rick McMurray from Ash. We also have some sport chat and review of Queen B Beyonce new a…

Echo Machine are back with a new album, "Accidental Euphoria" , the follow up to 2020's Instant Transmissions, is out on Friday 15th March and we catch up with lead singer Gary Moore to talk about the album, touring with Placebo and much more. Also on the pod Aberdeen FC chat, Bucks Fizz, review of Nadine Shah new album. Thanks for listening.…

We are back for Episode 53 Don't mention Taylor (we mentioned it once but we think we got away with it). In this episode we cover the first two weekends of the Six Nations, that big sporting event in USA (plus some Taylor chat) . Also gig reviews of Depeche Mode and The 1975, the Glasgow Film Festival and an Irish album special with reviews of Conc…

We are back for 2024 and to kick things off we chat to the fantastic Moving Pictures UK who are the UK's premier Rush tribute band. We caught up with them before there second night at the Lemon Tree. They are on tour throughout 2024 so catch them if you can, there show is brilliant with over 2 1/2 hours of Rush Classics, we also review the show. Al…

This weeks special guest is Stuart Bailie who is a journalist, author and broadcaster based in Northern Ireland. He was the founder and first CEO of the Oh Yeah Centre which is Belfast's dedicated music hub. He has worked as a Freelance writer, reviewer and columnist for the likes of the NME, Mojo, Q, Uncut, Vox, The Times, The Sunday Times, Hot Pr…

This is our 50th episode which is fantastic, thanks for listening. A great interview this week with Lloyd Cole who came to Aberdeen as part of his On Pain tour , he was such a gent giving us time at his Hotel. The day extended into the evening when he got in touch asking us to man his merch stall at the event. Catch him on tour if you can. We also …

This week we have a fantastic chat with Rick McMurray , drummer with Northern Ireland finest Ash, as they are on the cusp of releasing their 8th studio album "Race The Night". We talk through the album, recording , sleeve design, video, promotional activities, gigs in Omagh and Ricks side project Burned as Witches. The new album is an absolute gem …

This episode we focus on one topic only, The Rugby World Cup 2023 in France. Our guest to discuss all aspects of the tournament is Rúaidhrí O'Connor, The Irish Independents Chief Rugby Correspondent. Lots of topics covered from the seedings, Owen Farrell, Scotland, Ireland and loads more, enjoy.

This weeks big interview is with Yann Tiersen. Yann is a French musician and composer whose musical career varies from studio recordings, musical collaboration and film soundtracks. His music incorporates a large variety of classical and contemporary instruments, primarily the electric guitar, the piano, synthesisers, and the violin, but he also in…

Not going to Glastonbury? Neither are we, but we have been to Primavera! Primavera expert John Skelton joins us to review this year’s event in Barcelona &Porto and gives us a handy guide to going to the daddy of continental musicfestivals. If you’re needing a bit of encouragement to take the plunge justlisten to this for some tips! Enjoy!…

This pod we are glad to speak again to Cold Years as they are about to embark on a load of dates around Europe with Billy Talent, Frank Turner and various festivals around Europe. Also in this episode we lay bare the facts about the consumption of Potatoes around Europe, Title deciders , Roger Waters, Reviews of Dead Kennedys live and albums from t…

This week we have one topic only - Record Store Day 2023 which is on Saturday 22nd April. We will be at Chameleon Records in Holburn HiFi so we run through the "rules of the day" and then delve into the huge volume of tiles released on the day. Enjoy and hope you get what you are after!.

This week we talk too Derrick Thomson who is working with the our Union Street organisation who are a community led organisation, chaired by Bob Keiller, whose mission is to re-energise the Granite Mile and bring business and people back to the heart of our City. They are looking for volunteers and your ideas to restore Union Street back to the vib…

This episode we have a fantastic guest, friend of the show Aberdeen's Bob Munro. Bob has just finished a world tour as Guitar Tech working for Rina Sawayama on her Hold the Girl tour. Over the course of the last year Bob has travelled from the UK to Europe, The USA, Australia, New Zealand and onto Japan working with Rinas guitarist Emily Rosenfield…

The centerpiece of this weeks episode is a chat with ex Scotland Rugby International Chris Cusiter. Hailing from Aberdeen Chris has 70 Scotland caps and was part of the Lions touring team for New Zealand in 2005. After a club career that included spells with Glasgow Warriors, Perpignan and Sale Sharks Chris then headed off to California with his fa…

So not only is this our 40th episode we have also reached our 3rd anniversary of the Four Idle Hands Pod. The Boys are solo this week with a packed episode where we discuss the musical anniversaries of Def Leppard Pyromania (40), Kate Bush The Kick Inside (45), Sport chat with the Six Nations kicking off and City heading to League two :-). We also …

This episode we talk to genuine rock legends ANVIL before there show in Bournemouth (in a venue called the Anvil !). We chat to Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner about everything from early shows at Donnington, Movie Success and the new album "Impact is Imminent" . These guys really have stood the test of time since there debut album in 1981. Als…

We have Steven Milne back on this week to talk about the new Little Kicks album "People Need Love" which is out now, and damn good it is too. Also in this episode is a review of the True North Festival and George Ezra at the P&J Live. In the news section we have Truss/Kwarteng banter, Gas pipeline sabotage and Roger Waters first farewell tour chat,…

Good to be back after a Summer Break. In this episode we have a feature interview with Steven Milne of Aberdeen Performing Arts all about the return of the True North festival which kicks off in Aberdeen on 22nd September. In addition we have chat on the latest news on new PM, The Queen, Four Idles various trips to Europe for some gigs, the return …

What an episode we have for you with not one but two guests. First up we have Alan Stevens aka "The Media Coach" who is on to review the Abba voyage show at the Abba arena in London's Olympic park. Alan was one of the first to experience the Abbatars in concert and we discuss if this is the future of live gigs. Our second guest is Stuart Charleton …

This episodes centerpiece is an interview with Monte A Melnick who was the Tour Manager for The Ramones for over 2200 shows from 1974 to 1996. Its a fascinating chat with Monte about his early days playing in bands with Tommy in NYC, his work as Tour Manager for the Ramones and much more. He has documented this journey in his Book "On the Road with…

This week we have a fantastic interview with Graeme Thomson about his new history of Simple Minds " Themes For Great Cities". As Ian Rankin has said "This book is a a deep and thrilling dive into some of the greatest musical minds to have come out of Scotland in modern times" It tracks Simple Minds from their earliest days in the pubs and clubs of …

We are back this week with an interview with Pierce Turner. Pierce is an Irish singer songwriter currently based in New York. His new album "Terrible Good" is available now on Storysound records. Turner’s description of Terrible Good, is crystal clear. “It is my first real electric guitar album,” he says, adding “it’s an album with a New York edge.…

The Four Idle hands podcast is 2 years old this week, we have had loads of great guests on over the last 2 years and this week is no different. This week we talk to Benjamin Francis Leftwhich about his new album To Carry A Whale about going back on tour after a long break. We also have our usual blether on the weeks news, review of new single from …

On the eve of the Six Nations this week we talk to Irish rugby legend Willie Anderson about his new book "Crossing the Line" which was covers his both his Rugby career and Personal life. The Irish Times called it a "raw, uncompromising, sometimes brutal and always passionate; a perfect distillation of Anderson the player and Anderson the man". Will…

This week we are joined by Rick McMurray , drummer with Northern Ireland band Ash. Rick was a great guest and we covered a wide range of topics from the early days in Downpatrick, playing at the Good Friday agreement gig all the way up to drumming at home in lockdown. Also on this weeks episode we cover some odd news stories from Ireland, Space X i…

The term legend is often over used but this week podcast guest is a true legend in every sense of the word. To talk about the upcoming tour we chat to JJ Burnel of the Stranglers . Formed in 1974 the band have had 24 top 40 hits and 18 top 40 albums. Tracks like Peaches, No More Heroes, Hanging Around and Golden Brown are so instantly recognizable …

Happy New Year Podsters, Four Idle Hands are back with our first episode of 2022. On this weeks episode we cover a wide range of topics from Current state of the pandemic, Bojo, Phil Lynott with a review of "A song for for while I'm away", selling your publishing rights, top selling albums of 2022, review of the the Radiohead Playstation app for KI…

After a summer break we are back with the first episode of season 2. This week we discuss the current status of the country , Petrol shortage, The Newcastle takeover by the Saudis, Scotland success, album reviews of Public Service Broadcasting, Whipping Boy and King Gizzard. Live reviews are back with reviews of the Undertones, True North, Nick Cav…

This week we have a Euro 2020 special, we discuss the start of the delayed tournament with a focus on the England v Scotland game. To help us with this we have a very special guest. We where lucky to be joined by the host of Absolute Radios Rock n Roll football and the voice behind Spitting Image, England uber fan Matt Forde joins us to chat about …

Welcome to the 25th Four Idle Hands podcast and this week we celebrate our Silver Jubilee with a return of Guitar Tech Bob Munro who chats about his return to gigging at the Blossoms recent gig at Sefton Park in Liverpool. Also on the menu is Scottish Elections, David Cameron, The Middle East, Man City and reviews of both Van Weezer and Paul Weller…

Welcome to episode 24 of the Four Idle Hands podcast. In this weeks episode we take on the (not so) mighty European Super League, Scotland Unlocking , Tory Sleaze, Riots in NI, the sad passing of Jim Steinman and Les McKeown and we have an interview with Aberdeen band The temple Sons who have just released a new single "Nightmares Coming" which is …

The center piece of this weeks episode is a lovely conversation with Aberdeen singer/songwriter Katie Mackie. Katie has just released her new single Terricot Town which is available to stream in all the usual places. Also in this episode we have a smidgeon of chat about the Scottish election, 3 point turns in big boats, Uri Geller, Tea consumption,…

This special episode tells the untold story of Led Zep rehearsals in Banchory for the reunion gig at the O2. We have an exclusive interview with Hamish from Auchattie who had first hand experience of the goings on, enjoy.

A celebration of St Patrick's day in music, food, bit of Sport. Best listened to with a Guinness (others beers are available). Slainte

This week we have an interview with Xbox Social Marketing Manager Graeme Boyd about everything from Xbox to Aberdeen FC. Also on the Agenda is the Mars landing, lockdown update, The Tetris movie and review of new albums from The Hold Steady and Mogwai and the new BBC drama Bloodlands. We have an additional host with Marcus MacBeath joining to chat …

The Boys are back with Season 2. This week we tackle the issues of the day from Snowmageddon, Weetabix new marketing campaign, Cats in zoom calls, the Six Nations and the upcoming Mogwai streaming gig. We have an interview with Stina Tweedale from Honeyblood and album reviews from Foo Fighters, Weezer and Sleaford Mods. Its nice to be back, enjoy.…

This is the Christmas 2020 Four IIdle hands special. On this episode we take a look at the Tiers of joy provided by the new COVID rules around the UK, Brexit, Footie and Rugby chat and we review the best albums/gigs/films and TV of the year. We also reveal our Hero and Dick of 2020. Happy Christmas Podcast listeners.…

The centerpiece of this episode is a chat with Colin Farquhar who is Head of Cinema Operations at Aberdeen's Belmont cinema. We talk about getting the Belmont back open and the challenge of running a cinema in these difficult times. Other stuff on this episode includes Lockdown Tiers/Marcus Rashford, The Six Nations, US Election, Eddie Van Halen an…

So this week our interview is with Guiseppe Mandorlo who is a System, Engineering and Operations Manager at the European Space Agency. Giuseppe talks to us about the successful Vega Small Spacecraft Mission Service rocket which recently launched which delivered 53 satellites into orbit. Its a fascinating chat about the innovative technology involve…

The Gang has got back together in person for this weeks packed episode. Topics include Lockdown, Leo Messi , Iron Maiden and Fishing, reviews of the Idles at Abbey Road and a round up up Record Store Day drop 1. The centerpiece is an interview with Aberdeen band Cold Years who have just released there debut album Paradise which is well worth a list…

In this episodes news we cover whats fair to say is a wide range of topics from the end of the Aberdeen lockdown, Jim Corr versus Jedward, Trump, Goth Bats, and Van Morrisons pseudo science. Record Store Day 2020 is this week and we discuss some of the key releases. Biff Clyros streaming gig at Barrowlands gets a review as does their new album. Oth…

This week we discuss the closing of Q magazine, Kanyes bid for President, Ennio Morricone, UAE in Space, Review of Jarvis Cocker and the (Dixie) Chicks along with a live review of Fontaines DC. Our main feature this week is an interview with Aberdeen based guitar technician Bob Munro. Bob has worked extensively with the likes of Miles Kane, Frank C…

This week we chat to the broadcasting legend Andy Kershaw. Covering his time as a booker at Leeds Uni to the old Grey Whistle test, working with John Peel and interviewing Bob Dylan. We also have some lockdown chat, a review of Dylans new album with guest Dylan expert Rod and his son Marcus. Enjoy.

This episode we talk to Ian Smith from Glasgow label Last Night from Glasgow on setting up and success of the project. We review Neil Young, Phoebe Bridgers and the Muldoons new albums. Plus the usual chat on lockdown.

This episode gets cranked up to eleven with an interview with Aberdeen band the Capollos who talk about new single release “Electrify” We have lockdown chat, small screen reviews of echo on the canyon and the BBCs Monaco show and music reviews of Liam G, GoGo Penguin and Green Gartside. And a preview of the Love Record stores event.…