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, enjoy

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 of Bloodlands on BBC, Prequal series House of the Dragon and the Rings of Power and a review of Pink Floyds Animal "remix". Enjoy!

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 who came on to review the new Kendrick Lamar album and all things Fierce Beer, including the new premises and plans for the future. 

Also on the menu in this crammed episode is the Platinum Jubilee, a review of Nuart, the return of Aberdeen's The Little Kicks with a new single and video along and live reviews of The Smile, Jeff Beck (with added Johnny Depp) and Kasabian.

Enjoy!

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 The Ramones which you can find on Amazon.

Also in this episode we have reviews of new albums from Arcade Fire, Fontaines DC and Envy of None plus live Reviews on Simple Mind's, War On Drugs and the Divine Comedy.

Plus all the usual news and chat, enjoy and Gabba Gabba Hey

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 Glasgow to having the world at their feet in a little under a decade. Its a real must for all Simple MInds fans.

Graeme was a great guest and we also covered his work with Kate Bush and Mark Hollis.

We also have the usual chat and reviews, hope you enjoy it.

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.” Electric guitars definitely are central to Terrible Good, arising from his collaboration with guitarist/producer Gerry Leonard (David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright, Suzanne Vega). These fellow Irish expats (who met years ago when Leonard mixed sound at a club where Turner often played) are both fans of Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Television, and Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac. While this shared affinity might seep into a song on occasion, Turner shares that “I like to learn from the past, but not imitate it – to take it somewhere else while using every lesson learned.”

We had such a great chat with Pierce, a true gent.

Also in this weeks episode we cover Russia, the sad death of Mark Lanegan, Six Nations and review of Terrible Good and Leon Bridges new album Texas Moon. Hope you enjoy it.

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 Aberdeen's Katie Mackie and the Greatest Hits compilation from the Divine Comedy, enjoy

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".

Willie played 27 times for Ireland between 1984 and 1990 before going on to coach at Leinster and Scotland. 

We also discuss the evolution of the modern game and have a preview of this weekends opening six nations fixtures. He was a fantastic guest so we hope you enjoy the chat.

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 impending collision with the moon, the sad passing of Meatloaf, celebrity spats with Taylor and Damon and a review of the new album from Yard Act, enjoy.

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 and still get regular airplay. They are on tour to promote there  album Dark Matters which features Dave Greenfield who sadly passed away in May 2020. We hope you enjoy the chat with JJ. We also run through the news of the day and have a review of Kenneth Branagh's new movie Belfast