Idles: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Watch Idles play “Never Fight A Man With A Perm“, “Mercedes Marxist“ and “I’m Scum“ at the Tiny Desk. June 18, 2019 | Bob Boilen -- My first time seeing Idles ended with guitarist Mark “Bobo“ Bowen frenetically dancing on a bar, his guitar still keeping time, until the swinging neck suddenly shattered some low-hanging, glass lighting fixtures. The band’s set at South by Southwest was fierce and I knew it’d be a challenge trying to figure out how to bring that cathartic rage behind my desk. There was talk