Has it really been nearly eight years since Arctic Monkeys exploded onto the scene?
Since bloggers helped transform the young group from Sheffield, England, into an overnight sensation?
Since frontman Alex Turner was named “coolest man on the planet” by British magazine NME at the ripe old age of 19?
It has. Turner was wise beyond his years in the video below: “Don’t believe the hype,” he said.
The Monkeys’ “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” was the fastest-selling debut album in British music history, but the group never found the same success across the pond.
And now, in 2013, they’re finally coming to the Knitting Factory on Sunday, May 26. (Seven, eight years? That time span is about par for the course for something cool to hit Boise, right?)
Hyped or not, these punks always threw down short, tight bursts of rhythmic energy. Tickets are $25 and go on sale Friday at Ticketweb.
Nice little ripple effect from the Sasquatch festival up at the Gorge the following weekend. Historically we get at least one show a year from a band that’s also playing the festival.
Absolutely.