Mar 17, 2022 By Joey Arnone Gentle Sinners (the new project of Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and The Twilight Sad’s James Graham) have announced the release of their debut album, These Actions Cannot Be Undone, which will be out on May 13 via Rock Action. They have also shared a new single from the album, […]
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The Listening Party
Dec 24, 2021 Web Exclusive By Mark Redfern Tim’s Twitter Listening Party was one of the few bright parts of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when the world was in full lockdown in early to mid 2020. Tim Burgess, frontman for the Madchester/Britpop band The Charlatans, came up with the simple idea—having musicians live tweet while […]
Under the Radar’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide Part 6: Books and Graphic Novels
Dec 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Wendy Lynch Redfern For the sixth installment of our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide we take a look at some of our favorite pop culture pops from the last year. Included are some good reads for kids, books that would appeal to comic book fans and film buffs, […]
Arab Strap Share Disturbing Video for New Version of “Fable of the Urban Fox”
Jun 10, 2021 By Mark Redfern Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) released a new album, As Days Get Dark, in March via Rock Action. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Fable of the Urban Fox” but with a twist, it’s a new, slightly more electronic remix of the […]
Arab Strap – Stream the New Album, Read Our Review of It, and Read Our Interview with the Band
Mar 05, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Kat Gollack Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have released a new album, As Days Get Dark, today via Rock Action. It’s their first album in almost 16 years and now that’s it’s out you can stream it below. Also, yesterday we posted our […]
As Days Get Dark
Mar 04, 2021 Web Exclusive By Ian King There was a poetic arc to Arab Strap’s initial run from “The First Big Weekend” to The Last Romance—“Ten Years of Tears,” as the Scottish duo clocked it. Any creative reunion of Aidan Moffat (vocals, drum machine) and Malcom Middleton (guitar, other instruments) after 15 years would […]
My Firsts: Malcolm Middleton of Arab Strap
Mar 03, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Kat Gollack and Paul Savage Web Exclusive My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first […]