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Arab Strap Share Video for New Song “Strawberry Moon”

I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore Due Out May 10 via Rock Action

Mar 27, 2024

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) are releasing a new album, I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore, on May 10 via Rock Action. Now they have shared its third single, “Strawberry Moon,” via a horror-themed music video. More

Arab Strap Share New Song “Allatonceness”

I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore Due Out May 10 via Rock Action

Feb 27, 2024

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) are releasing a new album, I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore, on May 10 via Rock Action. Now they have shared its second single, “Allatonceness.” More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Elbow, Still Corners, Arab Strap, Cheekface, and More

Plus Fat White Family, Phosphorescent, English Teacher, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Jan 26, 2024

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2024. More

Arab Strap Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for New Song “Bliss”

I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore Due Out May 10 via Rock Action

Jan 23, 2024

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have announced a new album, I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore, and shared its first single, “Bliss.” They’ve also announced some UK tour dates. More

Gentle Sinners Share Video for New Single “Landfill”

These Actions Cannot Be Undone Due Out This Friday via Rock Action

May 10, 2022

Gentle Sinners (the new project of Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat and The Twilight Sad’s James Graham) have shared a video for their new single, “Landfill.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming debut album, These Actions Cannot Be Undone, which will be out this Friday (May 13) via Rock Action. More

10 Best Songs of the Week: The Smile, Flasher, Andrew Bird, Young Prisms, and More

Plus Hovvdy, Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and Ethan Gruska, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 18, 2022

Welcome to the eleventh Songs of the Week of 2022. Whereas last week was the strongest seven-day period for new tracks so far this year, where we had a Top 15 songs, this week we almost didn’t do a Songs of the Week. More

Arab Strap and Twilight Sad Supergroup Gentle Sinners Announce Debut Album, Share New Single

These Actions Cannot Be Undone Due Out May 13 via Rock Action

Mar 17, 2022

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, “Face to Fire (After Nyman).” More

Arab Strap Share New Song “Aphelion”

7-Inch Single Due Out March 4 via Rock Action

Jan 12, 2022

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have shared a new song, “Aphelion.” It follows their 2021 album, As Days Get Dark, released last March via Rock Action. More

Jan 07, 2022

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Jun 10, 2021

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 song done by the band. More

Under the Radar Announces The Protest Issue with Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the Covers

Issue 68 Out Now and Also Includes Julien Baker, Wolf Alice, Tegan and Sara, Arlo Parks, Fleet Foxes, Jessie Ware, Shamir, Lucy Dacus, Valerie June, David Byrne, Julian Casablancas, and Much More

Apr 21, 2021

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Mar 05, 2021

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 here. Also, yesterday we posted our review of the album and on Wednesday we posted our new My Firsts interview with Middleton. More

Arab Strap Share Disturbing Video for New Song “Here Comes Comus!”

As Days Get Dark Due Out March 5 on Rock Action

Feb 17, 2021

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have shared a dark and violent video for their newest song “Here Comes Comus!” It is the latest offering from their upcoming album As Days Get Dark, which will be out on March 5 via Rock Action. More

12 Best Songs of the Last Two Weeks: Thom Yorke, Arlo Parks, Lost Horizons, Goat Girl, and More

Plus U.S. Girls, Arab Strap, Bernice, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Dec 04, 2020

Welcome to the 44th Songs of the Week of 2020. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s list covers the last two weeks and thus it’s a Top 12 rather than a Top 10.

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Arab Strap Announce First Album in 16 Years, Share New Song “Compersion Pt. 1”

As Days Get Dark Due Out March 5, 2021 via Rock Action

Nov 24, 2020

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have announced their first album in 16 years, As Days Get Dark, making the announcement in tandem with the release of a new single, “Compersion Pt. 1,” which will be featured on the album. More

8 Best Songs of the Week: Deep Sea Diver, Arab Strap, Temples, Thurston Moore, and More

Plus John Jeffrey, Kevin Morby, BUMPER, Adrianne Lenker, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 04, 2020

Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s list is a bit more scaled back than usual, but there was still much to like. More

Arab Strap Share First New Song in 15 Years – “The Turning of Our Bones”

To Be Released on a 7-Inch on October 23 via Rock Action

Sep 01, 2020

Scottish duo Arab Strap (Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton) have returned with their first new song in 15 years, “The Turning of Our Bones.” The band broke-up amicably in 2006 after the release of their 2005 album The Last Romance, but reformed in 2016 for some reunion gigs. More

The Digital Version of Under the Radar’s 10th Anniversary Issue Features 70 Extra Pages of Content

Includes Bonus Joanna Newsom vs. Robin Pecknold Interview, Plus Articles on The Dears, Dntel/The Postal Service, The Fiery Furnaces, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Saint Etienne, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, and more

Nov 23, 2011

The digital version of Under the Radar‘s 10th Anniversary Issue includes the same articles that appear in the printed version—plus 70 extra pages of editorial content not found in the print version, including extra full page photos, 13 bonus articles, and 11 bonus reviews. The digital version includes exclusive bonus articles on Arab Strap, Clinic, The Dears, The Delgados, DNTEL/The Postal Service, The Fiery Furnaces, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes vs. Joanna Newsom, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Saint Etienne, Elliott Smith, and Sonic Youth. More

Under the Radar Magazine Announces 10th Anniversary Issue Featuring Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes

Plus: Paul Rudd vs. The Divine Comedy, plus interviews with Broadcast, Grandaddy, The Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, and much more

Oct 19, 2011

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More

Arab Strap Covers Slow Club

Meeting of Pop Minds

Aug 03, 2011

Call it a match made in indie pop heaven. When Slow Club asked Arab Strap member Aidan Moffat if he’d be interested in remixing “Two Cousins,” a track off their forthcoming album Paradise (out September 12), they didn’t expect a cover. More



Interviews

Mar 03, 2021

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 tour, etc.). For this My Firsts we talk to Malcolm Middleton of Scottish duo Arab Strap. More

Arab Strap

2005 Year-End Artist Survey

Jan 01, 2006

Malcolm Middleton’s Top Ten Albums of 2005 More


Reviews

Mar 04, 2021

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. More