Arab Strap

...have introduced Jason Molina as a Will Oldham protege. Over the years he's made his best work collaborating with established songwriters (Arab Strap, Appendix Out, Ali Roberts and Will Oldham on Amalgamated Sons of Rest), and you could say...

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...angst-porn of people like Staind, there is a far more satisfying darkness to be found. Anyone who has ever heard a record by The Dears or Arab Strap will know all about this. A drama that is not characterized by a melo- prefix, smooth and...

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...in 1995, and their debut album The Week Never Starts Round Here was released the following year. Over the course of their ten-year existence Arab Strap worked with a number of musicians including Jenny Reeve and Stacey Sievewright, as well as...

In this article: Malcolm Middleton, The Week Never Starts Round Here, Chemikal Underground, Philophobia, NME, The First Big Weekend, Sleight of Heart, and Lucky Pierre

...discussed Malcolm Middleton's "Red Travellin' Socks" (a surprisingly lilting pop song from a member of the bleak Scottish rock group Arab Strap), Japandroids' "Young Hearts Spark Fire" (an unhinged garage-band jam that's so enthusiastic, it...

In this article: NPR, Jim James, Malcolm Middleton, and My Morning Jacket

Former Arab Strap member Malcolm Middleton sings an uncharacteristically cheerful ode to a traveler's best friend. September 3, 2009 - Malcolm Middleton's charm is slightly jarring and always memorable, and it's the product of more than...

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...- link to other main sections from here It seems disingenuous still to be referring to Malcolm Middleton as the "former member of Arab Strap". After all, this is his fifth solo album and the spirit of his former charges is only a fleeting...

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...here Malcolm Middleton must be sick of hearing his music described as "miserable". Since his days as half of the cult Scottish act Arab Strap and through five celebrated solo albums the singer, songwriter and guitarist has been stuck with...

In this article: Malcolm Middleton, Michael Jackson, London, Girls Aloud, and Nottingham

...Delgados, for example, fine solo albums by both Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward (in his Lord Cut-Glass guise) have risen. Likewise, Arab Strap. When the Falkirk duo gracefully but slightly grumpily bowed out a couple of years ago, it was...

In this article: Malcolm Middleton, Ivor Cutler, All Rebel Rockers, Leon Jackson, Delgados, Michael Franti, Sly & Robbie, and X Factor

...decided to go it alone. As Kelly says, "I have opened for many of my heroes like Feist, The National, Kristin Hersh, Rilo Kiley and Arab Strap, released six albums and received airplay all over the world. And all this without a manager, PR,...

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Navigation - link to other main sections from here Former Arab Strap musician remembers growing up in Polmont, Falkirk, listening Adam and the Ants and Simon and Garfunkel Interview by Rachel Devine I was five years old when we moved...

In this article: Malcolm Middleton, Falkirk, Dog, Polo mints, Betamax, Duran Duran, Simon and Garfunkel, and Glasgow