Aidan Moffat

‘I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍’ is Arab Strap’s eighth album and will be out May 10.

This week in Indie Basement: Kevin Morby, Gentle Sinners (members of Arab Strap & The Twilight Sad), Bond theme composer John Barry, former Boo Radleys leader Martin Carr, and SF weirdos Bronze.

Scottish duo Arab Strap released ‘As Days Get Dark,‘ their first album in 15 years, this year, and Aidan’s Top 10 includes Low, Billie Eilish and more.

”We’re still doing what we always do,” says Arab Strap’s Aidan Moffat. ”Malcolm gives me some guitar parts then I’ll fuck about with them and put some drum machines and words over the top.”

Many artists have criticized Spotify CEO Daniel Ek for saying “you can’t record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough.”

This week: album reviews from Mick Trouble, Darren Hayman (Hefner), and Big Stick, plus a new compilation of San Francisco underground pop, Arab Strap’s debut album gets reissued and The Flaming Lips’ ’King’s Mouth’ finally hits streaming services.

James picked the late Scott Hutchison’s band Mastersystem, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Low, Mitski, and more, and provided commentary on each pick…

UK music site The Quietus have published their Albums of the Year 2018 list and, as usual, it looks pretty different than most other sites’ lists…

Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton are back together again.