ALBUM REVIEW – ARAB STRAP: I’M TOTALLY FINE WITH IT DON’T GIVE A FUCK ANYMORE

BBC Scotland recently repeated the 2014 documentary, ‘Where You’re Meant To Be’, in which Aidan Moffat set about reinterpreting traditional Scottish folk songs. Seeing him take ancient songs and put them in a contemporary framework offered an opportunity to reconsider his writing as part of Arab Strap and his guile in chronicling modern life. From […]
Multi-award winning Festival No.6 (7th-10th September 2017) has today announced the headliners for this year’s festival – The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, and Bloc Party. Topping the bill is a band that needs no introduction – The Flaming Lips. Following critical acclaim for their 14th studio album, Oczy Mlody, the psychedelic adventurers will be treating the […]

FESTIVAL NO.6 LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDING THE FLAMING LIPS, MOGWAI, AND BLOC PARTY

LIVE: ARAB STRAP – 14/10/2016

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It may be the faint stirrings of Christmas commercialism or the sour aftermath of Brexit Britain but there seems no better time to welcome back our favourite Scottish curmudgeons Arab Strap.  The band have returned to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a handful of special live shows on the back […]