8/6/26.

Radical Friendship Theory is the vehicle for the music of Robert Rotifer who clearly is a bit of an indie pop savant. I listened to the four-way split "House of Four" release in 2024 so much that I received the dreaded "The time has come to open thy heart/wallet". I usually solve this problem by posting about the album, but for some reason I didn't. That release had songs from Rotifer, Andy Lewis, Popincourt and Papernut Cambridge.

According to the Bandcamp release page, Radical Friendship Theory "is not a band. It's a lovingly realised set of songs in a wide range of styles and arrangements, from baroque pop, to psych, from country rock to bookish indie, sung by a circle of friends."

Those friends are an impressive cast: Kenji (co-inventor of GlasGoesPop), Ian Button (currently in Railcard), and Helen McCookerybook (The Chefs). This has a Matthew Sweet quality to it's pop sound.

robert rotifer's heartbeat on fm4 yesterday was excellent. go listen now, only streaming for 7 days.

fm4 radio show heartbeat with robert rotifer talking with david tattersall about jason molina:

Heartbeat (22-00)

with Robert Rotifer

play on demand - look for FM4 Heatbeat 25.3 to stream the whole show

(translation below)

In addition to news of the great survivors Edwyn Collins brings Robert Rotifer also a retrospective on the work of last week after a long addiction and long-suffering late Jason Molina , along with personal recollections of Dave Tattersall of the Wave Pictures, the Tribute has the longest time in organizing a has worked album, which is now published posthumously probably need.

FM4 Heartbeat, we have 7 days to reminiscence on Demand .

Pulp - After You (Rough Trade) 

Devendra Banhart - Your Fine Petting Duck (Nonesuch) 

John Grant, You Do not Have To (Bella Union) 

Low - Plastic Cup (Sub Pop) 

Youth Lagoon - Pelican Man (Fat Possum) 

Haiku Salut - Glockelbar (How Does It Feel) 

Baby Guru - For Naked Sun (Inner Ear) 

Bored Nothing - Echo Room (Spunk Records) 

Edwyn Collins - 31 Years (AED) 

Jim James - State of the Art (AEIOU) (V2 Coop) 

Dan Michaelson & The Coast Guard - Every Fold And Crease (the state51 conspiracy) 

Steve Mason - A Lot of Love (Domino) 

David Bowie - Valentine's Day (Sony) 

Pet Goats - Zombie Lover (Konkord) 

Songs: Ohia - Just Be Simple (Secretly Canadian ) 

Songs: Ohia - The Lioness (Secretly Canadian) 

The Wave Pictures - Just A Spark (Songsofjasonmolina.bandcamp) 

Songs: Ohia - Cross The Road, Molina (Secretly Canadian) 

The Wave Pictures - Being in Love (Songsofjasonmolina.bandcamp) 

songs: Ohia - Captain Badass (Secretly Canadian) 

Ed Harcourt - Wandering Eye (CCCLX Music) 

Edwyn Collins - It's A Reason (AED)