Another Record Store Day has come and gone. I’m less willing these days to wake up early and fight crowds, not to mention kill my knees by squatting to flip through records (I’m old, OK?). Still, I was able snag what I really wanted on Saturday at Stinkweeds with the Built to Spill Live album … Continue reading Frank Turner: The Modern Leper (Frightened Rabbit cover)
I’m ashamed to admit that my last post on Frightened Rabbit was in August 2011. I mean, we had such a good thing going. But last year’s State Hospital EP slipped through the cracks, and now the band comes roaring back with Pedestrian Verse, the band’s fourth full-length studio album and first for a major … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit: Backyard Skulls (video)
On Monday, we’re going to see Death Cab for Cutie for the first time in a long while, but it’s the opener, Frightened Rabbit, that’s really luring us in. Having seen the band twice at the Rhythm Room (about 300-350 capacity) and then once at the Clubhouse (500), this is a sizable step up to … Continue reading Stream new Frightened Rabbit tracks
Until seeing the Arcade Fire two weeks ago, I hadn’t been to Comerica Theatre (nee Dodge Theatre) in eight-plus years. Now it looks like I’ll be going there for a second time this year. Death Cab for Cutie announced new North American tour dates, and they include an Aug. 15 stop in Phoenix. I’m having … Continue reading Incoming: Death Cab for Cutie with Frightened Rabbit, Aug. 15
As we creep closer to Record Store Day on April 16, the announcements of the exclusive releases that will bankrupt me are coming faster. (Glad I held onto that Stinkweeds gift certificate I got for Christmas.) An email from FatCat Records especially got my attention. The Brighton-based label will release a limited-edition run of 777 … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit/Twilight Sad demos cassette for Record Store Day
Extenuating circumstances have kept me from posting my favorite songs and albums of 2010 – namely, eating and drinking my way through the holidays. We also host an annual New Year’s Eve bash for which I make a mix of 20 or so songs – or whatever will fit on 80-minute CD-Rs – from the … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit: Bandwidth Sessions
With Frightened Rabbit playing the Clubhouse in Tempe on Sunday night, I wanted to re-post this interview that originally ran in April, when the band’s Arizona date was canceled because of the volcanic ash that grounded European travel. Without further ado … (Note: When an opportunity to interview Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison arose in … Continue reading Q&A: Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit (re-post)
I’m not sure The Winter of Mixed Drinks has resonated with me the way 2008’s The Midnight Organ Fight did, but The Loneliness and the Scream stood out immediately (and still does) as the most compelling track from Frightened Rabbit’s newest album. The new video, which debuted at NME, adds more weight to this anthemic … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit: The Loneliness and the Scream (video)
Internet TV network Revision3, which I’d never heard of until today, employed an arsenal of HD video cameras to film Frightened Rabbit at a recent sold-out tour date at San Francisco’s Rickshaw Stop. The result is a 70-minute, 14-song experience that sounds just as wonderful as it looks – this is no distorted/jittery/pixelated Flip-cam job. … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit: Live in San Francisco (video)
Frightened Rabbit made its national TV debut on Tuesday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (making a believer out of ?uestlove), and just a few days before that the band stopped by KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic for an in-studio session. We’re treated to eight songs in a somewhat restrained full-band performance and a fun interview … Continue reading Frightened Rabbit on Morning Becomes Eclectic