Listen Before You Buy

TweetShare A few days ago Frightened Rabbit embarked on a supporting tour with Death Cab For Cutie across the U.S., and as they’re prone to do on a daily basis the band were posting updates about it on their Twitter/Facebook pages. One such update said this: “Those of you at The Grog Shop tonight get [...]

TweetShare Probably to the dismay of LBYB’s fearless leader, Frank, I know very little about Scotland.  I know it’s part of the UK, the accents are weird (sometimes sexy), they like soccer (yawn), and something about a Loch Ness monster.  But who cares about all that because aside from the fact that it’s apparently also [...]

TweetShare Artist: Frightened Rabbit Hometown: Selkirk, Scotland Members: Scott Hutchison, Grant Hutchison, Billy Kennedy, Andy Monaghan, Gordon Skene Formed: 2003 Released: 2010 Genre: Indie, Rock, Folk Label: Fat Cat Records Singles: “Swim Until You Can’t See Land”, “Nothing Like You”, “Living In Colour”, “The Lonliness And The Scream” Connect: MySpace | Facebook | Website | Twitter Buy The Album: [...]

TweetShare I read about this last week when it was making the blog rounds, but I didn’t actually watch the video until Peenko asked me if I was able to.  You see, Peenko lives in Scotland and can’t view the video because of lame copyright/licensing laws.  I on the other hand, even though I’m from [...]

TweetShare Frightened Rabbit made their first live appearance on U.S. late night TV this morning playing a rousing rendition of “Nothing Like You” on Jimmy Fallon. They’ve been touring the U.S. for the last month or so in promotion of their latest (stunning) album “The Winter Of Mixed Drinks”.  I reviewed it back in March [...]

TweetShareInitially released in the summer of 2006 on their own record label (Hit The Fan Records), Sing The Greys was given a limited run of 1,000 copies by Frightened Rabbit.  Those first thousand were enough to put them on the radar of many a journalist, magazine, newspaper, blog, and year-end “best of” lists. Hailing from [...]

TweetShare In anticipation for the release (March 1st in the UK, March 9th the rest of the world) of “The Winter Of Mixed Drinks”, the third album by one of Scotland’s finest bands Frightened Rabbit, I’ll have a week’s worth of goodness (including reviews, videos, interviews and full album streams) leading up to the release [...]