It’s Thursday, so that means the bestest, hippest, most free music festival of the summer is about to kick off. For those of you at Under A Rock University where you major in not knowing things (zinger!!), the Siren Music Festival is a one-day, two-stage, free show at Coney Island, NY. Home of people eating… Continue reading [MP3s] Your Siren Music Festival Preview
Tag: Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit to tour America with fellow Scots The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks
Coolest tour news ever?? Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, quite possibly one of my favorite bands of the past year or so, are teaming up with fellow countrymen The Twilight Sad, as well as We Were Promised Jetpacks, for a huge North American tour. Expect a lot of wonderfully sad, epic shows, filled with the atmospheric noise… Continue reading Frightened Rabbit to tour America with fellow Scots The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks
Today in unexpected covers: Frightened Rabbit takes on Neutral Milk Hotel
Right on the heels of The Decemberists’ excellent take on Heart’s “Crazy on You” from a few days ago, we have an episode of Off The Beaten Tracks which finds Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchinson covering Neutral Milk Hotel’s “Song Against Sex.” The song certainly isn’t the same without its near-gratuitous distortion and trumpet parts,… Continue reading Today in unexpected covers: Frightened Rabbit takes on Neutral Milk Hotel
Built to Spill, Raveonettes, Frightened Rabbit in Siren Festival 2009 initial lineup
So I’ve been waiting for this for months (and here I am, posting it 6 days late). In my opinion the best small summer music festival, Sirenfest, is back with a date and an initial 2009 lineup. If you’re unfamiliar with the annual show, it’s a free, one-day festival at Coney Island, NY. Past shows… Continue reading Built to Spill, Raveonettes, Frightened Rabbit in Siren Festival 2009 initial lineup
Andrew Bird and Frightened Rabbit concerts!
Andrew Bird is playing (with like a thousand other artists – notables include Tortoise and Ted Leo) at the Black Cat in D.C. January 19, the night before his album Noble Beast is released! Andrew Bird – “Tenuousness” (MP3) (new song!) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – “Biomusicology” (MP3) (from The Tyranny of Distance) Also,… Continue reading Andrew Bird and Frightened Rabbit concerts!
Knox Road in: The Year That Was, 2008
Without further ado, we present to you 2008, in review. Top 10 Best Things (in no particular order): Kanye West’s “Eat Shit and Die” Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Conan O’ Brian fighting on national television Michael Phelps sets a lot of world records and loves freedom and democracy Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes performs on… Continue reading Knox Road in: The Year That Was, 2008