[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjERZU3wbY&w=420&h=315] I feel like I should write some prolific post about relaunching Song of the Day and our mission statement to provide you with daily song suggestions in hopes of expanding your musical taste, but instead, I have chosen…
You may know him as Scott from Frightened Rabbit, but forget that – he’s Owl John now. And he’s making grungy, dirty music full of latent threat and purpose. He says: “This song is about a desire to escape the…
Part two of our shopping guide continues with some lovely coloured vinyl from the Leisure Society and a sweet-sounding collaboration from Willy Mason and Brendan Benson. These are the things that should be getting you out of bed. Bob Dylan…
Frightened Rabbit have set their sights on achieving household status with fourth album Pedestrian Verse. Known by those who keenly follow the rock genre, but overlooked by those with a more passive approach, the five-piece are muscling their way onto…
Frightened Rabbit manage, somehow, to strike a fine balance between combative resistance and crowd-pleasing jollity in their live shows. Preferring those at the front of the room to those at the back (who’re probably in the music industry, and therefore…
FFS are very excited to hear that Frightened Rabbit have a new EP, State Hospital, to be released this Monday (24th September), via Atlantic Records. The Scottish quintet will celebrate the EP’s release with a UK and Ireland tour throughout…
Once news broke of Frightened Rabbit’s move from FatCat to Atlantic, some fans were understandably concerned about whether the Selkirk quintet would lose some of the qualities that endeared them to their loyal following in the first place. It’ll no…
The marvellous folk at Bandstand Busking have put together a video advent calendar to delight our ears to the run up to Christmas. A new, unseen video will be revealed every day on bandstandbusking.com. Artists tipped for inclusion are Sam…
Brian’s been a bit quiet of late, largely because when he gets really excited his wings start quivering and he can’t type. What happened was, he realised it was June and that it was about to be Glastonbury, and his…
