
photos by Tim Griffin Frightened Rabbit @ the Siren Festival "Before starting their encore, Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit admitted to the crowd, "We had such a crazy year of touring last year that it was like 'Oh fuck, touring again?' But you guys have changed our mind tonight." It was clear that he was being sincere. The sold out crowd at Maxwell's in Hoboken (7/17) was a rabid one. They cheered loudly after each song, listened intently to most, [...]

Everyone who knows me knows that the only reason I bought tickets to the Pitchfork Music Festival was because Frightened Rabbit was playing. Well, honestly, I saw amazing bands that I am so very glad to have had the chance to see, but really, they were all just the gravy on the Frightened Rabbit pile of mashed potatoes, if ya know what I mean. And as Sunday neared I began to quietly count down the hours until they would take the stage, praying for the sound to be good, for the show to be long, for no disappointments. [...]