We’re taking a miniature blogging break to celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year real propa like, but before we depart, here’s a round up of the bright and merry songs that made their way to our inboxes this December. We’ll be back in action on our SECOND birthday, January 4th. Hope you … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen The crowd was chanting “Lana! Lana! Lana!” This was about 15 minutes before they even saw her face. I had my doubts, but Lana Del Rey put on a spectacular performance, light years ahead of her SNL debacle last year. Her voice was strong and her fans were in total … Read more
When I hear the word “break-up” to describe an album, I think of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, Ryan Adams’ Heartbreaker, or Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight. You know, albums filled with songs that are mainly about past lovers, heartache, and your life pretty much starting over. Nicole Atkins’ new album, Mondo Amore … Read more
Admiral Fallow is a beeping awesome new band from the UK that is causing quite a stir in the land of the Scots. The band is fueled by young, foot-stomping and faintly maniacal singer/songwriter, Louis Abbott, who attributes his influences to the likes of Tom Waits, Elbow, Low and Mr. Springsteen himself. Our Jam of … Read more
Photo credit: Marcelo Biglia Rough seas they carry me wherever I go… The more I listen to Josh Ritter’s latest album, So Runs the World Away, the more I’m convinced it’s about one simple thing: refusing to stand still. So many times in my life I’ve struggled with this notion — to rest on my … Read more
Buzzing Scottish band Admiral Fallow just took a huge leap of faith. They have agreed to make their second show in the United States (ever!) the first show (ever!) promoted by our little music blog! The show goes down in Durham at Fullsteam Brewery on March 19th as the band stops in the Triangle after … Read more
Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit is already the master of dropping F-bombs in songs (he even does it on the new “State Hospital” and “Boxing Night“), so what’s next on the list? Well, how about creating a Scottish version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”? ‘Cause that’s just what he’s done on “Wedding Gloves,” which features Aidan … Read more
Album cover for Local Natives’ Hummingbird As we hang on to the last days of 2013, let’s have a look back at some of the words that were by spoken by artists we’ve interviewed this year. From talking to Pegi Young on her tour bus, to speaking with Local Natives’ Ryan Hahn via phone while … Read more
Well, another trip around the sun. And here we are. Again, we haven’t listened to every release. We haven’t listened to every genre. And we know many of you are probably tired of lists. But, like we mentioned last year, this is all about discovery. And again like last year, with discovery being the reason … Read more
Photo by Tim Richmond And in the limp through years of bored schooling She’s accustomed to hearing that she could never run far A slipped disc in the spine of community A bloody curse word in a pedestrian verse Frightened Rabbit’s albums and Scott Hutchison’s words have been with me in the best of times … Read more
Frightened Rabbit | All Photos by Jason Gonulsen You’ve heard it before: that Red Rocks Amphitheatre is a place you need to visit before you die. I can tell you it’s more than legit, a pure gem of a venue, offering natural beauty everywhere you turn. Experience it more than once if you can — … Read more
The perfect place may never exist may never exist Hard to believe, but it’s been eight years since Frightened Rabbit released The Midnight Organ Fight, an album I religiously blasted for a good four or five months. I still know every word to songs like “The Modern Leper,” “Poke,” “Good Arms vs Bad Arms,” “Keep … Read more
Grudges, I believe, are almost always based out of fear. Perhaps fear of truth, perhaps fear of there being no hope on the horizon. So, we hold on to what we can, creating our own myopic reality inside a world that terrifies us and holds us responsible to always respond. Get busy living, or get … Read more
New year, new music. And it’s coming, fast. Can you feel your pulse racing? All those albums that are about to impact your life. Because you know they will; they always do. 2013 will be no different. Here’s what our eyes and ears are on. January 8th Wooden Wand, Blood Oaths of the New Blues … Read more
Will you come back to my corner?Spent too long alone tonightWould you come brighten my corner?A lit torch to the woodpile high I go back and forth on my favorite Frightened Rabbit song. Some days it’s “Yes, I Would,” others it’s “Poke.” And then there’s “My Backwards Walk” and “Living in Colour.” Depends on the … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Our very own Jason chatted with Scott Hutchison, of Frightened Rabbit, about the band’s new record, as well as girls, a few weeks back. If you missed it, feel free to check that out here! But when Scott and his brother (and Frightened Rabbit drummer) Grant were in Carrboro, North … Read more
Artwork credit: Alyssa Shapkoff Want more? Check out the entire list of albums here. (And don’t forget about best songs here). Delorean | Subiza (True Panther Sounds) [buy] The Spanish electro-synth quartet Delorean has come a long way from its early punk rock roots. 2009 brought about this punk-to-dance transformation with the Aryton Senna EP. … Read more
If you’re anything like us at Speakers in Code, the music tips you take most seriously are the ones that come from musicians themselves. That’s why we started this here new feature, 10 to Spin, which includes a carefully crafted mix of songs by our (and your) favorite artists. We’re giving bands free reign to … Read more
Photo Credit: Katie Guymon “Are you really a man, or are you a bag of sand?” lead singer Scott Hutchison sang mid-way through Frightened Rabbit’s set at the Old Rock House in St. Louis. The opening chords of “Swim Until You Can’t See Land,” the first “single” off Frightened Rabbit’s latest album, The Winter of … Read more
Well, what if I am never thrown that bone?And what if this tear in my side just pours, and pours, and pours?I wonder if you’ve noticed that I’m not around…The loss of a lonely man never makes much of a soundFor the past week or so, I’ve mainly been listening to Frightened Rabbit’s last two … Read more
Photo Credit: Katie Guymon When I saw Frightened Rabbit in Portland last month, there were two things that left me impressed. One, Scott Hutchison is a heck of a front man. He’s personable, he has passion, and he genuinely gives the impression that there’s nowhere he’d rather be when on stage performing in front of … Read more