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  Watch Frightened Rabbit Fancy a Shag on 'Conan'

  March 6, 2013 – Late last year, Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchinson described the Scottish folk outfit's recent fourth album, Pedestrian Verse, as "a genuine journey of discovery." Late last night (March 5), while baring second Pedestrian single "The Woodpile" on Conan, the earnest singer urged the audience to make a journey back to his quarters. Hutchinson turned in a fragile but muscular vocal performance, leading patient guita …
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  Frightened Rabbit, 'Pedestrian Verse' (Canvasback/Atlantic)

  February 4, 2013 – Scotland routinely breeds some of the most pure-at-heart songwriters around. It also routinely breeds some of the most self-conscious songwriters around. They are often the same songwriter. Why this is the case is unclear: Chalk it up to a quirk of the national character, or perhaps all the nice whiskey. …
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  Frightened Rabbit Talk Minor Chords and Major Labels

  January 24, 2013 – Scott Hutchinson named his band, Frightened Rabbit, after a tag he earned as an excruciatingly shy wee lad, but you wouldn't know it from the Scottish folk outfit's raucous live shows and bracingly honest lyrics. Hutchinson is also honest with himself. Bored with the same major chords and sad-sack lyrical worldview that he'd been leaning on, the singer-guitarist decided to push himself, hard, for the band's fourth LP. …
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  See Frightened Rabbit Look Rather Alive in 'Dead Now' Video

  November 20, 2012 – The new single from Scotland's Frightened Rabbit sounds upbeat enough, but its title gives a hint of what's to come. …
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  Hear Frightened Rabbit's Rousing 'State Hospital'

  August 16, 2012 – Last night, Frightened Rabbit provided a rousing first listen from their forthcoming EP of the same name, State Hospital, on Zane Lowe's BBC1 Radio show. Swells, screams, megaton drums — the studio version of the track (an acoustic take has been circulating online) finds the Glaswegian outfit remaining very much in character, both building and surfing crescendos as big as Boeings. …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Frightened Rabbit Cover Death Cab

  August 11, 2011 – Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison likes covering his favorite artists' songs -- check out his SPIN Sessions take on Neutral Milk Hotel's "Song Against Sex" for proof positive. Now, he's done a gripping solo acoustic version of "Different Names for the Same Thing," off Plans, the 2005 album by his current tourmates, Death Cab for Cutie. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  April 16, 2010 – Lots of people tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: ...while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!) This week's winners: Frightened Rabbit@FRabbits Why You Should Follow: These Scottish indie rockers are all about the wordplay on Twitter. …
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  Coachella Bands vs. the Volcano!

  April 15, 2010 – A volcanic eruption in Iceland has left British bands the Cribs,Bad Lieutenant, and Frightened Rabbit struggling to reach this weekend's Coachella festival in California. …
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  Mark Hoppus' Pick: Frightened Rabbit

  March 25, 2010 – When he's not commandeering the stage as the boisterous bassist for SoCal punks Blink-182, Tweeting wisdom to more than 1.6 million followers, or handling album production duties for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and New Found Glory, you'd think Mark Hoppus would turn down the music. Not. Possible. In our continuing series Hopp on Pop, Hoppus shares his favorite acts, culled from his incessant pursuit of all that rocks. …
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• Frightened Rabbit, 'The Winter of Mixed Drinks' (FatCat)

  February 28, 2010 – On the rousing "Swim Until You Can't See Land," the best song on this determinedly downcast Scottish quintet's third studio effort (dramatically produced by Peter Katis of Interpol renown), singer Scott Hutchison tells of wading out to sea while a scornful woman throws stones at his back. …
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