Frightened Rabbit, UK Tour, New Single, New Album Coming + Siren Pics

Frightened Rabbit at Siren Festival (07/18/09) Photo: Jon Klemm “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” is the title of the lead off single from Frightened Rabbit‘s forthcoming record, The Winter of Mixed Drinks. Both the a-side and b-side of this new 7″ are streaming right now at the FatCat Records website, the official US release…

NY Jazz Festival Will Return in 2010, Dates Announced

A year after the departure of their major sponsor, the New York Jazz Festival will return on June 17-26, 2010 with the backing of long time festival impresario George Wein and his new sponsor CareFusion. For the 2010 CareFusion New York Jazz Festival, Wein will ‘accentuate the positive’ by producing concerts in partnership with some…

Pavement Announces New Zealand and Australia Dates

If you live down under and you’re a Pavement fan, I guess today is your lucky day! Pavement will launch their highly anticipated reunion tour on March 1, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand and then continue on to Australia. All shows except Golden Plains go on sale at 9:00 AM local time on Friday, October…

Bumbershoot Monday: Recap and Photos

Janelle Monae at Bumbershoot (09/07/09) Words and Photos: Drake LeLane Please enjoy Drake‘s recap from the final day of Bumbershoot 2009 below: After mostly holding back during Bumbershoot, the rain pretty much ruled the final day of the music and arts festival. With the ground already saturated from the late night-to-early-morning buckets from the prior…

Bumbershoot Sunday: Recap and Photos

Vivian Girls at Bumbershoot 2009 in Seattle, WA (09/06/09) Photos and Words: Drake LeLane Check out Drake‘s recap from Day 2 of Bumbershoot 2009 below: Day 2 of Bumbershoot was like the first in that the weather looked grim initially, but held up fine once things got going. Other than that, though, it was quite…