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French Kicks/Frightened Rabbit - Granada - 6/4/08

Posted June 5th, 2008 by Daigle · 6 Comments

French Kicks/Frightened Rabbit - Granada - 6/4/08
Hello again from Dallas, Douchebagfaces! Went out to the Granada last night for Frightned Rabbit and French Kicks with Rheinborg and Jill. You can view all of the photos from last night here. All three of us really wanted to see Frightened Rabbit so we got there early...like so early the opening act's opening act was still onstage finishing their set:

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French Kicks - Swimming

Posted June 4th, 2008 by Daigle · 2 Comments

French Kicks - Swimming
First off, I am not extremely familiar with the French Kicks; they have been around for 10 years or so with multiple albums, but Swimming is the first album of theirs that I have ever listened to. At any rate, I got this album not too long ago in preparation of seeing these guys on June 4 in Dallas, and if nothing else, Swimming is an apt title. With its echoey vocals, droning guitar, slow pace and spacey, drifting melodies, this record sounds like your head is underwater; or that you are sitting on a lazy beach. ...

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French Kicks - Swimming

Posted April 11th, 2008 by Rheinborg · 1 Comment

French Kicks - Swimming
French Kicks - Swimming - Vagrant Records - 2008 Right out of the gates you get a good sense of how this album is going to treat you. A lot of reverb guitar and ethereal sort of eerie vocal sounds. It reminds me a lot of the newest Kings of Leon sans southern rock infusion. I also get a bit of the Cure, oddly enough. All together the bass and drums stand out more than anything, even listening on earbuds the healthy dose of bass comes through. I gotta say though that the driving almost ...

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