New Frightened Rabbit Album April 8th Painting Of A Panic Attack

One of RtBE's most anticipated 2016 releases comes out in a few weeks as the Scottish band Frightened Rabbit will be releasing the excellently titled Painting of a Panic Attack on April 8th.

A few years back when we were rounding up our favorite albums of 2013 in our Best of list, Frightened Rabbits last release, Pedestrian Verse took the top spot (and honor I am sure the band holds near and dear to their heart, quick side note we still listen to all of those albums regularly).

In our review of that album on Glide we mentioned the group really felt like a band, so we are excited to see how much better things have become with this next release. You can pre-order the disk and get a preview of some of the new tracks below:  

Looking back at 2013

Hey all, wanted to take a second to look back at the most productive year here at RtBE.

We know the end of the year is a whirlwind of things going on so we wanted to highlight some posts that may have gotten lost in the shuffle. All of our Best of 2013 can be seen following that link.

We hit up our favorite Artwork when it comes to albums here. Talked about our favorite live show here. Our Top Albums list was broken into three parts, First was here, next we start our top ten here and finally we finish it off here.

In looking back at some stats, seems our Monday and Friday posts get the least clicks (semi expected) but things aren't always as they seem. Proving the exception to the rule the most clicked on post of the year was our Full Show Friday airing of NIN Show previewing the upcoming Voodoo Fest. Hopefully people were as offended by the editing as we were.

That one beat out (narrowly) our review of The Pixies first release in forever. Thanks to WaxRamble for spreading the viral love. Google searches still bring the most people to the site (thanks!) and a big shout out to our Ukrainian readers, whose country jumped to second, in the category of "nation most visiting the site" (behind the USA). Not sure why or how, but Велике спасибі

The site has just been an outlet for us to write more and more, so thanks fo'realz for reading. You can always follow us here, hope your 2014 kicks ass all the way til '15! This is the year we go from simply critic to participant...more on that soon. Until then Uncle Neil sings it best....

Year In Review 2013 - Top Ten Albums - Part 3 (5-1)

Another great year is finishing up for Rock The Body Electric and we wouldn't be a proper music site if we didn't end the year with a "Best Of" list, so without further verbiage RtBE Presents it's third part of the Best of 2013 Top Ten Albums (5-1):

In the instance that RtBE has reviewed the album either on the site or somewhere else we will link to that review and just give a quick summation, just click on the name and title and you can read it.  RtBE worked with the Glide Team to give input on the their Top 20 so expect some overlap. Again the focus here is on full albums, not singles, but full releases you can slap on and listen to the all the way through.

This year was a bit of a down year for us, but we got a few that we feel we will still be reaching for many years down the road. While not as bountiful as 2012 these are all great albums and worth your time, energy and hard earned ducets, capped by a trio of animal's:

Year In Review 2013- Top Ten Albums Part 2 (10-6)

Here is Part 2 of RtBE's Year in Review of 2013.  (Part 1 was here if you missed it) Today we venture into our Top Ten List of Best Albums for 2013.

In the instance that RtBE have reviewed the album either on the site or somewhere else we will link to that review, just click on the Band name and title to get there.  RTBE worked with the Glide Team to give input on the their Top 20 so expect some overlap. Again the focus here is on full albums, not singles, but full releases you can slap on and listen to the full way through.

After the jump you will see our list for numbers 10-6, this year wasn't as rich as previous years for full length releases, but we will have to wait and see how the album's age. That is just one glorious thing about music and these lists, both are little time capsules.  That said these are all excellent and worth your hard earned money and hard drive space, so without further ado Click that read more link.

Year In Review 2013- Favorite Live Show of 2013

The live show is a slippery thing.  There are lots of variables at play most having little to do with the performance itself.  Does the venue have enough bathrooms?  Is it going to rain?  What day of the week is it on?  Did I have a shitty day at work before hand?  Did tickets cost waaay too much? All of this effects one's opinion of a live show before the band even tunes up and with reason, but when the stars align, there is no place RtBE would rather be then in the moment of magic occurring spontaneously from the stage.

Live Music Has No Equal.   

While we can't see every show that is out there we try our hardest to see as many as we can (and more then most) here at RtBE.  Sure there are a few left, we may catch Phish at the Garden, but for now here is a listing of of the best concerts we were fortunate enough to have seen in 2013, and one show at the bottom that took the top prize as this RtBE's 2013 Show of the Year. To continue our Best of 2013 just click that Read More button and get started

Year in Review 2013- Top Ten Albums Part 1 (The Just Misses & Let Downs)

Another great year is finishing up for Rock The Body Electric and we wouldn't be a proper music site if we didn't end the year with a "Best Of" list, so without further verbiage RtBE Presents first part of the Best of 2013 Top Ten Albums, The Just Misses & Let Downs:

In the instance that RtBE has reviewed the album either on the site or somewhere else we will link to that review and just give a quick summation, just click on the name and title and you can read it.  RtBE worked with the Glide Team to give input on the their Top 20 so expect some overlap. Again the focus here is on full albums, not singles, but full releases you can slap on and listen to the all the way through.

Today we are going to focus on the "Just Misses" of our top 10 and unfortunately the "Let Downs" released this year.  Here's hoping you like them, but also feel free to voice your opinion in the comments.  Expect installment 2 (#10-6) soon, but for now click on the jump:

Year In Review 2013 - Best Album Art

We kick off our Year in Review section of 2013 with a new feature in the Best of... area.  Like in years past we will be choosing our Best Albums of the Year, a few we were underwhelmed with and our favorite show. Today we are starting out by judging books (records) by their covers (vinyl sleeves, jackets, digital pics, etc). We are going to support the creative minds behind the Best Album Art Work of 2013

The biggest gripe RtBE has with digital music is not the quality (that has been massively improved the last few years) nor the disposal nature of it (still a problem, but whatever), it is the lack of amazing album covers and art work.  Sure there may be great artists out there but seeing it on a screen, in iTunes or elsewhere is nothing compared to holding an LP cover or even a CD booklet with pages of lyrics, pictures etc. The hours we spent staring at covers while listening to music can not be adequately recorded, it added new dimensions to the sounds...Anyways...   

That said there were a few covers/full on art that really jumped out at us this year, click that read more button to find out which one's we liked best in 2013