Archive for April 2010
Frontier Anglophilia: Kate Nash
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 30, 2010
Oh, Kate Nash. We reveled in your 2007 debut Made of Bricks, with your chirpy, British-accented tales of disappointment in love and loser guys who get sick on your trainers [American: Sneakers]. Nash’s sophomore album, My Best Friend is You, brings more of the same, plus some lush strings and horns, thanks to production by [...]
Frontier Mixology, vol. 3: The Tale of Joe Cool and the Jack Rose
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 30, 2010
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(Come for the drinks, Stay for the music) Joe Montana might wear those stupid “exercise” shoes these days, but we all know that’s just for the cash. Back in the day, he was one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time, rivaling Dan Marino and John Elway for a spot on the bedroom wall [...]
Sweden: The New Brooklyn?
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 29, 2010
There has been a great deal written regarding the explosion of indie music from Sweden over the last five years, and understandably so; from The Knife to Peter Bjorn & John to, most recently, The Tallest Man on Earth, Swedish artists have increasingly become American critical darlings. Indeed, to read much that has been written, [...]
Frontier Videology
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 28, 2010
Some words of encouragement to the citizens of Barcelona today after their home team’s crushing loss to Inter Milan. Apologies to our significant Madrileña fanbase: (p.s. – they’re actually Swedish)
Wild At Heart
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 28, 2010
At the time of his recent passing, Sparklehorse mastermind Mark Linkous (briefly memorialized in an earlier post) had completed work on a collaborative project with Danger Mouse and David Lynch called Dark Night of the Soul. After a protracted legal battle with EMI records, the record is set for (now posthumous) release on July 13 [...]
Love Letter to the Beat
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 27, 2010
Speaking of love, here’s the latest from Lupe Fiasco: “Love Letter to the Beat.” Featuring Alicia Keys and produced by Chad Hugo of the Neptunes, this track may be on the forthcoming album Lasers. LF is now on tour with B.o.B, whose album was released today. (See this morning’s FP post for the B.o.B. Vampire [...]
Love’s Labour’s Lost but not Forgotten
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 27, 2010
Last weekend I found myself sitting in the back of a tony Brooklyn brunch spot. As I awaited the arrival of my gruyere omelette (oh god, is this really what we’re like?), I heard a song in the background that was so recognizable to me I barely noticed it: The song was “Meaningless” of the [...]
Mashup Follow-up
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: April 27, 2010
Apropos of yesterday’s post: the track below, while not a mashup in the proper sense, is representative of the highly collaborative, multi-genre nature in which pop music is currently traveling. The music of Atlanta rapper B.o.B. has been everywhere recently with the exception of record stores. His debut album B.o.B. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby [...]
Ava Luna
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: April 27, 2010
We like Ava Luna here at FP. Maybe it’s the soulful, breathy, wobbly lead vocals of Carlos Hernandez. Maybe it’s the backup singers who seem ready to battle the ladies from the Dirty Projectors. Or maybe it’s because they recorded their feel-good, fuzzed-out tunes in a Korean Methodist Church in Gravesend. For the next few [...]
