Archive for October 2010
CMJ From A to Z – Part 5
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 29, 2010
Congratulations, this is it, the final six new bands in our CMJ Music Marathon (from A to Z). Today we present letters U through Z. In case you missed the first twenty, link away: Unicycle Loves You (Chicago) – “Justine” This eclectic groovy throwback harnesses trippy California canyon rock, adds a vocal (James Carroll) who [...]
Frontier Mixology, Vol. 27: The Sweet Vice of Martha Washington
Posted by: Roddy Rickhouse on: October 29, 2010
Differing views about the meaning of the U.S. Constitution have been flying fast and furious these days, with certain camps supporting the proposition that what our founding fathers intended should control how we live today. One might point out the particularly unknowable nature of, for example, what the framers thought about the interplay between the [...]
Indiephemera Friday, vol. 29
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 29, 2010
Here at Frontier Psychiatrist, we are often criticized for our lack of doom metal coverage and conservative punditry. Well, it’s time to put that judgment to rest with the following video clip: Yes, that’s former Republican presidential candidate and current Capitol Offense bassist Mike Huckabee using his valuable airtime to stump for power trio [...]
Frontier Videology: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 28, 2010
Two new videos that explore the limits of gravity, one from upstart R&B sculptor James Blake and the other from indie stalwarts Wolf Parade.
CMJ from A to Z – Part 4
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: October 28, 2010
Today, we present our penultimate alphabetical roundup of the CMJ Music Marathon, brought to you by the letters P through T. For more new music, check out Part 1 (A-E), Part 2 (F-J), and Part 3 (K-O). And tune back tomorrow for six new bands, from Unicycle Loves You through Zowie. Poofy and the Bus [...]
CMJ from A to Z – Part 3
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: October 27, 2010
- In: Band Profiles | Music
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Today continues the Frontier Psychiatrist alphabetical breakdown of last week’s CMJ Music Marathon, focusing on all the letters between Knock and Out. Check out the previous entries, and stay tuned for the rest of the playlist. Kids of 88 (Trenchtown, NZ) – “My House” New Zealand has had quite a renaissance in the last 10 [...]
Frontier Cyclist, vol. 25 – The Headless Cyclist
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: October 26, 2010
- In: Bikes
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Of all the ghosts they whisper about in the bike shops across the city, the most terrifying is the Headless Cyclist of the Hudson Greenway. They say that the Headless Cyclist was a racer, killed in a crash uptown in the 70’s, and that he cycles nightly in search of first aid and revenge. Those [...]
Slavic Soul Party! Rocks Rikers, Brooklyn, and Your World
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: October 26, 2010
As their name implies, Slavic Soul Party! updates traditional Eastern European sounds with a festive, contemporary feel: instrumental music that conjures carnivals and circuses, pep bands and klezmer bands, James Brown and James Bond. Brooklyn music aficionados may know Slavic Soul Party! from their weekly Tuesday gigs at Barbès; uptowners may have caught them at [...]
CMJ From A to Z – Part 2
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: October 26, 2010
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Only one of these letters will be discussed today Today we continue our alphabetical account of the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon with four under-appreciated consonants and one self-absorbed vowel. As discussed yesterday, we’ll be spending this week taking a comprehensive view of the alphabet if not of the festival itself. We hope you [...]
CMJ from A to Z – Part 1
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: October 25, 2010
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Were you overwhelmed by the volume of music at last week’s CMJ Music Marathon? So were we. CMJ crams a lifetime of listening into less than a week, with more than 1,000 bands at 75 New York venues, from no-names at small clubs to indie superstars like Phoenix at Madison Square Garden. To help cut [...]
