September, 2012 | Frontier Psychiatrist

New York Film Festival 2012 Preview: 10 Must-See Movies

New York Film Festival 2012 This year the New York Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary. The NYFF50 launches tonight with the world premiere of Ang Lee’s fantasy Life of Pi and closes on Sunday, October 14th with the world premiere of Robert Zemeckis‘ drama Flight. As always, the annual autumn event at Lincoln Center...

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Good Carpenters: The Avett Brothers Live in Atlanta

Last weekend, the newly relaunched Music Midtown festival brought a host of national acts to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. The headliners were the Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam–and other acts included Florence and the Machine, Van Hunt, and 80’s revivals Adam Ant and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts–but I had gone to see The Avett Brothers....

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The Professional Performance: Brilliant Corners Festival Recap

It turns out that there is such a thing as a comfortable music festival experience. After an exhausting, disorienting and soaked (but successful) festival season, last weekend’s Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusement at Chicago’s temporary Riverfront Theater proved that a music fest can be as rocking as it is sanitary. All it takes are some...

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May Cause Drowsiness: A Review of The xx, Coexist

I literally fell asleep the first time I heard the new album by The xx. If this English pop trio were a meal, they would be turkey. If they were a kind of tea, they would be Chamomile. If they were a prescription drug they would be Ambien. And so on. But beyond its soporific...

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Same As It Ever Was? A Review of David Byrne, How Music Works

David Byrne’s new manifesto slash memoir, How Music Works, has been written many times before. Ethnomusicologists and philosophers, from Theodor Adorno to Walter Benjamin to David Suisman, have chronicled the historical shift from classical to popular music, lamenting it, praising it, and/or evaluating the societal changes brought about by it and its corresponding technology. Byrne’s...

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Baby Barbecue: Fiction by Suzanne Farrell Smith

To My Ex-Best Friend: Thank you for the invitation to your Baby Barbecue. The invite (not to mention the title) surprised me. Never would I have expected to be included. But there, tacked on to the lengthy recipient list’s tail end, was my old email address, one I stopped using three years ago, one you...

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The Fullness of Time: A Review of Zadie Smith, NW

Zadie Smith’s writing has certainly changed in the 12 years since her debut novel White Teeth. She takes more risks and has become more obscure, placing more weight on the shoulders of the reader to interpret her meaning. While her style may be off-putting to some, it does allow her to creatively describe, say, the...

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Fighting Chance: September Live Music in Chicago

The overwhelming nature of life in a world-class city presents a multitude of opportunities, for better or for worse. In the age of oversharing and over-reflection, isolation can creep up on you. it’s easy to say ‘fuck it’ and fall into the cold world of Cap’n Crunch feasts and Instant Netflix pity parties. In order...

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A Punk Rock Reunion: Riot Fest Chicago Preview

Our culture of nostalgia continues to rage on as Riot Fest returns to Chicago, this time with Iggy Pop and a carnival. After a serious expansion that includes franchise events in Brooklyn, Toronto and Dallas, Riot Fest has established Chicago as their flagship weekend. The lineup is firmly focused on appealing to punk rockers ages 25-45 who...

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An Interview with Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony

Django Haskins is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for The Old Ceremony, whose fifth album, Fairytales and Other Forms of Suicide, was recently released on their new label, Yep Roc Records. With his side project, a tribute to iconic 70’s band Big Star, Django has also shared stages with the likes of Jeff Tweedy,...

Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony

A Heavy Ending: The Demise of Hydra Head Records

As you well know, we love a great axe-man. A long running theme in our coverage this year is the rise in support for acts with huge guitar sounds. Though, in many ways, this has been a very rough year for the intelligent and progressive metal world. First, High on Fire and Sleep guitarist Matt...

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