Archive for the ‘FP Top 5’ Category
If You’re Feeling Sinister: Five Albums for Dark Days
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: July 13, 2011
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Did you hear? Casey Anthony got off! As much as we’d like to discuss the near-obvious bullshittedness of the trial and the pitfalls of the American judicial system, you probably got enough of that in the form of Facebook statuses. Undeniable and most repelling, however, is the nature of the crime for which Ms. Anthony was [...]
FP Top 5 – Prospect Heights Cafes
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: March 19, 2011
- In: Brooklyn | Cafes | FP Top 5 | Frontier Gastronomy | Joyce Bakeshop | Music
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As a freelance musician and writer, I’m always on the lookout for great cafés to be my home office. (Otherwise, I might never see the light of day). Below are my five favorite coffee shops around my stomping grounds – Prospect Heights – along with a review of each cafe’s coffee, food, music, and feng [...]
FP Top 5: No-H Jons
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: September 29, 2010
- In: FP Top 5 | Of Montreal | Pavement | Punch Brothers | Radiohead | Spoon | The Modern Lovers
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(Our Weekly-ish Wednesday Countdown) It’s no secret that, here at Frontier Psychiatrist, we’re really into guys named Jonathan. True, we don’t count any No-H Johns (or NHJs for short) among our staff or contributors, but we count many among our favorite contributors to the culture at large. For example, Brooklyn’s top NHJ, Jonathan Ames, is [...]
FP Top 5 International: Bands from The Netherlands
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: September 8, 2010
- In: Alamo Race Track | Darryl-Ann | FP Top 5 | Pete Philly & Perquisite | Spinvis | The Ex
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Here in the U.S., The Netherlands is known for few things: windmills, speed skating, the color orange. The nation’s musical legacy in America can be summed up as follows: Yep, they’re Dutch. Golden Earing learned a lesson early on in their career: when naming your Dutch band, best to go easy on the consonants. And, [...]
FP Top 5 International: Bands from New Zealand
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: September 1, 2010
- In: Flight of the Conchords | FP Top 5 | Pavement | Tall Dwarfs | The Bats | The Chills | The Clean | The Verlaines
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In its role as Australia’s bespectacled, mousey but kinda cute little sister, New Zealand has spent the better part of its existence eschewing the spotlight. Despite having legitimate claims to fame (such as being the first nation to grant women the right to vote, fathering the first man to scale Mt. Everest, or ranking 1st [...]
FP Top 5 International: Bands from Australia
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 25, 2010
- In: Cut Copy | Died Pretty | FP Top 5 | Scientists | The Drones | The Go-Betweens
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(Our Weekly Wednesday Countdown) Most American music fans are intimately familiar with the history of popular music in their home country and that of Great Britain. Occasionally a popular act will surface from less familiar shores (Sweden, Iceland, France), but for the most part we Yanks remain musically isolationist. Whether this is a result of [...]
FP Top 5 – Questions to Ask Before You Buy Wine
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: August 11, 2010
- In: FP Top 5 | Wine
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[Today, we're thrilled to have a guest post from wine enthusiast and entrepreneur Damien Casten. Raised in New York and trained in the culinary arts in Paris, he now runs Candid Wines in Chicago.] Before you set foot in a wine shop, answering five simple questions will dramatically increase your chances at finding happiness now [...]
FP Top 5: Girls and Boys Edition
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: August 4, 2010
- In: FP Top 5 | St. Vincent | Stars | The Knife | The National | The White Stripes
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(Our Weekly Wednesday Countdown) August has arrived. Yes, it’s that time of the year when layers are shed, pheromones fill the air, and girls and boys start making beautiful music together. Which gets us to thinking about the beautiful music made by girls and boys. In honor of the summer and its romantic pull, we [...]
FP Top 5: Beat the Heat Edition
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: July 28, 2010
- In: Animal Collective | Best Coast | FP Top 5 | Jay-Z | Li'l Wayne | Nelly | Queens of the Stone Age
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No, this is not about Lebron James and his $110 million migration to Miami. We mean the heat wave that has swept New York and much of the country, a.k.a. summer in the northern hemisphere in the era of global warming. In honor of the season, our favorite summer-themed jams from the last decade. 5. [...]
FP Top 5: Park Slope Cafés
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: July 21, 2010
- In: FP Top 5 | Gorilla Coffee | Newyorkestra | Ozzie's | Park Slope | Red Horse | Root Hill | Tea Lounge
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[Today we're thrilled to have a guest Top 5 dispatch from Park Slope, which may have more coffee shops per capita than any neighborhood in New York. And as our spiritual advisor Chris Landriau shows, the music at these cafés is both more and less than it seems.] Most Brooklyn cafés carefully cultivate their aesthetic. [...]
