Archive for the ‘FP Top 5’ Category
Frontier Cyclist, vol. 12: Chicago Edition
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: July 20, 2010
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[Today we're thrilled to have a Frontier Cyclist dispatch from Chicago, a city famous for da blues, da Bears, community organizers with big dreams, and last weekend’s Pitchfork Music Festival. The Windy City is also home to our own Frontier Gastronomist and her sage advice about pork chops. And as literary lion James Tadd Adcox [...]
Top 25 songs of 2010 (so far): Part V
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: July 9, 2010
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I have a tough act to follow. Actually, four tough acts. All week, each member of the FP music staff has compiled his or her top five songs of the year so far. And they are all scorchers. (Does the Dutch soccer team feel this kind of pressure since Spain beat Germany?) In any case, [...]
Top 25 songs of 2010 (so far): Part IV
Posted by: Frontier Funbunny on: July 8, 2010
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It’s not easy shoveling among favorites, especially with so much good music this year. To prep for this post, I surveyed friends and got recommendations from 3oh!3 to Lady Gaga to Frightened Rabbit, Local Natives to Flo Rida to Warren G. As I sifted among sometimes-favorites Suckers and Miike Snow, and do-I-like-this bands? such as [...]
Indiephemera Friday, vol. 12: Top 5 Independence Day Songs
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: July 2, 2010
This long weekend, many people flee the city and head to the beach or the country. Here at FP, we’re sticking to our mission of embracing urban life in all its glory, with barbecues in Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy, the Glass Candy show at the Highline Ballroom, the Argentina-Germany soccer game, and the FREE She and [...]
FP Top 5: Spy Edition
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: June 30, 2010
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Given the recent news about Russian spies attempting to pull a “long con” on unassuming Americans, we feel compelled to reflect through pop culture. Seriously, what decade are we living in? Do we need to fear the Russians again? For now, let these songs soothe your inner sleuth during the long ride to St. Petersburg. [...]
FP Top 5: Solo Albums
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: June 23, 2010
(Our Weekly Wednesday Countdown) As discussed in this space yesterday, the solo album is fraught with potential disaster; the covers of such albums alone can be enough to nauseate, repulse, and in some cases chemically castrate the viewer. Sadly, the most dedicated of fans often hold their nose, hand over their cash, and sacrifice their [...]
FP Top 5: World Cup Edition
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: June 16, 2010
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We have football fever and not only because the World Cup condones daytime drinking and FP editorial meetings during the Brazil-North Korea match. We love the energy, the competition, the drone of the vuvuzuelas, and the chance to celebrate what the rest of the world already knows as a beautiful game. While we were impressed [...]
FP Top 5: Throwback Albums
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: June 9, 2010
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In a key scene in the film Crazy Heart, a washed-up country singer (Jeff Bridges) strums a guitar in bed as he writes a new song. His muse (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is shocked to learn the tune is not a classic. “That’s the way it is with good ones,” Bridges says. “You’re sure you’ve heard ‘em [...]
FP Top 5: Covers Albums
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: June 2, 2010
(Our Weekly Wednesday Countdown) Since its incipient days, rock music (and later hip-hop and electronic music) has thrived on the juxtaposition of the innovative with the familiar. In no instance is this more apparent than that of the cover song, that guiltiest of pleasures. A re-working of a timeless tune allows a band to pay [...]
FP Top 5: Double Albums (2000-2010)
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: May 26, 2010
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(Our Weekly Wednesday Countdown) At their best, double albums are double the pleasure: musicians push the boundaries of their creativity and fans get extra time with artists they love. In a form that attracts the prolific, the experimental, and the indulgent, there have been successes (The Beatles, a.k.a. The White Album), catastrophes (Tales from Topographic [...]
