Frente!, trailblazers in annoyingly punctuated band names, were best known for their beautiful, fragile cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle", and had a lot of chart success in their native Australia and indie success in the US with the album that followed up that single, Marvin The Album . But as much as I loved that cover, the full album was unimpressive, a product of thinking too much in a fancy studio. Instead, seek out the Labour Of Love EP. It features both the hit New Order cover and the song "Labour of Love", but instead [...]
Half of an item has been crossed off of my bucket-list. I'm a monstrous New Order/Joy Division fan, and being able to catch Hooky on the small stage at the crowded Bluebird Theater backed up by a more than capable quartet,the Light, performing "Unknown Pleasures" with a few other nuggets was a tad surreal. Hook channeled his inner Ian Curtis and was able to nail some of those baritone notes in Mancunian glory. Peter danced away his early jitters and settled in by the second track shuffling his way from side to side with his trademark bass [...]
Frente! - Bizzare Love Triangle [New Order] | zs
Two superior covers of New Order songs today. I don't mean superior in the sense that they're better than the originals - although they are both wonderful and give the songs new leases of life - but in the sense that they're a cut above yer typical cover version. (Note to self: don't say 'superior' next time - 'brilliant' would have served just as well and would've saved all this unnecessary blather.) Anyway, where was I? Yes, two superior brilliant versions of New Order songs, Love Vigilantes by Laura Cantrell and Bizarre Love [...]
You really do never quite know what unexpected delights you might stumble across while rummaging through the racks in your local charity shop. Take yesterday, for example. Ambling through Tunbridge Wells I stopped off in the Hospice in the Weald shop, where I was amazed to find an Australian CD of an early Frente release, the five-track Clunk EP. And oh look! here's a picture of it (or one like it) now. Now, I'm not exactly sure how rare Clunk is, if at all, [...]
(+) (=) Via Pitchfork ... The Australian band that had a mid-90s alt-rock hit with a cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle"? Well, last year, former Frente! leader Angie Hart put out an album called Eat My Shadow featuring a duet with none other than Bonnie "Prince" Billy . The lackadaisical country-folk tune is called "Little Bridges" and you can stream it at Hart's MySpace right [...]
Miss Geo is a new singer/songwriter from Rhode Island over there in the States. When I first heard some of the tracks off her debut long player The Story, I could've sworn she was a local. You listen to her music and tell me you're not reminded of Frente! (For those that aren't Aussie or don't know who Frente! are, they were a massive Australian pop band that were big here about 15 years ago or so. Produced really great pop music). Miss Geo's real name is Abby Gutierrez, and calls her music a mix of indie pop, [...]
It's, like, three songs from the My So-Called Life album. Or whatever. *sigh* It's only the best angsty teen drama series ever (in my angsty perpetual teenager opinion)! Daniel Johnston - Come See Me Tonight mp3 Frente - The Book Song mp3 Juliana Hatfield - Make It Home mp3 Now that's what I call music. By the way, if you think Make It Home sounds suspiciously like Silent Night (which [...]
It's that time again. Just in case you're new to this blog, these Search Us posts are basically a semi-regular round-up of all - or at least some - of the more witless and/or entertaining Google searches that have found their way to this blog, together with some smartarse rejoinders from yours truly in brackets afterwards. It's one of our more popular features - which basically means that about three people like it. All clear? Righto. Eyes down, everyone! Katie Derham smoking (Quick! Someone put her out!) What happened [...]
Friday Five : \ ˈ frī-( ˌ )dā,-dē ˈ fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes and share my five and drop a little knowledge and insight for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, sometimes there isn't. Sometimes we have guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. [...]
this is the first of ten mixes i'm making for you, dear readers who won my little twitter contest. this one goes out to ellen, theme: summer & riding bikes & watermelon. here we go. frente! // labour of love elizabeth & the catapult // momma's boy festival // valentine rilo kiley // the frug margot & the nuclear so & so's // skeleton key maritime // [...]
Siguiendo con estas listas de los mejores covers según cada uno de los editores de Cuchara Sónica , ahora ha llegado el turno de presentarles mis favoritos. El primero es algo subjetivo porque soy fan a muerte de los Kings of Convenience, pero aún así creo que su versión es igual de buena que la original e incluso un poco mejor dependiendo del humor en el que ande uno. A Fionna es una delicia escucharla, Frente! consiguió su único éxito con esta preciosura acústica, Feist canta esta mejor que los Bee Gees y finalmente, [...]
After listening to Australian duo An Horse, I couldn't help but feel singer Kate Cooper's vocals reminded me of someone. Then it struck me, 90s Aussie group Frente!The band had a couple of hits, most notably a cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle".I know singer Angie Hart struck out on her own, but I haven't heard much lately.So this week I ask you: whatever happened to Frente!
I first heard Frente! when they played a live session on Mark Radcliffe's late night Radio 1 show in about 1994. "Blimey, these are a bit good!" I thought to myself, not unreasonably. In fact, I was so impressed with this antipodean combo that I went on to collect pretty much everything they ever released, obscure self-funded early Australian EPs and all. (Most unusual for me - I'm usually pretty slack when it comes to the whole 'completist' thing.) Frente! had been formed in 1991 by Angie Hart (vocals) and Simon Austin (guitar and occasional co-vocals), after the [...]
Hey PopWreckers, Happy New Year! Welcome to an Under Cover: New Order (for a New Year) Edition . In the spirit of a new year, new resolutions, new friends, a new president, and new world concerns, why not feature a band that is/was no stranger to artistic innovation and, well, newness- New Order! Often cited as influential to many indie bands and musicians that we all love, New Order pushed their version of 80s downer, electronica, and experimental alternative rock to memorable heights. If it's possible for any of our readers to be unfamiliar with this great band (::gasp::), [...]
________________ julie doiron // dance all night anna ternheim // black sunday afternoon cat power // metal heart my brightest diamond // hi, remember me the national // fake empire bella // no one will know el perro del mar // i can't talk about it basia bulat // heart of my own frente! // [...]
A few months ago I shared a couple advance tracks from Australian singer Lenka ( back in July ). I finally got my hands on a copy of her self-titled debut full length and figured I would share a bit more. While some of the album carries on in the same vein as those cuts, it also goes beyond it. I absolutely loved her cover of the Modest Mouse track Gravity Rides Everything , so I was overjoyed to find more songs that included her silky smooth sliding from note to note that [...]
Photography by DOLORES I like to think my mama raised me right, to always remember that anything I (as a man) can do, a woman can do (and often, better, as the old adage goes (hell, just see my baby and THAT become quite obvious). There are a few things I do really well, maybe even better than most men and/or women, but there are tons of things that most men and women can do better than me. It don't matter whether or not you got a penis (amirite, [...]
So who wants to Stumbleupon this post? Someone evidently stumbled upon this post which links all previous posts as well. Hmm.... Anyhow, this one features "Labour Of Love" from Frente's Marvin The Album . It is IMHO a seriously underrated 90's pop album. Then you have Mazzy star's "Fade Into You," which is simply amazing. MP3 | Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm MP3 | [...]
Para hoy tenemos a los Flaming Lips reinterpretando a Kylie Minogue y a Frente! con un clásico cover de New Order. Flaming Lips - I can't get you out of my head (Cover de Kylie Minogue) Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle (Cover de New Order)
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