Harlem [Feature]
Meet Harlem, your new favorite garage/thrash band. Based in Austin, by way of Nashville, they recently released their sophomore album,… Read More »Harlem [Feature]
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Andy Fenstermaker
Andy Fenstermaker is a music lover, writer, marketing professional, and entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to sharing his passion for music with others. He is the founder of FensePost, a renowned music blog that has been sharing the latest and greatest in indie music since 2006. Andy has always been fascinated by the power of music to connect people, and he started FensePost with the aim of sharing his love of music with others. Andy developed a passion for music at a young age. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Andy grew up surrounded by a vibrant music scene that left an indelible mark on him. He attended Washington State University, where he studied Communication and Business. He holds a BA in Communication and a Masters in Business Administration. After graduating, Andy started writing about music and created FensePost as the outlet. The blog has a strong focus on indie music, but also covers a range of other genres including folk, indie pop, psychedelic, garage rock, and experimental. Andy and the blog relocated to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in 2020.
Beach Fossils [Feature]
I recently posted a list of ten bands that I should have checked out last year and there was an overall theme to the ten: several were from the Woodsist label. Beach Fossils has the sound of that label, and it’s no surprise; the band released a 7″ via Woodsist late last year. Their sound is packed with the fuzzy folk-pop jangle of bands like Woods and Real Estate and Fresh & Onlys. “Youth” is the band’s next single and it’s off their forthcoming self-titled release on Captured Tracks, out any day now. It’s a laid-back summer indie-pop jam, filled with jangly guitars and chilled-out percussion. Read More »Beach Fossils [Feature]
Birds of California: Great Expectations [Album Review]
You may recognize the names Tim Brown, Donna McKean and Stewart Anderson. The first two were key members of Lunchbox, and the latter is the Boyracer master drummer. Together, the created a new project called Birds Of California and filled it with hazy indie-pop/punk guitars and infectious, upbeat vocals. Rounding out the group are Amr Toppozada on guitar and moog, and Jeremy Goody providing horns and keyboards. “Great Expectations” is their first single and it can be found on the free digital single series from Tweefort Records. Read More »Birds of California: Great Expectations [Album Review]
Avi Buffalo: Avi Buffalo [Album Review]
Opening with “Truth Sets In”, we’re given a clean, almost simple melody. When the vocals finally enter at just past… Read More »Avi Buffalo: Avi Buffalo [Album Review]
The Mary Onettes: The Night Before The Funeral [mp3]
Listening to much of The Mary Onettes growing breadth of work, one gets the impression they are surrounded 80s LPs, and that this is where they draw influence. From Echo to The Church, Go Betweens to The Smiths, this band pulls all the right elements to create one of the freshest sounds around today. The latest tune from these Swedes is “The Night Before The Funeral” and it’s right up there with past hits like “Dare” and “Puzzles”. Opening with a heavy guitar strum which soon gives way to chamber-hall stringed instruments, “The Night Before The Funeral” isn’t so much a progression for the band than a tune complementary to their library. With The Mary Onettes’ blend of influences, it’s precisely what you’d want. Read More »The Mary Onettes: The Night Before The Funeral [mp3]
The Apples In Stereo: Dance Floor [Video]
Elijah Wood is the star in The Apples in stereo‘s new video for the song “Dance Floor” off their forthcoming (and highly anticipated) album Travellers In Space And Time. As the press release behind the video notes, “Dance Floor” will make more sense if you first watch “Exploring The Universe With Elijah Wood”. “Exploring” also features Robert Schneider of The Apples in stereo, and it provides great amusement. Half way through, Schneider hits a button suspiciously labeled “E.L.F.N.T. – 6”, which opens a portal to an alternate universe. In the alternate universe Robert Schneider is a musician and not a scientist. Read More »The Apples In Stereo: Dance Floor [Video]
Bowerbirds: Northern Lights [Video]
Bowerbirds create the type of folk music you could easily equate to being one with nature. It is above all the noise and shuffle of city life, just beyond the outskirts of small town life, and is that of the sustainable life. It seems to have a minimal footprint on this earth not because it isn’t popular or un-noteworthy, but because it is conscious and earthly. It is aware of something greater than the individual, something as great as a planet. Or the concept of pure love. “Northern Lights” demonstrates the culture this music radiates quite well. Read More »Bowerbirds: Northern Lights [Video]
Psalmships: Kronotsky [Album Review]
Kronotsky by Psalmships opens with a soft hum that remains so throughout opening track “Resurrectionist”, building and growing subtly with the clash of post-rock drone meets minimalist folk. It’s a slight departure from the true minimalism of which those familiar with Josh Britton’s music know well, and it continues in “Smaller Constellation”, a song title pulled from an album Britton released under earlier moniker The Sweetheart Parade. Combining the world of drone-friendly folk with the sensibilities of ethereal minimalist drone may not seem groundbreaking, but they are in Kronotsky. The album has an eerie nature to it that is downright haunting. Read More »Psalmships: Kronotsky [Album Review]
Small Black: Despicable Dogs [Video]
I found this Small Black video in the trove of videos on the Jagjaguar, Secretly Canadian, Dead Oceans collective Vimeo page. Small Black creates fuzzy lo-fi electronic pop in the vein of romance and various other pleasantries, and “Despicable Dogs” fits the description well. I love the dreamy nature the song takes throughout its four minute melody and cacophony. There’s beauty in dissonant harmony, and Small Black knows how to exploit this fact. The video appears to be a tribute to aging surfers stuck in the late 70s and early 80s with awesome Hulk Hogan mustaches and blond mops of hair. Read More »Small Black: Despicable Dogs [Video]
Salmon Thrasher CD Discharge Party
It’s finally here — the Salmon Thrasher debut CD release party. Although they’re calling it a “discharge” party, which conjures all sorts of unpleasant images. But then again, they are a band named Salmon Thrasher, so what can you expect?. The debut album is called What Gives and you can pick it up over at their bankcamp page. The “Discharge Party” kicks off at 9pm this Saturday (April 17) at Blue Moon Tavern. The band will play with My Goodness and Police Teeth. Read More »Salmon Thrasher CD Discharge Party
