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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.

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The Dutchess And The Duke: Sunset / Sunrise [Album Review]

In their somewhat self-titled debut, She’s The Dutchess, He’s The Duke, The Dutchess And The Duke popularized their lo-fi psychedelic folk with epic tracks like “Reservoir Park” and “I Am Just A Ghost”. With romantically-tinged dual male/female vocals, the duo of Jesse Lortz and Kimberly Morrison reverted to a sound that hinted at another time, one strife with protest and objection to the powers that were, at the time, seen as opposed to the greater good. In that, The Dutchess And The Duke were debuting at a very similar time mentally, and while their sophomore release Sunset / Sunrise may have lost some of the politics, it has gained elsewhere.

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Oren Lavie: Her Morning Elegance [Video]

Oren Lavie

Conceptually, Oren Lavie‘s “Her Morning Elegance” is one of the coolest, most unique videos out this year. An obvious dream-scape, one could imagine a similar theme in a Michel Gondry flick; it’s artsy but not so over the top as to be pretentious. Made entirely using bedroom props — sheets, clothes, pillows — the directors (Oren Lavie, Yuval and Merav Nathan) paint a vivid storyline that simply must be witnessed to believe. Lavie’s soft-spoken vocals, draped with a very Erland Øye-like backing electro-acoustic sound, make his music quite accessible and easily likable. Read More »Oren Lavie: Her Morning Elegance [Video]

The Sweet Serenades: On My Way [Track Review]

The Sweet Serenades

The demeanor of these two Swedish gents is a bit misleading, in their rugged jeans and flannel shirts. The facial hair and lumberjack tools don’t help their case. Contrary to the cover of Balcony Cigarettes, by The Sweet Serenades, the music is a clash of Swedish power pop and new wave indie pop. “On My Way” masterfully features pointed guitar riffs and plenty of cowbell. The quivery vocals have a minute glam vibe to them, which merely heightens the song’s greatness. The Sweet Serenades are definitely among Sweden’s top ten bands to keep an eye on! Read More »The Sweet Serenades: On My Way [Track Review]

The Swimmers: What This World Is Coming To [Video]

The Swimmers

The Swimmers‘ video for “What This World Is Coming To” is a bit of a mind-fuck; in other words, it’s about as whacked out as a Dan Deacon video but without the seizure-inducing color flashes and kaleidoscope imagery. The wild video mixing and cut frames wants to contradict with The Swimmers’ smooth-style of pop/rock, but it doesn’t. Oddly enough, it fits the selectively punchy keyboard riffs, the crazy percussion, and, of course, the hand claps. Always the hand claps. Read More »The Swimmers: What This World Is Coming To [Video]

Chimes & Bells: Into Pieces Of Wood [Track Review]

Chimes & Bells

If you listen closely, you’ll hear it. You may need to turn up the volume a trite, though. Throughout “Into Pieces Of Wood”, Danish solo project of Caecilie Trier (Choir Of Young Believers), Chimes & Bells is poised to explode. The tension is grating; it pulls at the soul. At the halfway point, the song begins its true build, and that’s where you hear it: a hint of experimental pop. It’s subtle, draped behind the epic powerful notes that are the basis of the song’s emotional anxiety, but it’s there. Read More »Chimes & Bells: Into Pieces Of Wood [Track Review]

Sub Pop Reissues Nirvana’s Bleach

Nirvana

Of late Sub Pop has been returning to its roots and dishing out a slew of reissues. It was bound to come to this; they’re now poised to give us a deluxe on Nirvana’s 1989 debut, Bleach, scheduled for a November 3 release and available now for pre-order. Marking the 20th anniversary of Bleach, the reissue will include a previously unreleased live performance from The Pine Street Theatre in 1990. Read More »Sub Pop Reissues Nirvana’s Bleach

Dial M For Murder: Fiction Of Her Dreams [Album Review]

Dial M For Murder

Listening to Sweden’s Dial M For Murder, one gets the eerie feeling that this could very well be how Interpol would sound were they to hail from the indie pop centers of Sweden. That, or maybe this band had a bit of an early youthful obsession with Bauhaus. Fiction Of Her Dreams is filled with new wave pop and similar deep, dark vocals often attributed to those bands. Read More »Dial M For Murder: Fiction Of Her Dreams [Album Review]

Emmalee Crane: Crux [Album Reveiw]

Emmalee Crane

Crux by Emmalee Crane is one of those ethereal atmospheric albums that you’d think would have a welcome home alongside masters like Windy & Carl on Kranky Records, but they find themselves on a small but budding San Francisco label The Streetlight Farm. Crux matches the power of Kranky’s drone-worthy artists, from the aforementioned to the excellence of Greg Davis and Gregg Kowalsky. And in that manner alone, Crux is an absolute success. Read More »Emmalee Crane: Crux [Album Reveiw]

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