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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.

Coltrane Motion: The Year Without A Summer [7″ Review]

Coltrane Motion

Small town Ohio isn’t your typical breeding ground for great tunes; the term small town Ohio reverberates imagery of American flags and generic beer and church steeples. Coltrane Motion may have been birthed from these lands, but Chicago has since welcomed them with open arms. The group’s latest is a 7-inch single for their electro-noise-pop track “The Year Without A Summer” and its b-side is “Maya Blue”. Read More »Coltrane Motion: The Year Without A Summer [7″ Review]

Ben Kamen: Dreams [Album Review]

Ben Kamen

Ben Kamen’s music is filled with the mystery and subtle longing of artists much fuller in sound. One thinks of classically-based folk-rockers like Thee Silver Mt. Zion, for one. And while Kamen’s music may feature a plethora of instruments matching the quantitative levels of such groups, his music is beautifully quiet. Dreams may have come out last year, but its relevance is still new — it seems few outside the Pacific Northwest are aware of the bolstering happenings in Olympia, WA, and it’s a right tragedy. Read More »Ben Kamen: Dreams [Album Review]

Musette: 23 Oktober [Track Review]

Musette

So this discovery is slightly delayed, as Musette’s Datum has been out a few months now, but I’m getting caught up on a few things (namely, my inbox) and this is a band of which you are likely unaware. Musette is from Sweden and Datum is a recounting of Joel Danell’s piano tunes, all distinctly titled with a date, and prepared, originally, on piano. But, the recounting finds Danell recrafting the songs using violin, whistling, guitar, accordion and Dobro. The result, at least in what little I’ve heard, i.e. “23 Oktober”, is phenomenal. Read More »Musette: 23 Oktober [Track Review]

The Deer Tracks: 127SexFrya [Video]

The Deer Tracks

Electronic acts rarely have a horn or woodwind instruments, so The Deer Tracks are unique in that regard. Furthermore, the title of their recent single “127SexFrya” off their recent LP Aurora also finds the group standing out among the crowd. However, this Swedish band remains true to electronic pop by dishing out an intriguing video to accompany “127SexFrya”. Read More »The Deer Tracks: 127SexFrya [Video]

Pens: High In The Cinema [Video]

Pens the Band

Everyone is crushing on the distorted pop these days, and I guess I’m a part of the crowd. The latest discovery is that of UK trio Pens, and they just dropped an excellent DIY green-screen-ish video on us for the awesomely fuzzed out track “High In The Cinema”. True to the lo-fi, this band is less like The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, who are undoubtedly pop, and more like the lo-fi female version of punksters Japandroids. The video is simple, fun and extremely colorful. The song, as you can probably guess, is the same, and I’m sure I’m not the only one to dub it brilliant. Read More »Pens: High In The Cinema [Video]

Motel Motel: Coffee [Video]

Motel Motel

The music video can be a very expressive medium to convey a message, just as the audio itself can formulate an impressionable amount of emotion: happy, sad, hopeless, joyous. The best videos, of course, complement the song in such a way, and, in fact, embark on their own journey into the mind of the creator. “Coffee” by Motel Motel finds director Matthew Murphy doing just that, and the viewer is simply drawn into an attempt to discover meaning behind the imagery. Read More »Motel Motel: Coffee [Video]

Sugarplum Fairies: First Rate Show [Track Review]

Sugarplum Fairies

It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from Sugarplum Fairies, and the extensive time has allowed me to forget how fun this band can be. “First Rate Show” is off their upcoming release, Chinese Leftovers, out July 28. The song features hushed and melancholy female vocals, a lovely brass section, and folk-based indie pop. In “First Rate Show”, Sugarplum Fairies conjure thoughts of artists like Concretes and early Camera Obscura. Read More »Sugarplum Fairies: First Rate Show [Track Review]

moped10: A Walk In The Woods [Video]

moped10

Pop music comes in many forms, and moped10 demonstrates exactly that with “A Walk In The Woods”. Featuring extremely bouncy guitar and keyboard riffs, the perfect accompanying trap set beats, and infectious but often bizarre vocals, the song dabbles slightly in the experimental. And like much of moped10’s music, inches toward the industrial. Whatever it is, you can classify moped10 as 1: a family affair, as the video features what I can only assume is the husband/wife duo and their two children (aka the Moody family), and 2: an absolute delight. Read More »moped10: A Walk In The Woods [Video]

The Octopus Project: Wet Gold [Track Review]

The Octopus Project

So I really dig this; when I saw The Octopus Project perform at SXSW in 2007, there were no vocals, and while the music was entirely mesmerizing and the performance was completely amazing, this is a welcome change from that era of the band. Instrumentally, little has changed. It’s still filled with phenomenal harmonies that sift through multiple keyboards, loops, and upbeat percussion — and… can it be… is that a theremin there toward the end? Yes! Read More »The Octopus Project: Wet Gold [Track Review]

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