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The Helio Sequence: Keep Your Eyes Ahead [Album Review]

The Helio Sequence

Up against Love And Distance, there is virtually no recognizing The Helio Sequence we once cherished. Gone are the upbeat poppy keyboard riffs of “Harmonica Song” and the super-dance driven electronics of “The People Of The Secret”. Gone are the hip-swaying, feel-good lyrics of “Everyone Knows Everyone”. And there’s practically no trace of harmonica to be heard. Yet Keep Your Eyes Ahead holds its ground as, possibly, an even more profound album then The Helio Sequence’s 2004 Sub Pop release. Read More »The Helio Sequence: Keep Your Eyes Ahead [Album Review]

Young And Sexy Band

Young And Sexy: Panic When You Find It [Album Review]

As a young boy my exposure to music was limited to Oldies. I fell in love with groups like The Beatles and The Beach Boys. My father was especially fond of James Taylor so, naturally, I enjoyed his music as well. Growing older I became rebellious and searched out newer music sources, shunning my early loves and growing my hair to a painful-looking shoulder-length. Looking back at pictures of me with the less-slick Stephen Segal pony-tail make me cringe. But I guess we all go through such phases. I eventually came around to revert back to some of those early influences on my music palette. So why all this discussion of the music of old? How can that be relevant to a Canadian band called Young & Sexy? For starters the group’s third release, Panic When You Find It, does not sound like it was first released upon the world in 2006.

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This Is Ivy League: This Is Ivy League [Album Review]

This Is Ivy League

This Is Ivy League can be credited as the first ever FensePost Feature Band. Of course, back then the group was simply called Ivy League. The change came later. After learning several groups carried the moniker and that one, a 60’s English pop group, was still in existence, they opted for a change; states Ryland Blackinton, “Too attached to the name, we knew we couldn’t let it go so we just augmented it.” Thus, they became This Is Ivy League. Read More »This Is Ivy League: This Is Ivy League [Album Review]

[ingenting]: Punkdrömmar [Digital Single Review]

[ingenting]

I recently stated in a review that numerous versions of the same song played consecutively can be a bit of a put-off. Then again, we all tend to say things that side on being hypocritical. Yesterday I was discussing how the concept of the “band shirt” could be ridiculous. It was then pointed out to me that having a button on the tweed jacket I often wear to work is no different. And, then again, today I find myself wearing a Voxtrot tee and cut-offs. Perhaps it is not necessarily hypocrisy but poor communication. Read More »[ingenting]: Punkdrömmar [Digital Single Review]

I Was A King: It’s All You [7″ Review]

I Was A King

I Was A King (MySpace) is a Norwegian pop band with power pop tendencies. Their hook-filled songs are packed with lovable guitar riffs, noteworthy female-fronted vocals, and a very large sound. Their new single is titled “It’s All You” and it features a near classical, minute-long piano introduction by Sufjan Stevens. When the percussion and guitars kick in, and the song comes full circle, the feeling one gets is… well, powerful. Read More »I Was A King: It’s All You [7″ Review]

J+J+J: Spills That Kill [7″ Review]

J+J+J gets Married

With a sound that can only be described as the crack-baby lovechild of Gravy Train and IQU, a simpler explanation of J+J+J (MySpace) would be that they create interesting electronic pop music. And Spills That Kill falls right in line with both those statements. J+J+J is Joanna and Johnny, a wacky duo from Chicago. The third J is Jesus, as they met at a rock show in a church parking lot. But the music they make is anything but biblical. Read More »J+J+J: Spills That Kill [7″ Review]

The Inevitable Backlash: My Two Brookes [Album Review]

Inevitable Backlash

The Inevitable Backlash may have calmed down a bit on their second release, My Two Brookes, as far as constant intensity is concerned. But don’t dare say they have gone soft. You might catch a stolen bass guitar to the teeth. Their energy is the same as it ever has been. But, this traumatic threesome (four, if you include special guest the multi-talented Jason Borger on keys) is bringing the punk scene to it’s thighs with the new experimentation’s of garage rock, surf, and of course, the “I just nailed your sister while you were vomiting in the kitchen” punk movement. Read More »The Inevitable Backlash: My Two Brookes [Album Review]

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