Baby Calendar: Gingerbread Dog [Album Review]
Gingerbread Dog is the debut release on HHBTM for this Florida trio. Baby Calendar has released before, but it was… Read More »Baby Calendar: Gingerbread Dog [Album Review]
Vaus: San Francisco [Video Premiere]
FensePost is excited to bring to you an exclusive premiere of the new Vaus video for “San Francisco” off The Floating Celebration, out today on Night World Records. Read More »Vaus: San Francisco [Video Premiere]
A Weather [Feature]
Portland bedroom pop group A Weather is back with their second full-length album and follow-up to Cove, Everyday Balloons. Though the album came out last week on Team Love Records, we’re just now getting a taste of what it has in store for us through “Third Of Life” and “Giant Stairs”. With these songs, A Weather shakes some of the bedroom softness for a sound slightly louder. The increase isn’t substantial — say, from a 2 to a 3 — but on the volume scale, it’s noteworthy. Read More »A Weather [Feature]
Dinosaur Feathers: Vendela Vida [mp3]
Last year, Dinosaur Feathers impressed me with their superior experimental style. Somewhere between electronic and pop, the band mixed styles familiar to bands like Animal Collective and Yeasayer, thanks to clever somewhat barbershop-quartet-like harmonies and tribal beats. They’re back this month with Fantasy Memorial, their debut LP and follow-up to Early Morning Risers EP. “Vendela Vida” is off the new album and it has hints of a Latin-influenced shuffle while remaining true to the sounds they defined on last year’s EP. This song is further proof at how stunning these guys are, especially when it comes to producing a sound that is truly unique. Dinosaur Feathers are absolutely a band to keep an eye on! Read More »Dinosaur Feathers: Vendela Vida [mp3]
David Minne: Pop Sarcastic [Album Review]
There is an unspoken comfort zone in underground music around the Pacific Northwest. We all know it is there, but we refuse to acknowledge it for fear of reprisal. However, when an artist invades this zone and tears down the walls, it’s becomes time for some exposure. This is just what David Minne does with his debut full-length album Pop Sarcastic. Read More »David Minne: Pop Sarcastic [Album Review]
FensePost Podcast Series: FenseCast #1, From The Garage
So this is it, the first FensePost Podcast. A few weeks ago I sat down and compiled a mix of various songs; some new, some old, most finding some relation to garage rock or garage pop. Hence the title, From The Garage. The theme is loose, so some bands fit and some don’t. There are sixteen songs total here, stemming from local Seattle and Portland acts on across the world. New Zealand, Sweden, Canada… you get the picture. Enough banter — listen to the FenseCast already. Read More »FensePost Podcast Series: FenseCast #1, From The Garage
Carissa’s Wierd To Reissue on Hardly Art
As one of the few individuals to own a copy of Ugly But Honest, You Should Be At Home Here and Songs About Leaving by Carissa’s Wierd (sic), let alone ALL THREE, including their super-duper rare tour album, Scrap Book, it’s only with a hint of sadness that I relay to you the news that Hardly Art will reissue all three of the band’s proper albums. But the probable decline in value of rarities is far below the excitement I have for all the world who has yet to experience what, in my opinion, is one of the most under-appreciated, well-deserved bands ever to have existed. Read More »Carissa’s Wierd To Reissue on Hardly Art
Air Waves: Sweetness [mp3]
You could snuggle with “Sweetness”; it’s just that warm and fuzzy. No wonder Dan Deacon told Pitchfork “The music she writes is like a favorite blanket wrapped around you” about Air Waves‘ lead singer Nicole Schneitt. Like everything off last year’s Air Waves EP, “Sweetness” is packed with sunny California guitar pop perfect for the beach. Rapid percussion and an equally quick guitar strum featuring pretty much just two chords, and the song is practically complete. Add simple lyrics that are filled with lovable hooks, and you’d be a fool to not like this band. They embody the term sweetness. Read More »Air Waves: Sweetness [mp3]
Portugal. The Man: The Dead Dog [mp3]
Portugal. The Man never seem to tire out. It hasn’t been a year since they released The Satanic Satanist, and already they will be releasing their fifth album, American Ghetto, this May. This promises to be another giant step forward for these hard working rock and roll vagabonds. Their first single “The Dead Dog†finds The Man running through another terrifying tale with a catchy hook and wonderful experimentation of instrumentals, the likes of which have not been heard of in some time. If the spirit and social contemplation of this song is supposed to represent the beautiful complexity of the forthcoming album, then we are in for a real treat. But who would really be surprised or expect anything less from these guys? Read More »Portugal. The Man: The Dead Dog [mp3]
Tobias Fröberg: When We Go To War [NSFW Video]
Tobias Fröberg mixes folk and pop with the electro side of both genres in his new song “When We Go To War”. The video compliments the song’s electronic elements thanks to outstanding performances by dancers Kage Mulvilai and Azumi Oe. Filmed by Shane Sigler and directed by Petter Ringbom, “When We Go To War” is a classic good versus evil, light versus dark, carnal and savage portrayal of the human spirit and its brute animalistic heritage. Bringing performance art into a music video is an excellent concept that not enough bands use to their advantage. The result is one of the best music videos yet this year. Read More »Tobias Fröberg: When We Go To War [NSFW Video]
