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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]

Beaten By Them [Feature Band]

Beaten By Them

This one’s a bit delayed. Thrill Jockey released the latest from Beaten By Them, Signs Of Life, last November, but that doesn’t make the release any less significant. “Town Too Small” introduces the band on a more eclectic and erratic note, experimenting occasionally with time. But such nuances are the norm in experimental instrumental (mostly) groups such as this. Read More »Beaten By Them [Feature Band]

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]

Hayden: In Field And Town [Album Review]

Hayden

I’m continually surprised by In Field & Town. It’s been a good five years plus since I really sat down and listened to Hayden (MySpace), but revisiting his early record Everything I Long For, it’s easy to hear what drew me to the artist in the first place. Hayden’s demeanor on that record is one I wholly associated with at that time—mopey, sad, borderline depressed. But, in listening to his latest works contained within In Field & Town, it’s apparent we both have changed. Read More »Hayden: In Field And Town [Album Review]

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