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Bright Eyes: Vinyl Box Set (2003) + Companion EPs (2022)

Andy Fenstermaker
February 10, 2022May 12, 2023

My affinity for the work of Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst dates back to the early 2000s and my college… Read More »Bright Eyes: Vinyl Box Set (2003) + Companion EPs (2022)

Fense’s Radio Show: It’s An Indie Christmas

Andy Fenstermaker
December 22, 2012May 19, 2023

Each year I shun Christmas music like it’s the plague. It begins too early, is far too repetitive, and, quite frankly, is a bit boring. That is, until this year. It began with “The Week Between”, a new track off One Christmas at a Time, an LP that finds Jonathan Coulton and John Roderick (The Long Winters) collaborating for a full album of original Christmas music.

A Retrospective Top 15: Best Albums Of 2000

Andy Fenstermaker
October 30, 2009May 13, 2023

I’ve decided to create an installment in which I do a recap of my favorite albums of the past ten years now that we’re coming up on the turn-of-decade – yes, 2010 is upon us.

The key: I do them one at a time.

I figure contemplating the weight of albums that have been instituted in my library for the better part (or even just half) of a decade would warrant a skewed opinion when comparing them to those released just this month. And, as these things are all truly opinion-based, well I just couldn’t have that.