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.
The Bimmer is back! Yep, that’s my beater baby, sitting pretty and lonely at around sunset on Friday night in the Skagit Valley College parking lot, where KSVR is located. A few vacuum leaks fixed and she’s running much better. I’m now awaiting a new vacuum advance unit, on its way from Germany. Once in, it should be tip top. Read More »Fense’s Radio Show: June 8, 2012
Damn. The Bimmer done broke down. Once it warms up, it refuses to hold an idle. I did some research over at BMW 2002 FAQ and found that it could be one of a number of things: a faulty ignition coil, a fuel mixture issue, the carb needs tuning, the timing is off… the list goes on. So yesterday I took it to the shop to get a once-over. Hopefully the damage to my pocketbook won’t be too extensive. Read More »Fense’s Radio Show: June 1, 2012
Another year down. June 6 came and went, and I dropped the ball. I missed FensePost’s 6th birthday. So tonight I baked a cake (gluten free, of course) and decided I’d take it easy by putting away my records (for once) and, instead, watching some TV. Time to gorge myself. Read More »Happy 6th Birthday FensePost!
What’s this!? A brand new video by Austin band Belaire! It’s for their tune “Resonating Symphony”, off their new full-length LP of the same name. The video was shot live by Dustin Eastes at the band’s release party for Resonating Symphony at the 29th Street Ballroom on April 21st, 2012. Read More »Belaire: Resonating Symphony (Video)
If you’ve been a long-time reader of FensePost, you know I’m a pretty big fan of Voxtrot. The obsession began upon the release of the band’s debut EP, Raised By Wolves. I quickly snapped up the 7-inch singles for the EP’s title track as well as the epic “The Start Of Something”, both of which have now been long out of print and are quite hard to find. Read More »Ramesh: Berlin Without Return
Dusted is the new project by Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck), taking his music creation in a totally different direction. “Property Lines” is the second track to be released from the band’s debut album, Total Dust, and it stands apart from other songs on the album in that it’s louder and more encompassing than most off the LP. Read More »Dusted: Feature
Hailing from Toronto, Lioness produces a hefty rock sound with a doom-like, anthemic feel on their new song “Clips The Wings Of Birds”. Vanessa Fischer leads with deep, dark vocals, backed by Ronnie Morris on bass and Jeff Scheven on drums. “Clips The Wings Of Birds” is off Lioness’s debut LP The Golden Killer. Read More »Lioness: Clips The Wings Of Birds (MP3)
Formerly of Here We Go Magic, Teeny Lieberson left the band to join her two sisters, Lizzie and Katherine, along with friend Jane Herships and make music under the guise of TEEN. The band’s new LP, titled In Limbo, will drop in August on Carpark Records, and on it you can find “Better”. Read More »TEEN: Better (MP3)
While I haven’t written about Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture directly, they’ve already become mainstays on both my regular playlist and on my KSVR / KSVU weekly radio show. The duo of Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille create quite a full pop sound for there being just two. Early on, I became a big fan of their track “Ivory Coast” off their self-titled, debut EP, out now on Father/Daughter Recordings. Read More »Pure Bathing Culture: EP
What to say about Kishi Bashi? He tours with Of Montreal and Regina Spektor. He’s a founding member of Jupiter One. A side project of his called Cop Gravy will release its debut EP later this year on Joyful Noise Recordings (the same label that put out this LP, 151a). So to call Kishi Bashi new to the music scene would be false. He is a well-versed, well-traveled, and in fact quite notable multi-instrumentalist.
Read More »Kishi Bashi: 151a
