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.
If you noticed an absence of new material on Monday and Tuesday, there’s a reason for that. I took a little bike ride; something called the STP (otherwise known as the Seattle to Portland Bike Ride). It’s a two-day ride spanning a little over 200 miles. I’m now hooked and plan to do two more large rides before summer ends. So seeing the song title “Let’s Go Ride Bikes” by All The Apparatus was all I needed to check out the band. Read More »All The Apparatus (Feature)
“Red Light Bulb” is an easy favorite off Madeline’s new record, Black Velvet, out now on This Will Be Our Summer Records. The song has a strong electric guitar, strummed powerfully and fronted by Madeline’s deep accented vocals. The song has a new video courtesy the always masterful Clyde Petersen, who recently produced under Do It For The Girls videos for The Thermals and Deerhoof and whom you can hear under the moniker Your Broken Heart. Read More »Madeline: Red Light Bulb (Video)
We learned with “Blind” that Hercules & Love Affair‘s style of music is obscure and, at times, slightly eerie. Joining forces with Antony Hegarty of Antony & The Johnsons seemed fitting, then. I don’t hear Hegarty in the new track, “Painted Eyes”, but the song’s accompanying video shows the band picking up precisely where their self-titled debut left off. Read More »Hercules & Love Affair: Painted Eyes (Video)
The music of My Brightest Diamond has always been a bit out there. It features a very non-traditional sound when it comes to pop music, oft with orchestral movements much more suited for classical music than popular. Add to that the eccentricities of front-woman Shara Worden, who’s blood runs with music – both mother and father were musicians as was a grandparent, all of whom seemed to have a bit of gypsy in their blood. Read More »My Brightest Diamond: Reaching Through To The Other Side (MP3)
I was pretty obsessed with O’Death‘s video for “Low Tide” from a few years back. The band has returned with a new album, and from it comes “Bugs”. The video for “Bugs” isn’t quite as creepy as that earlier video. Similarly, the song is a bit more lighthearted. Vocals are more restrained, but O’Death continues that wonderfully incessant percussive pace with emphasis on tambourine and banjo. “Bugs” is less erratic, but just as good as “Low Tide”. Read More »O’Death: Bugs (Video)
Joseph Zucco creates some pretty eclectic lo-fi experimental music. As off-the-wall as it may seem at times, he occasionally throws in a cohesive song much more accessible when compared to his norm. Track two off his Isolation Tape Night LP under the moniker Teenage Reverb is one such gem. The song is called “Weekends” and it is quite a surprise. Read More »Teenage Reverb: Weekends (MP3)
Hardly Art is carving a unique niche in the bands they choose to release. While each band has its own distinctive style, three primary types exist. A garage-y pop and punk sound, a folk one, and one most commonly likened to the bedroom. Gem Club fits the last, with beautiful, mystical piano pop. They are the latest to sign to Hardly Art. Read More »Gem Club: Breakers (MP3)
Listening to Pallers‘ new track “Come Rain, Come Sunshine”, I heard something familiar: the voice of Johan AngergÃ¥rd. To be perfectly honest, I had forgotten about his involvement in the band’s early single, Humdrum. What I do recall from that early single is light electronic dance music with trance-like beats and pop-like hooks. “Come Rain, Come Sunshine” fits that memory perfectly. Read More »Pallers: Come Rain, Come Sunshine (MP3)
“Under Water” is one of my favorite tracks off Acid House Kings‘ new LP, Music Sounds Better With You, out now on Labrador Records. So it’s exciting to hear the band and label are giving it single status (just released via Labrador on June 28) and a new video!
Read More »Acid House Kings: Under Water (Video) 
The beginning of “Summer Solstice”, off Crystal Antlers‘ forthcoming LP Two Way Mirror, has a few traits common with their previous Tentacles LP and self-titled EP. It has that same style of vocals that are at one moment stretched and pained, and the next calmed and elated. But it’s missing the prodigal chaos in the instrumentation that was so profound in that early work. No worries; this band still knows how to melt your face. Read More »Crystal Antlers: Summer Solstice (Video)
