I have an announcement to make: I am changing my name to The Smiths.
This is a story of two bands I love: Belle And Sebastian and The Smiths. And it’s origins trace back to 1988. I’ll tell you how in a moment. But first…
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Alright, so there’s really no one way to do pretty much anything under the sun. That includes “How to Shop on Discogs” — there really is no RIGHT way. But this post is about how I shop and how I recommend shopping on the music marketplace platform.
It’s also about how this method led me to discover a side project of a band I deem to be one of the greats: The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
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This news burst onto my feed earlier last week: Harry, I’m going to let you in on a little secret:… Read More »Chromatics Join Twin Peaks Reboot, Continue to Tease “Dear Johnny”
After 6 full years of nothing new by Fleet Foxes, they return in 2017 with their third LP, Crack-Up on… Read More »Crack-Up with Fleet Foxes: “Third of May” is a Little Early.
This is the first chapter of my new Formative series, in which I recount in long form how certain artists… Read More »Formative, Chapter 1: Death Cab For Cutie
This is the introduction of my new Formative series in which I recount, somewhat autobiographically, how an artist or band… Read More »Formative: The Prelude to a Musical Autobiography
Last week a package arrived in the mail and the completist in me went absolutely apeshit. Years after its original… Read More »Voxtrot: Berin, Without Return (or, The Completist in Me Just Went Nuts)
No, eleven isn’t just a play on my favorite new TV show of 2016, Stranger Things. It’s a reminder to… Read More »Eleven: The Path Forward
I can count on two hands the number of posts FensePost has published in the past two months. The same for the two months before that, and on back for likely six to eight months. For a blog that once prided itself on near daily posts for seven years, this is far from the norm.
So, where has FensePost gone?
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