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Ducktails to release Wish Hotel EP October 23

Andy Fenstermaker
September 12, 2013September 18, 2013

Right off Ducktails‘ January release of The Flower Lane, the side project of Real Estate’s Matt Mondanile is back with five-song EP Wish Hotel. Immediately Mondanile lays it on thick in “Tie-Dye”, with a consistent cymbal ride, heavy beats and that signature laid-back vocal styling of which Real Estate is so fond. It’s a sound that blends electronic traits with those of psychedelic. Mondanile retracts from the direction he took with The Flower Lane, returning Ducktails to solo status. Read More »Ducktails to release Wish Hotel EP October 23

Fense DJs at Bumbershoot: The Playlist

Andy Fenstermaker
September 4, 2013May 12, 2023

Dev Sherlock from Hype Machine asked me to DJ a brief set at their Bumbershoot tent. The prospect was a nerve-wracking one: I DJ weekly at KSVR, but broadcasting behind the curtain of radio is completely different than being in front of people. Still, I said yes and put together a playlist.

The Young Sinclairs: You Know Where To Find Me

Andy Fenstermaker
August 28, 2013September 18, 2013

The Young Sinclairs are one of those prolific bands, always releasing new material. Featuring members of Eternal Summers, The Young Sinclairs actually pre-dates that band by almost half a decade. Rooted in their favorite artists from the 60s, I’ve always thought they held the folk-pop styling on par with The Byrds. Read More »The Young Sinclairs: You Know Where To Find Me

Crystal Stilts: Future Folklore

Andy Fenstermaker
August 23, 2013September 18, 2013

Crystal Stilts debut LP, Alight of Night, was released on Slumberland back in 2008. They followed it in 2011 with In Love with Oblivion. In between and since, they have released several singles and an EP, 2011’s stellar Radiant Door. But the band went silent after the release of Radiant Door, and we now know why. They will release their third proper LP, Nature Noir, next month. Read More »Crystal Stilts: Future Folklore

Robbie Basho’s Visions of the Country Reissued by Gnome Life

Andy Fenstermaker
August 20, 2013September 18, 2013

Listening to Robbie Basho whistle atop a mesmerizing piano melody in “Leaf in the Wind”, I am overwhelmed by the sense of peace his music creates. I can feel it wash over me, a soft calm the we in the Western world seem so adamant to forget exists. Read More »Robbie Basho’s Visions of the Country Reissued by Gnome Life

Wymond Miles preps ‘Cut Yourself Free’

Andy Fenstermaker
August 19, 2013September 18, 2013

Following last year’s breathtaking debut post-punk LP Under the Pale Moon, The Fresh & Onlys guitars Wymond Miles has now announced his sophomore follow-up. Again to be released via Sacred Bones Records, the previews Miles and SBR have given us prove Cut Yourself Free will promise more dark, soulfully moody tunes. Read More »Wymond Miles preps ‘Cut Yourself Free’

Teen Daze: Ice on the Windowsil

Andy Fenstermaker
August 13, 2013September 18, 2013

The latest track by Teen Daze, “Ice on the Windowsil”, is the first track to debut off his forthcoming LP Glacier. It features a surreal spacial sound, as subtle as it is dreamy. Given this, as you can imagine, it is far removed from his early work on Beach Dreams (2010). There is a feeling of solitude the song evokes, one of being at peace with yourself. Read More »Teen Daze: Ice on the Windowsil

Minks Release Sophomore LP “Tides End”

Andy Fenstermaker
August 9, 2013September 18, 2013

This week Minks released their sophomore LP on Captured Tracks. The new album, Tides End, sees the band progressing beyond their lo-fi, Joy Division-esque early days of By the Hedge. They’ve grown into a much more dreamy sound; one less harsh and abrasive than found on their debut. Read More »Minks Release Sophomore LP “Tides End”

Suns of Satan: Helt Heltinde

Andy Fenstermaker
August 7, 2013September 18, 2013

Suns of Satan present quite the paradox: their name alone screams a heavy, brooding darkness; something ugly and voluptuous with unpleasantness. This is not the case. Singer, songwriter and percussionist Kristine BjÃ¸rg Markussen fronts this Aarhus, Denmark collective, which creates hauntingly beautiful European orchestral folk-pop. Read More »Suns of Satan: Helt Heltinde

Jail Weddings Prep “Meltdown: A Declaration of Unpopular Emotion”

Andy Fenstermaker
August 1, 2013September 18, 2013

I first heard Jail Weddings a few months after falling in love with PAPA’s A Good Woman is Hard to Find, which became one of my favorite EPs of 2012. (In retrospect, Jail Weddings’ Four Future Standards EP should have received similar treatment.) What initially drew me to Jail Weddings was that Gabriel Hart’s vocal styling reminded me of the Daniel Presant/Darren Weiss collaboration. So much so, I had to look up the members to confirm they weren’t identical. Read More »Jail Weddings Prep “Meltdown: A Declaration of Unpopular Emotion”

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