Bears: Greater Lakes
Bears are a delectable pop band out of Cleveland, Ohio that blend indie pop sounds with psychedelic instrumentation and the… Read More »Bears: Greater Lakes
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Night Genes: Like The Blood [Album Review]
Originated in Boise by Eric Ingersoll, Night Genes channels the likes of Tom Waits and Nick Cave with deep baritone folk. Accompanied by a trusty acoustic guitar, the songs Night Genes creates are light and playful – a contrast to the meditative and contemplative vocals and lyrics of Ingersoll.
Read More »Night Genes: Like The Blood [Album Review]Bourgeois Heroes: Olé/Hola [Single Review]
It’s been a while since we covered Bourgeois Heroes, a little indie pop duo out of Northampton, MA (Jason) and Austin, TX (Elise). Who communicate over that long distance to create the music contained within their releases. At the time, I likened the duo to melodramatic 80s bands like Echo & The Bunnymen. On their latest single, Olé/Hola, the band slips away from those earlier sounds and holds its ground steady in indie pop. In fact, here they side more with modern underground indie pop artists like Afternoon Naps. Read More »Bourgeois Heroes: Olé/Hola [Single Review]
Little Cuts: Plastic Disaster [Single Review]
With The Shins stripped down to James Mercer, Dave Hernandez has been free to pursue other projects. And pursue he did; the new band is called Little Cuts and it’s a bit louder than his previous band. A little garage rock, a little punk, and definitely up a notch in terms of volume. It’s a bit of a return for Hernandez to the noisier side of music; that which can also be found in former band Scared of Chaka. Read More »Little Cuts: Plastic Disaster [Single Review]
Turf War: Years of Living Dangerously (Album Review)
I love straight up rock and roll. Â Well, not just rock and roll, but the dirty kind! Â You know the type. Â The kind of group that harmonizes as well as the Velvet Underground, yet springs and bangs across a soundboard like Sonic Youth. Â Whenever this type of blend happens, you are sure to find something beautiful. Â Thankfully, this specifically happens on the debut album from Augusta’s Turf War. Read More »Turf War: Years of Living Dangerously (Album Review)
Thom Carter: Strange Dreams (Album Review)
He’s been known by many names over the years. Â For avid FensePost readers, Menhirs of Er Grah will probably ring a bell. Â For avid Thom Carter followers, March Rosetta, Black Crown, Minimal States, Needleleaf, and a few more names might seem a bit more recognizable. Â But, now, we have Mr. Carter directly in the flesh. With his most personal record yet, we find the rocket man who has hidden behind several different names over the years, spread out with a naked soul on his debut album under his own name. Strange Dreams is a perfect love letter for a career that has contained nothing short of a collection of musical displays of amazing ambiguity and “souvenirs and cigarettes” (as the man quotes) of one of the hardest working men creating amazing music today. Read More »Thom Carter: Strange Dreams (Album Review)
The Dustbowl Revival: Holy Ghost Station (Album Review)
Pour out some sweat tea, fire up the banjo, warm up the rocking chair, and get ready for some good old fashioned Americana rock that will easily set your soul aglow and leave you with aspirations towards shucking and diving as The Dustbowl Revival serenade you with some of the most perfect blend of blues, jazz, and pure down home American fun. Read More »The Dustbowl Revival: Holy Ghost Station (Album Review)
The Lovely Sparrows: Tall Cedars Of Lebanon (Album Review)
The Lovely Sparrows have a way of putting together words and music that make the band one of today’s leading folk-rock and folk-pop artists. With Tall Cedars of Lebanon, the Sparrows continue the trend they began as early as their debut EP, Pulling Up Floors, Pouring On (New) Paint.
Robin Grey: The Nearest Door (Album Review)
London’s finest breath of fresh air has returned to us once again. Â And on his third outing, The Nearest Door, the lovely Robin Grey gets even more personal than we have heard in the past. Â He has many a tale and lament to tell and confess. Â With his distinctively English vocals, and beautiful interpretations of earth, sea, and love, this folk hero soars to his greatest heights even succeeding beyond his sophomore release Strangers With Shoes. Â Which I will admit, seemed to be impossible. Read More »Robin Grey: The Nearest Door (Album Review)
Beneath Wind and Waves: Non-etre (Album Review)
Let’s just get this out of the way right now, if you ever use the line “you’re the sugar to my tea”, you should be getting laid.  Portland based singer/songwriter Shawn Lawson Freeman definitely knows this.  And when you sing and play guitar in the fashion of Sting or Justin Nozuka, yet have a real depth to your style that comes off more like Neil Young or a happy-go-lucky Elliott Smith, you may have created a “winning” combination.  And on Freeman’s latest project under the surfer friendly pseudonym, Beneath Wind and Waves, we find a master of simplicity moving in a direction that is both sea bound and earth friendly. Read More »Beneath Wind and Waves: Non-etre (Album Review)
