“Words And Music” by Saint Etienne came out in 2012. In this unboxing video, the FensePost Vinyl Blog takes a look at the band’s twelfth album and how it stacks up alongside others in the band’s thirty-plus-year career. 🔥 Get Saint Etienne on Vinyl: https://amzn.to/3Mr4mgA 🔥 Words & Music on […]
In October of 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins gave us Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, a wildly ambitious double album (or even triple album) that remains revolutionary 30 years later. To celebrate its release, they unleashed an equally ambitious launch including a record release show at the Riviera Theatre in […]
On September 9, 2022, Of Montreal released their album Freewave Lucifer. The FensePost Vinyl Blog takes a look inside the Polyvinyl Early Bird Vinyl Edition limited to just 1,000 copies. Take a peek at the cloudy yellow vinyl, the cover art, and more in this unboxing video! 🔥 Freewave Lucifer […]
When Radiohead created “Everything In Its Right Place,” it became the key that unlocked Kid A, both musically and emotionally. In the aftermath of OK Computer, Thom Yorke was crushed by fame and burnout, unable to write, frustrated by false starts and creative paralysis. Yorke’s block became an existential crisis […]
It’s time for an album review of The World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener by indie rock artist Chad VanGaalen. Andy at the FensePost Vinyl Channel digs into his vinyl copy of the Sub Pop Records Loser Edition on translucent gold marbled vinyl. GET THE GOODS: 🔥 Loser Edition on Discogs: […]
In 1975, Patti Smith’s “Horses” was one of the first albums to drop from the newly burgeoning CBGB scene. This debut fused poetry, punk, and rock into something entirely new. Recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios and produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, the album channeled the […]
Today I ask the question: Are Rough Trade Exclusives worth it? To answer, I unbox my 2017 pressing of Capacity by Big Thief and the 2022 Rough Trade Exclusive of the same album on Maroon Vinyl. Capacity was the band’s second LP and final on Saddle Creek Records before moving […]
In November 2025, Radiohead surprised everyone with a return tour, their first in nearly a decade after quietly slipping away in August of 2018. What was behind this departure was a blend of grief, controversy, and the feeling that they had pushed themselves too far. Thom Yorke’s previous partner and […]
Andy from FensePost talks about indie pop band The Lucksmiths out of Australia and covers the 7″ single of their song Untidy Towns in this vinyl unboxing video and album review. The single came as a split release from Drive-In Records and Matinee Recordings. The release includes three tracks: A […]
Nothing sounded like The Jesus And Mary Chain in 1985, when their debut album “Psychocandy” hit the airwaves. Brothers Jim and William Reid, trapped in the grey sprawl of East Kilbride, Scotland, transformed pop music into a weapon of noise, birthing a new sound. Fueled by attic 45s and a […]
