Andy from the FensePost Indie Music & Vinyl Blog looks at the 2022 vinyl pressing of Maida Vale Sessions by Broadcast on Warp Records. The album includes four rare BBC sessions recorded 1996 to 2003, including one Evening Session and three Peel Sessions, one sessions finding home on each side […]
Did Marianne Faithfull really inspire Mick Jagger to pen “Wild Horses” off The Rolling Stones’ 1971 album ‘Sticky Fingers?’ In this video, we look at the lore and the legend of one of the hottest It Couples of the Swinging Sixties, and how the song may (or may not) have […]
Originally released in 2015, I take a look at one of the coolest pieces of vinyl in my collection: a 2021 reissue of Sprained Ankle by Julien Baker (of boygenius fame) that was limited to just 110 copies on 6131 Records. This is from the 8th pressing of the album, […]
In 1985, The Smiths released “Meat is Murder,” an album that connects the dots between various forms of violence that perpetuate our society. This is the story of that album and why it still matters today. 👉 Subscribe for More Vinyl Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 WATCH NEXT: ✓ “Suffer Little Children” https://youtu.be/tgrWNyeTfek […]
Andy from the FensePost Indie Music & Vinyl Blog looks at the debut 7-inch single from 2003 of The Start of Something b/w Dirty Version by Voxtrot on Cult Hero and The Bus Stop Label. In addition to doing a quick unboxing video on the album, he shares his story […]
“Fake Plastic Trees” is one of Radiohead’s most heartbreaking songs. But what does it mean? And how did Thom Yorke come up with those lyrics? This is the REAL history and meaning behind the classic song off Radiohead’s sophomore album The Bends, how they recorded it, and how it became […]
Kae Tempest is a poet, spoken word performer, novelist, and playwright from the Westminster area of London. Dubbed as the styles Spoken Word and Conscious under the genre Hip Hop, Kae Tempest presented their debut LP under their they/them pronouns in April of 2022. I have here that album “The […]
In January 2005, Bright Eyes released two albums, among them the widely acclaimed “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning.” This is the complete history of that album, a look at where frontman Conor Oberst was in his career at that time, and some of the events that led up to the […]
Andy from the FensePost Indie Music & Vinyl Blog unboxes the 2015 repress of The Noise Made By People by Broadcast on Warp Records. The Noise Made By People was originally released in 2000 as Broadcast’s debut LP, after having released a slew of singles, EPs, and a compilation or […]
Released in March 1965 as a US and Canada only compilation, is “Kinks-Size” The Kinks’ forgotten album, or was it just a label cash grab? This is the story of that album, why it was released, and how it sizes up today. 👉 Subscribe for More Vinyl Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 WATCH […]
