Friday, February 20, 2009

The Explorer 23 for February 19

It's been a busy week for me, no time to write anything, but there is a new Top 23!


TW LW W
01 02 3 The Walkmen - In The New Year
02 03 3 Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets
03 01 6 Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black (#2)
04 05 3 Dan Le Sac, Scroobious Pip feat Posdnous - Thou Shalt Always Kill
05 07 2 The King Blues - Save The World
06 04 5 Constantines - Our Age
07 08 6 Coconut Records - Microphone
08 14 2 Kasms - Bone You
09 -- 1 Animal Collective - My Girls
10 -- 1 Bloc Party - One Month Off
11 09 4 cityLIGHTS - Mashed On Fashion
12 -- 1 Santogold - Say Aha
13 11 5 The Soap - Drive In To My Sheet
14 06 8 Ida Maria - Oh My God (#3)
15 12 6 Dead Kids - Into The Fire
16 17 2 Le Reno Amps - Outlaws
17 10 8 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Hold Me Tight (#1)
18 19 3 Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves
19 18 4 Jack Green and the Band of Thieves - Man From Mars
20 20 4 Pravda - Body Addict
21 16 6 Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
22 22 2 Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
23 21 4 Lily Allen - The Fear


Friday, February 13, 2009

Explorer 23. February 12, 2009

No reviews this week, just the Top 23. Look us up on Facebook!


TW LW W
01 01 5 Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black (#2)
02 09 2 The Walkmen - In The New Year
03 06 2 Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets
04 03 4 Constantines - Our Age
05 13 2 Dan Le Sac, Scroobious Pip feat Posdnous - Thou Shalt Always Kill
06 02 7 Ida Maria - Oh My God (#3)
07 -- 2 The King Blues - Save The World
08 07 5 Coconut Records - Microphone
09 08 3 cityLIGHTS - Mashed On Fashion
10 04 7 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Hold Me Tight (#1)
11 12 4 The Soap - Drive In To My Sheet
12 11 5 Dead Kids - Into The Fire
13 05 8 Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus
14 -- 1 Kasms - Bone You
15 10 7 Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen
16 14 5 Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
17 -- 1 Reno Amps - Outlaws
18 15 3 Jack Green and the Band of Thieves - Man From Mars
19 20 2 Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves
20 17 3 Pravda - Body Addict
21 19 3 Lily Allen - The Fear
22 -- 1 Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
23 -- 1 Swelter - Saddest Meal


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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Explorer 23, February 5 - 2009: New Number One and 50 Word Single Reviews

Hello Everybody,

New Number 1 after three weeks of Ida Maria, and some new 50-word Single Reviews.

TW LW W
01 02 4 Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black (#1)
02 01 6 Ida Maria - Oh My God (#3)
03 05 3 Constantines - Our Age
04 03 6 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Hold Me Tight (#1)
05 04 7 Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus
06 -- 1 Fight Like Apes - Tie Me Up With Jackets
07 09 4 Coconut Records - Microphone
08 10 2 cityLIGHTS - Mashed On Fashion
09 -- 1 The Walkmen - In The New Year
10 06 6 Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen
11 07 4 Dead Kids - Into The Fire
12 12 3 The Soap - Drive In To My Sheet
13 -- 1 Dan Le Sac, Scroobious Pip feat Posdnous - Thou Shalt Always Kill
14 15 4 Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
15 14 2 Jack Green and the Band of Thieves - Man From Mars
16 08 7 Tunics - Cost of Living
17 18 2 Pravda - Body Addict
18 11 7 Holloways - Sinners & Winners (#1)
19 20 2 Lily Allen - The Fear
20 -- 1 Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves
21 13 7 MGMT - Kids
22 19 3 Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
23 16 7 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (#1)




50 Word Single Reviews



Fight Like Apes – Tie Me Up With Jackets
I would not be surprised to see this one at the top of the chart. Smart lyrics and some great hooks make this is a choppy, yet vibrant song. This Irish band sounds like a combination of American college rock and English indie rock. TMUWJ might be a new classic.

Dan Le Sac v Scroobius Pip feat Posdnuos – Thou Shall Always Kill
Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip and De La Soul, what a great mix. The song has been changed with new added lyrics. Maybe not as great as the ‘original’ but still a 9 out of 10. Best song ever recorded that mentions Mitch Hedberg, George Carlin and James Stewart.

The Walkmen – In The New Year
Organ/synth heavy song with one awesome sounding reverb guitar on which the song is built.. The video is as good as the song if not better, using old footage of the Nosferatu movie of the 1922’s, a classic German horror movie. This song will surely rise in the coming weeks.

Marmaduke Duke – Kid Gloves
There is something about animated videos that makes a song better than it actually is. Not that ‘Kid Gloves’ is not worth listening to, but the video is stunningly beautiful. Singer is also in Biffy Clyro, but I think Marmaduke Duke is the more interesting music venture he has undertaken.