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.

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