The Explorer 23 for October 26, 2009.
Drums make it to number #1, lot of unknown English bands entered the charts, and one supergroup in the form of the Dead Weather.
TW LW #W
01 03 02 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
02 02 02 Cancel The Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub
03 10 02 Pharaohs - Squashed Against My Wall
04 05 02 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
05 01 02 Jay Reatard - Ain't Gonna Save Me (1x#1)
06 04 02 The Holloways - Jukebox Sunshine
07 22 02 Dodos - Fables
08 07 02 Young Rebel Set - If I Was
09 -- 01 Wild Beasts - All The King's Men
10 -- 01 Little Comets - Adultery
11 08 02 The Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros
12 -- 02 The Dead Weather - I Cut Like A Buffalo
13 11 02 The Madd - Good Evening Girl
14 06 02 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
15 13 02 The Galacticos - I'm With My Girl
16 -- 01 4 or 5 Magicians - Nice Little Earner
17 21 02 Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
18 09 02 Ohbijou - New Years
19 -- 01 Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
20 15 02 Sidney Samson - Riverside
21 -- 01 Bombay Bicycle Club - Magnet
22 14 02 Maria Taylor - Cartoons and Forever Plans
23 20 02 LoveLikeFire - Boredom
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Explorer 23 for October 19th, 2009
And yes folks, it's back by popular demand, the legendary Explorer 23! May not be as as punctual as usual, but it should provide you all with some fun.
And as always, e-mail the explorer at wideeyedexplorer@gmail.com if you think a song should be in this list or should be higher.
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01. Jay Reatard - Ain't Gonna Save Me
02. Cancel The Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub
03. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
04. The Holloways - Jukebox Sunshine
05. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
06. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age
07. Young Rebel Set - If I Was
08. The Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros
09. Ohbijou - New Years
10. Pharaohs - Squashed Against My Wall
11. The Madd - Good Evening Girl
12. Labasheeda - Two Too Late
13. The Galacticos - I'm With My Girl
14. Maria Taylor - Cartoons and Forever Plans
15. Sidney Samson - Riverside
16. Modest Mouse - Satelite Skin
17. Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone
18. Love is All - Last Choice
19. Danananakroyd - Some Dresses
20. LoveLikeFire - Boredom
21. Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
22. The Dodos - Fables
23. Black Lips - Drugs
And as always, e-mail the explorer at wideeyedexplorer@gmail.com if you think a song should be in this list or should be higher.
And most of all: Follow us on Twitter!
01. Jay Reatard - Ain't Gonna Save Me
02. Cancel The Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub
03. The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
04. The Holloways - Jukebox Sunshine
05. The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
06. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age
07. Young Rebel Set - If I Was
08. The Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros
09. Ohbijou - New Years
10. Pharaohs - Squashed Against My Wall
11. The Madd - Good Evening Girl
12. Labasheeda - Two Too Late
13. The Galacticos - I'm With My Girl
14. Maria Taylor - Cartoons and Forever Plans
15. Sidney Samson - Riverside
16. Modest Mouse - Satelite Skin
17. Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone
18. Love is All - Last Choice
19. Danananakroyd - Some Dresses
20. LoveLikeFire - Boredom
21. Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
22. The Dodos - Fables
23. Black Lips - Drugs
Monday, October 5, 2009
Zeus - Sounds Like Zeus EP
Zeus - Sounds Like Zeus. If Elvis Costello and Wilco would make music together while having listened to Queen all night it might have sounded something like ‘Marching Through Your Head’ on Zeus' debut EP on Arts and Craft. Cover of Genesis’ ‘That’s All’ is funny. Not an earthshattering debut but it’s at least promising.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Tallest Man On Earth - Paradiso Sept 29, 2009
The Paradiso upstairs room was sold out for a performance by The Tallest Man On Earth last Tuesday. The album “Shallow Grave” was one of my favorites of last year but and I was looking forward to seeing the artist perform the songs of the album live. For me it was the first time, but it turned out that half of the room had seem him play on the Lowlands festival earlier this year.
“Shallow Grave” is a remarkable album. When you listen to it you expect some very tall guy in a lumberjack uniform who lives in a wooden cabin somewhere in the mountains in the southern part of the US, surrounded by animals and trees writing songs about the things around him. With a voice that’s shaky but authentic with hints of Bob Dylan and a similar guitar playing style: all acoustic. I would not have been surprised if he was Will Oldham’s next door neighbor. But he’s not from the south, in fact he’s not even from the U.S. but from Sweden and his name is Kristian Matsson.
Most Swedish bands, however good they are, will always have a pop sound to their music. Even the punk and metal bands have this, and it’s probably because there’s not really that much wrong in one of the most livable countries on the planet. Trying to sing some sort of blues requires urgency, knowing why the song has to be sung. TMOE circumvents all of this by showing he has a good grasp of the same artists Dylan and other folkies listened to. Not for one moment do you know you’re listening to a Scandinavian. Prowling around stage during the instrumental bits he shows off great song after great song. It’s rare for a solo act to have a good stage show but he has. Running around, looking intensely into the audience he knows how to bring the songs. His command of English is also worth mentioning because where many Swedish bands can’t get over the accent (mostly the s’s) he sounds American, and also in his songs.
Matsson deserves more appreciation for his very authentic sounding music and hopefully next time, as someone in the audience said, he will be downstairs.
www.myspace.com/thetallestmanonearth
“Shallow Grave” is a remarkable album. When you listen to it you expect some very tall guy in a lumberjack uniform who lives in a wooden cabin somewhere in the mountains in the southern part of the US, surrounded by animals and trees writing songs about the things around him. With a voice that’s shaky but authentic with hints of Bob Dylan and a similar guitar playing style: all acoustic. I would not have been surprised if he was Will Oldham’s next door neighbor. But he’s not from the south, in fact he’s not even from the U.S. but from Sweden and his name is Kristian Matsson.
Most Swedish bands, however good they are, will always have a pop sound to their music. Even the punk and metal bands have this, and it’s probably because there’s not really that much wrong in one of the most livable countries on the planet. Trying to sing some sort of blues requires urgency, knowing why the song has to be sung. TMOE circumvents all of this by showing he has a good grasp of the same artists Dylan and other folkies listened to. Not for one moment do you know you’re listening to a Scandinavian. Prowling around stage during the instrumental bits he shows off great song after great song. It’s rare for a solo act to have a good stage show but he has. Running around, looking intensely into the audience he knows how to bring the songs. His command of English is also worth mentioning because where many Swedish bands can’t get over the accent (mostly the s’s) he sounds American, and also in his songs.
Matsson deserves more appreciation for his very authentic sounding music and hopefully next time, as someone in the audience said, he will be downstairs.
www.myspace.com/thetallestmanonearth
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