Explorer 15, May 30th

Vacation time so it took me a little longer than usual, but here are 15 new songs

Young The Giant - Apartment
Music: Well manufactured indie rock
Video: Band playing in a cozy environment

Little Red - All Mine
Music: Getting a little too Coldplay-y at times, but another fine Ozzie band.
Video: Skateboarding lonely through the streets of Melbourne

San Cisco - Golden Revolver
Music: Reverb on high, you gotta love Australia
Video: Old home movies

British India - March Into The Ocean
Music: Heavier Stuff, anthem?, third Oz band on the list
Video: Guys on speed playing scrabble

Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean
Music: Fleet Foxes
Video: Road movie

Deep Sea Arcade - Lonely In Your Arms
Music: They made the list before with the Zombies like Don't You Worry, similar style but more modern
Video: Don't adjust your television set.

Husky - History's Door
Music: Australia's Fleet Foxes?
Video: Band playing

Last Dinosaurs - Time & Place
Music: Really, I can't help so many Australian bands made the list, and yes 2:48 is a brilliant break
Video: Guys in nature.

Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know
Music: Starts very Darwin Deezy
Video: Young guys and gymnasts

Maps & Atlases - Living Decorations
Music: Old video, but the music is too good not to share
Video: Fake band playing

Herman Dune - Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Music: Vintage Herman
Video: By far the coolest video of today, also great that it's on Funnyordie, hitchhiking with a yeti! And yes, that's Jon Hamm.

Joy Formidable - Whirring
Music: Melodic noise is possible
Video: Let's move into a strange house

Beastie Boys - Make Some Noisehttp:
Music: Beastie Boys
Video: A legendary video already: Seth Rogan, Danny McBride and Frodo playing the Beasties, can you count the celebs?

The King Blues - Set The World On Fire
Music: Skarockpoprappunkpolitical
Video: Band playing and other stuff

The National - Think You Can Wait
Music: if you don't know the National there's something wrong with you
Video: For a movie, with funny bits

Explorer 23 For February 20

Seems to the year is really starting in February. Lot of new entries, including the entire Top 3.

Someone asked what the columns were for: TW = this week, LW = last week, #W is number of weeks.

Also back is the embedded list at the bottom


TW LW #W

01 -- 01 The Antlers - Bear
02 -- 01 Girls - Morning Light
03 -- 01 Beach House - Norway
04 05 02 OK Go - This Too Shall Pass
05 01 05 Vampire Weekend - Cousins
06 14 02 Blood Red Shoes - Light It Up
07 -- 01 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
08 08 02 Surfer Blood - Swim
09 02 04 Bettie Serveert - Deny All
10 04 03 Tocotronic - Macht es nicht Selbst
11 07 04 Jonsi - Boy Lilikoi
12 -- 11 Deep Sea Arcade - Don't Be Sorry
13 13 03 The Paper Scissors - T-T-Time
14 03 05 Tegan & Sara - Hell
15 -- 01 Yeasayer - Ampling Alp
16 -- 01 Washington - How To Tame Lions
17 04 05 Avett Brothers - Slight Figure Of Speech
18 09 03 Adam Green - Buddy Bradley
19 21 02 Los Campesinos - Romance Is Boring
20 -- 01 John Butler Trio - One Way Road
21 10 05 Kings of Convenience - Mrs. Cold
22 11 05 Philadelphia Grand Jury - The Good News
23 -- 01 Vampire Weekend - Giving Up The Gun