Showing posts with label horrors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horrors. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Explorer 23 for June 2nd

And Good Day To You.

No major upsets this week.


01 03 03 We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices (1x#1)
02 02 02 Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
03 04 04 The Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
04 07 02 The Horrors - Who Can Say
05 01 05 The Thermals - Now We Can See (1x#1)
06 11 02 Fight Like Apes - Something Global
07 05 04 Dananananaykroyd - Black Wax
08 06 05 Neko Case - People Got A Lot Of Nerve (1x#1)
09 10 03 Super Tennis - Super Tennis Theme Song
10 20 02 Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
11 08 05 The Galacticos - He Said She Said
12 -- 01 Peter Fox - Das Haus Am See
13 17 02 God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night
14 12 05 Mastodon - Divinations
15 19 02 Noisettes - Never Forget You
16 15 14 The Joy Formidable - Whirring
17 -- 01 Wave Machines - I Go I Go I Go
18 09 05 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
19 -- 01 Bombay Bicycle Club - Dust on the Ground
20 13 05 The View - Temptation Dice
21 14 04 De Staat - Wait for Evolution
22 21 03 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Sugarfoot
23 -- 01 Ten Page Pilot - In The City

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Wide Eyed Explorer for May 26th

Back with a new list. First time ever a band has two songs in the list, and two in the Top 10 even. The Horrors are on their way to become a 2009 sensation and it shows. The Thermals and their O-A-O-A-O-O reached #1. Highest newcomer ever is Animal Collective with the appropriate Summertime Clothes. Ida Maria's song was re-released in the US and deserves to be in our Top 23. Enjoy!


TW LW #W
01 02 04 The Thermals - Now We Can See (1x#1)
02 -- 01 Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
03 15 02 We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
04 08 03 The Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
05 13 03 Dananananaykroyd - Black Wax
06 01 04 Neko Case - People Got A Lot Of Nerve (1x#1)
07 -- 01 The Horrors - Who Can Say
08 03 04 The Galacticos - He Said She Said
09 04 04 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
10 20 02 Super Tennis - Super Tennis Theme Song
11 -- 01 Fight Like Apes - Something Global
12 06 04 Mastodon - Divinations
13 09 04 The View - Temptation Dice
14 05 03 De Staat - Wait for Evolution
15 23 03 The Joy Formidable - Whirring
16 07 04 The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
17 -- 01 God Help the Girl - Come Monday Night
18 10 04 Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
19 -- 01 Noisettes - Never Forget You
20 -- 01 Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked
21 19 02 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Sugarfoot
22 14 04 Love Is All - Wishing Well
23 17 04 A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Wide Eyed Explorer for May 12th.

Hello again.

Besides our regular Top 23 also a review of Love is All (and Franz Ferdinand)


01 02 03 Neko Case - People Got A Lot Of Nerve
02 06 03 The Thermals - Now We Can See
03 04 03 The Galacticos - He Said She Said
04 03 03 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
05 08 02 De Staat - Wait for Evolution
06 05 03 Mastodon - Divinations
07 01 03 The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
08 17 02 The Airborne Toxic Event - Happiness is Overrated
09 09 03 The View - Temptation Dice
10 12 03 Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Young Adult Friction
11 16 03 Mark and the The Spies - Won't Work On Me
12 07 03 Lily Allen - Fuck You
13 14 02 Dananananaykroyd - Black Wax
14 10 03 Love Is All - Wishing Well
15 -- 01 We Were Promised Jetpacks - Quiet Little Voices
16 11 03 Jack Penate - Tonight's Today
17 13 03 A Place To Bury Strangers - Missing You
18 19 03 Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls
19 -- 01 Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Sugarfoot
20 -- 01 Super Tennis - Super Tennis Theme Song
21 18 03 Metric - Help I'm Alive
22 23 02 Andrew Bird - Fitz and the Dizzyspells
23 20 02 The Joy Formidable - Whirring






Love is All (and quite a bit of Franz Ferdinand).

Paradiso May 11th, 2009

Don’t tell anyone, but you can sometimes get into shows by big bands in the Paradiso by buying a ticket for a late concert in the small room upstairs.

At 21:55 I had my ticket to Swedish band Love is All scanned and went upstairs but apart from two people sitting on chairs the room was empty and the stage set up. Walking around I went through the doors leading to Paradiso’s grand main room where Franz Ferdinand was playing their sold out show. Going back and forth to small room I got to see the end of a great concert. Atmosphere was great and when they invited people onstage during ‘This Ffire’ it turned into an almost out of control party. Good thing they didn’t play one of their hits, never know how the frantic crowd would react to that. The band seemed to enjoy it and it’s probably a good thing they decided to do two Paradiso shows and not one in a bigger but less intimate hall.

The feedback of the amps was still humming through the old church when me and some other people took the short walk from the balcony to the small room where Swedish band Love is All started to play almost immediately after.

I got a ticket after hearing their second album “A Hundred Things That Keep Me Up At Night”, a collection of punky indie rock songs with catchy hooks and lyrics about the everyday things in life like messy rooms and seasickness.

Fronted by singer Josephine Olausson the band at times seemed to work too hard. The sound got messy whereby you missed the great hooks and funny lyrics. But Josephine is a warm stage presence and her English accent is charming. Hindered by the very small stage they didn’t have much room to move about, although I wonder if they ever really do. The drummer’s bass drum seemed to do the most moving.

It’s still amazing how Sweden can have so many bands that are worth listening to. Most of their styles have a layer of pop that can be at times annoying. Swedish music almost never has a sense of urgency and depth that North-American or British bands have. Maybe it is because life in Sweden is generally good and there is nothing really to complain about. The Blues could never have been started in Sweden, but at least they have quite a few good bands releasing records each year, and Love is All should be noted for their originality and for not stepping into the pop-trap that lured a lot of bands.

The show only lasted 35 minutes, but they did have Franz Ferdinand opening for them, what else do you want.

Check out their single Wishing Well, now in the Top 23