Explorer 23 For November 05

Almost killed by Cumin earlier this week. But enough about me, here's the list:

01 01 03 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
02 -- 01 Airborne Toxic Event - Does This Mean You're Moving On
03 04 03 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
04 07 03 Dodos - Fables
05 10 02 Little Comets - Adultery
06 12 02 The Dead Weather - I Cut Like A Buffalo
07 03 03 Pharaohs - Squashed Against My Wall
08 02 03 Cancel The Astronauts - I Am The President Of Your Fanclub
09 16 02 4 or 5 Magicians - Nice Little Earner
10 09 02 Wild Beasts - All The King's Men
11 06 03 The Holloways - Jukebox Sunshine
12 -- 04 Ida Maria & Iggy Pop - Oh My God Remix
13 05 03 Jay Reatard - Ain't Gonna Save Me
14 19 02 Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man
15 08 03 Young Rebel Set - If I Was
16 -- 02 The Boxer Rebellion - Flashing Red Light Means Go
17 11 03 The Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros
18 14 03 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
19 17 03 Grizzly Bear - While You Wait For The Others
20 21 02 Bombay Bicycle Club - Magnet
21 18 03 Ohbijou - New Years
22 -- 01 The Very Best Of - Warm Heart of Africa feat Ezra Koenig
23 -- 01 Johnny Foreigner - Criminals

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.

Explorer 23: January 29, 2009

No articles this week, just a list of 23 songs. Not only made by us but also by some of the readers. If you like a song on this list very much E-mail us your favorite 5 (or 4, or 3, or maybe just one). If you know of a recent single that's out but not on this list let us know as well. Better yet, leave a comment!!


TW LW W
01 01 5 Ida Maria - Oh My God (#3)
02 05 3 Tilly & The Wall - Pot Kettle Black
03 02 5 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Hold Me Tight (#1)
04 04 6 Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus
05 18 2 Constantines - Our Age
06 04 5 Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen
07 10 3 Dead Kids - Into The Fire
08 06 6 Tunics - Cost of Living
09 13 3 Coconut Records - Microphone
10 -- 1 cityLIGHTS - Mashed On Fashion
11 07 6 Holloways - Sinners & Winners (#1)
12 11 2 The Soap - Drive In To My Sheet
13 09 6 MGMT - Kids
14 -- 1 Jack Green and the Band of Thieves - Man From Mars
15 12 3 Emmy The Great - We Almost Had A Baby
16 08 6 Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (#1)
17 17 6 TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose
18 -- 1 Pravda - Body Addict
19 16 2 Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
20 -- 1 Lily Allen - The Fear
21 14 6 Red Light Company - Scheme Eugene
22 23 6 Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
23 15 6 Noah & The Whale - Shape Of Your Heart