
You've got to wait until 2008 for the album, but here's a taste: The Explorer's Club - Last Kiss What does it all mean? Check The Explorer's Club myspace page for details. There's an EP in the works for a bit later this year. Let's hope the album spreads its wings and produces more than just Beach Boys influenced pop. It could be very sweet indeed. TechTag: Music

Remember back in February when our SXSW report drooled all over a little no-namer called The Explorers Club ? Well guess what? Apparently Dead Oceans (aka best label ever Jagjaguwar's little sister) is as gone on this little band as we are, because they've signed on to put out their next record. YES! The South Carolina six-piece may not exactly be mining any new territory, but their windy-haired Beach Boys / Left Banke / Zombies vibe is so dead on - so authentically dreamy-eyed in [...]

Dead Oceans will be releasing new material from the Explorers Club , first with a single this fall, followed by their debut album in early 2008. One could totally dismiss the song "Last Kiss" as these guys as a Beach Boys rip-off, but the funny thing is they're not from southern California, but from the other side- Charleston, South Carolina. And finally we got music to feel good vibes again for the summer. mp3: The Explorers Club- "Last Kiss" [...]
Der Küchenchef empfiehlt heute dieses MP3-Menü: The Explorers Club – Beach Boys-esker Indiepop aus den USA. MP3-Download The Explorers Club «Forever» The Northern Territories – Atmosphärische Ambient- und Shoegaze-Mischung für dunkle Sommerabende. MP3-Download The Northern Territories «Midnight ambulance» MP3-Download The Northern Territories «Flying quietly» Handsome Furs – ein kanadisches Duo auf Sub Pop, das sich der etwas schrägen Indiemusik verschrieben hat; ihren besten und poppigsten Song [...]
I'm not saying I'm proud that these guys killed Brian Wilson, and dragged his corpse and piano/sandbox back to their secret Explorer's Club Lair to ritualistically gorge themselves on his still-beating heart. But if that's what it took to write these songs, who are we to question their means? Unlike other groups who draw their inspiration from one, and only one band, The Explorer's Club both sounds exactly like the target of their unhealthy deviant fixation and write songs that are damn near close to the Beach Boys at their [...]

Alright, I'm down in Austin, TX for SXSW 2007 . It's been a great, hectic day. We got a room, a little more away than what's ideal, but it's not too bad. B.Chaps and I met up with Chris and headed down to 6th Street to eat. We journeyed around afterwards, in the pouring rain, and finally ended up at Club DeVille ...one of the homes of The blogger curated party, Hot Freaks! . [...]

I am not sure if I am kranky and not having any imagination picking up songs but a)I had a bad weekend and b) I just finished downloading the entire pop sxsw sampler. Then I tried to build relaxing list. This is what I find. It's Lionel Richie , Debbie gibson , The Beach Boys , The Eagles (ahhhh..).It's the return of 80's... Think New Order and big soulder pad. onoo ... This can't be happening. But don't get discourage. I am only 1/3 through the pop [...]
well, i'm gonna try this again... i am so excited about sxsw this year i can hardly contain myself. my list of bands to see is quite extensive, so here's my best abridged version (in paragraph form because it looks shorter that way): Howie beck , Illinois , Sea Wolf, Division Day, The Waiting Hurt, The Blue Van , Jeremy Warmsley , The Futurists, Lonely, Dear, Voxtrot , Oh No! Oh My! , The 1900s , Birdmonster, Paul Duncan , Tacks, The Boy Disaster, Sparklehorse, [...]

It's always exciting when South by Southwest announces its schedule and posts songs by many of the bands that will be appearing at the festival. I just spent several--okay, six--pleasant hours making my way through the entire list from Aa to zZz (I skipped +/- because they didn't provide a sample mp3). I admit I didn't listen to every single song. Certain categories didn't really interest me, not yet at least. But I did give ear to everything labelled rock and pop that I didn't [...]

Powered by fileden , we got mixtapes. Hopefully you're using Firefox and its most bonzai extension, DownThemAll! 1. "On a Misty Morning" - Catherine Howe This woman apparently is a 70's English folk singer. She is also still alive in this decade. Props. I gotta think Newsom has listened to her. She has a much more mainstream voice. Listen to this track while on drugs if you can. 2. "Pretty Good Year" - Tori Amos [...]

New England 17, Chicago 13 Tom Brady, on Gillette stadium's new FieldTurf, shook Brian Urlacher out of his jock this weekend on the game-winning touchdown drive. That was about the only thing of beauty in this game. Nine turnovers between the two teams. Asante Samuel accounted for three picks of Rex Grossman. Time for the Bears to think about sitting Grossman down for a game and seeing what else they have. Grossman has gone from unreal to nightmare in no time flat. The Patriots lost Junior Seau for [...]