Is it just me or do Mondays
kind of suck whether you're employed or not? It's as if I operate fine
every other day of the week but once Monday rolls around I can't seem to get
it together. Weird. Anyway, I need to advise you to go out and
see Ocean's 13, since it brings the series back to greatness, and to
completely love today's featured artist, The Explorers Club. The South
Carolina sextet are recent additions to the Dead Oceans roster and they have
what is shaping up to be a brilliant LP dropping sometime in 2008.
Yeah, that's pretty much an eternity away but I feel these guys are good
enough to stick in your head until then. Plus, you know deep down that
you want to be on the bandwagon before it's cool to do so. Enjoy.
:The Explorers Club - Last Kiss:
Remember the Beach Boys? Well, these guys have taken their sound and
modernized it for their own joyful pleasures. Sure, that almost sounds
negative but I mean it in the most positive of ways. This is one of
those songs where the band's influences feel as if they were taken and
sprinkled with charm before being emphatically filled with energy. I
can't say for sure it gets much better than this.
Clearly the
guys love to keep it retro and this video of them covering
Johnny B. Goode only reaffirms it. Be sure to
stay around for the agile guitarist who pulls off a stellar
back flip to conclude the entertaining performance.
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John Laird -
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