Back in May Charleston, South Carolina's The Explorers Club did some serious time traveling with their album Freedom Wind . Some modern bands have that 60s pop influence floating through their tunes, but The Explorers Club have captured that era of sound and reproduced beautifully on this album. Clearly they have a strong obsession with bands like the Beach Boys and The Zombies because you co...
This is wonderful Beach Boys music. As one reviewer put it, it's like "a brand new Beach Boys album from an alternate reality". If you were, or are a fan of the Boys, you will love this CD. There are only a few tracks on it (including the title track) that don't sound like they came straight off a vintage Beach Boys album, such as Pet Sounds. This band is to The Beach Boys like L.E.O was (is?) ...
If you know The Explorer's Club, then you're probably more pop-savvy than I am. I don't seem to know what's new these days, unless I'm hearing about it from you guys, and yet here is a band I actually know something about. However, it's not because I'm in tune with what the kids are listening to these days. Heavens, no! Let me take you back, 17 years or so . . .In the fall of 1991 I was 17,...
Back in May Charleston, South Carolina's The Explorers Club did some serious time traveling with their album Freedom Wind . Some modern bands have that 60s pop influence floating through their tunes, but The Explorers Club have captured that era of sound and reproduced beautifully on this album. Clearly they have a strong obsession with bands like the Beach Boys and The Zombies because you co...
Yes, it's another rare posting. I've been listening to The Explorers Club and wanted to make sure you also knew about this harmonious group. Beach Boys anyone?
Tonight in Baltimore there's a heater going on over at Rams Head Live with the low down sound of The Black Keys. If you're in DC you can catch a taste of Baltimore with E. Joseph & The Phantom Heart over at the Black Cat . He'll be performing with Brookville. In Philly the M Room has Starling Electric, Grammar Debate! and The Moneynotes while up at Messiah College there's the 60s sound of T...