Idolator
There are only a handful of bands that your Idolators believe to be completely infallible, and the Exploding Hearts are one of them. Even though three of the band members were killed in a 2003 auto crash, their Guitar Romantic album—a power-pop pièce de resistance—attracts new fans every year; in fact, the band's posthumous following is so widespread, it helped spur the release of this month's Shattered, a long-promised odds-and-sods compilation. Two of our favorite Shattered tracks are below, and we implore you to head over to Dirtnap Records and pick up both albums, both of which will become go-to "Everybody's gotta have this" holiday presents for years to come.
The Exploding Hearts - Sniffin' Glue [MP3, link expired] (FU2 cover)
The Exploding Hearts - (Making) Teenage Faces [MP3, link expired]
Dirtnap Records [Official Site]
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great songs and great band. did a posting about them a few months ago.
http://www.thepunkguy.com/?p=407
songs are gone though. I still love you idolator.
Hey. What about a shout-out to Terry Six's new band the Nice Boys?
http://www.birdmanrecords.com/niceboys/index.html
three of them died in a car crash?
Sadly, it's true. Their tour van flipped:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exploding_Hearts
As for the Nice Boys-I love that record. We posted one of their songs on the launch date, so I'm waiting a few more weeks before we go crazy about them again.
This seems like an appropriate time to remember the singer of For Squirrels.
i remember hearing the news on KEXP. so awful.
Listening to this just got me back on one of my old desperate faves: Stiff Little Fingers. They came out of Ireland right when U2 was happening and for some inexplicable reason just faded instead of pounding Bono into pudding. Go figure. For power pop, these guys are as good as it gets.
(Except for Dwight Twilley sometimes and 20/20...I know, last week.)
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