Music Recommendations Week 02/05/05

Early Music Recommendations this week and pop punk is definitely in the air...


Millencolin - Kingwood
The Hives aren't the only cool punk band from Sweden. In fact, I've always thought Millencolin were THE punk rock outfit of the Scandinavians. Whatever, this album is just brilliant. Download my favourite track from the album.
Official Website
Download Track #8: Novo (2.1MB)
The album is out now.


Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Everyone's favourite pop punk band right now. And rightly so, with this amazing major-label debut and follow-up to 2003's Take This To Your Grave, these kids are going to go places. Not that they haven't started that yet. Of All The Gin Joints In All The World is one of my favourite tracks and has a killer line, "your makeup stains my pillowcase, like I'll never be the same". Bites.
Official Website
Download Track #2: Of All The Gin Joints In All The World (2.3MB)
Ben has a download of Track #3: Dance, Dance (which, is also another one of my favourites) over at his blog for a limited time, too.
The album comes out on May 8th.


Weezer - Make Believe
Possibly one of the best rock bands ever. Influential and has one of the most intense following of fans, this album may just give those critics a run for their money as I personally think its going back to the direction of The Blue Album and Pinkerton days. Not quite there yet but a definite step up from the disappointing Green Album and Maladroit. One of my favourite tracks is a more laid-back number but you might like and its here for download.
Official Website
Download Track #11: Freak Me Out (2.4MB)
The album comes out on May 8th.

Featured "past" music recommendation:

Spitalfield - Remember Right Now [2003]
One of the more underrated pop punk bands, Spitalfield, released such a great album, Remember Right Now (originally released mid-2003), that I felt didn't get notice much. The track, Five Days & Counting, is one of the most "hits home for me" pop punk songs: lyrically, structurally and definitely musically / vocally. You can download the track here.
Official Website
Download Track #3: Five Days & Counting (2.2MB)