Music Recommendations Week 09/05/05

Circa Survive - Juturna
This amazing debut album from five-piece outfit, Circa Survive, is already one of my favourites of this year. Definitely for fans of Mars Volta (previously music recommended) and the Rx-Bandits' side-project, The Sound of Animals Fighting (which, lead vocalist of Circa Survive, Anthony Green, is also part of, also previously music recommended); this album is amazing progressive-rock and Anthony's vocals has a reminiscence of Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler Zavala. I got demos off this record sometime last year and even then, had huge expectations for this release and they were definitely met. My favourite track is The Great Golden Baby, which is here for download and Act Appalled is such a brilliant track, too.
Official Website
Download Track #2: Act Appalled (4.6MB)*
Download Track #6: The Great Golden Baby (5.8MB)*
*Both via Equal Vision Records.

Featured "past" music recommendations:

Architecture In Helsinki - Fingers Crossed [2003]
Melbourne's Architecture in Helsinki are one of my favourite local bands and definitely am a huge fan of their live gigs (saw them recently and reviewed here). In Case We Die was released a few weeks ago and is definitely one of my favourites of this year but their previous release is this amazing debut, Fingers Crossed. Less "dance-able" than the recent release and more chilled / laid-back but all in all, still such a brilliant album. Australian bands aren't just the bogun rock of Jet and Grinspoon, as you'll find absolute gems like this release from one of the more underrated local bands. Download my favourite track, The Owls Go, which is the "cheek-popping" crowd favourite and features one of my favourite lines, "Attic In The Basement...".
Official Website
Download Track #7: The Owls Go (3.2MB)


Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjun [1999]
I re-watched The Life Aquatic with Steven Zissou the other day and remembered that one of Sigur Rós' tracks was played during the "Jaguar Shark" scene. It was beautifully arranged with the film and made me listen to my old album of theirs again. Definitely one of those albums you SHOULD have if you like bands like Radiohead, Mew and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Download the actual track they used during the film (and its my favourite track off the album, too).
Official Website
Download Track #3: Staralfur (6.2MB) via Epitonic.

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mp3s from last week's Music Recommendations have been taken off except for 2 mp3s, which I still love and you should check out / download:
Fall Out Boy - Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
Spitalfield - Five Days & Counting

Only for another few days!

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BIG THANKS to VanMega for linking / featuring Fled.The.Scene. in their most recent post. :D I am a huge fan of that blog / website so its all overwhelming. THANK YOU!