Music Recommendations Week 18/07/2005

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Definitely going to be in my Top 10 albums of 2005. It's what the indie kids are loving right now, especially ones with the 80s nostaglia, it's like Talking Heads, its sort of Bowie and maybe some Spoon. From the Interpol-ish, Details Of The War to the very "dance-able" The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth and the catchy pop-sound of In This Home On Ice to the tambourine-infected Heavy Metal, this is one band to look out for and is all the buzz for the Summer (or fun for our Winter, anyway). They've got a bunch of tracks available on their official website, and below are some of them for download.
Official Website
Download Track #3: Over And Over Again (Lost And Found) (2.9MB)*.
Download Track #5: Details Of The War (3.2MB)*.
Download Track #10: In This Home On Ice (3.6MB)*.
Download Track #12: Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood (4.2MB)*.
*All via their official website.


The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
What is not to love about The Mountain Goats? Catchy folk rock? Of course, but the best thing about this band is John Darnielle's lyrics of wit, honesty and the only nasal vocals I can stand. Also definitely going to be one of my favourite albums of 2005, you can download two of my favourite tracks off the album, the intense Dilaudid and the hit single currently on high radio rotation, Dance Music. The band will be in Adelaide on September 15th at Jive for their Australian Tour 2005: A Vegemite Odyssey so be sure to catch them. Tickets available from either Venuetix or Big Star Records at $33.
Official Website
Download Track #4: Dilaudid (1.6MB).
Download Track #5: Dance Music (1.4MB).

Featured "past" music recommendation:

The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee [2002]
My favourite album from their back catalogue. Sweet folk rock with clever, witty lyrics and the acoustic guitar has never been put to better use. Download my favourite track, No Children.
Official Website
Download Track #7: No Children (2.7MB) via InSound.