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Anni Mattila – Sneakers

3 Feb

During these freezing days of  temperatures below -20 °C, I seek for the warm chick-with-piano music of Anni Mattila. This young singer and songwriter has an academic background, so expect a jazzy mood for piano-driven soulful songs with a pop twist. But overall, expect an extraordinary voice to command the music. Get yourself a warm [...]

SLKJ – The Angel of Death

18 Jan

After releasing an impressive album a couple of years back, Finnish American artist Vuk (aka Emily Cheeger) has a new project with Junnu Alajuuman to create music somewhere between doom and electro pop. They called themselves SLKJ, which is short for Suomi-Leijona ja Kuollut Jänis (something like the Finnish lion and the dead bunny). The [...]

Esa Linna feat Roger Joseph Manning Jr – She’s Not A Human Being

10 Jan

It is far from being a very original tune, but a song with the line “She doesn’t like Jeff Lynne” deserves to be played over band over. Besides the funny lyrics dedicated to a lovely cat, She’s Not A Human Being is fairly happy sing-along power pop song recorded by Esa Linna with the help [...]

Cats On Fire – My Sense of Pride

21 Dec

What an early Xmas treat! Cats On Fire just unveiled a new song and this means that their new album is ready. The follow-up to 2009′s Our Temperance Movement will be out in a few months, but in the meantime let’s enjoy this fantastic first taste. My Sense of Pride maintains the beautiful Cats On [...]

23:23 – Safe

9 Dec

Rami, singer and guitarist of Delay Trees, admits that he’s been making some music late at night. And every day when he looked at the clock, the time was 23:23. Therefore, he’s releasing this music now with the nickname of 23:23. Safe is the first song available and one EP is on the works. Stay [...]