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Before anyone in Finland knew what indie pop is, 22-Pistepirkko had done some of the most imaginative pop ever. After celebrating their 30th anniversary last year, reissuing their early works on vinyl and releasing a record store day single, the trio publishes a new album in early May with the appealing title of Lime Green [...]

Eighteen months ago, producer, guitar player and singer Nick Triani put together a new band with the aim of making some month. In May NT’s White Trash publish their debut album Mourning Becomes Electric, but you can hear the first single after the break. This song is a smooth exception on a album that promises [...]

The debut of Helsinki band 70vierailijaa was a delicious piece of Finnish pop that sweetened the long and dark winter nights. Now Holy Feather publishes an EP of remixes that propose an interesting twist to the band’s songs, with a very danceable approach. The EP includes four new mixes done by three experienced Finnish remixers: Arto [...]

Helsinki band Underdøgs have toured the local scene (and occasionally Tokyo)  for a few years with multi-layered epic songs. They have a little bit of Radiohead and a little bit of Muse as every other band nowadays. But Underdøgs also produced beautiful videos to illustrate their sonic journeys. Click to watch their latest one based on 3D animation.

In the autumn of 2009, we were fans of Them Bird Things debut album to the point of almost being shameless groupies. Less than a year later, the Helsinki band has recorded a new batch of songs by unsung sixties heroes Steve Blodgett (on the photo) and Mike Brassard. The album, Wildlike Wonder, will be [...]