Rock
Pintandwefall – Doughnuts
To cope with the current heat wave in Finland, Pintandwefall have released on their website a free EP (yes, that’s right, free) with the title of Roy Peter Mike and Ken, Baby. The seven-song collection shows a band stripped down to its basics: some garage riffs, pop melodies and lyrics with a twisted sense of [...]
The roots of Them Bird Things
Finnish-American band Them Bird Things have a new album coming on 3 August which includes a cover of an unreleased song by Jake Holmes (yeah, the singer-songwriter who has recently sued Jimmy Page over Dazed And Confused). If you want to hear more about the album, Jake Holmes and some of the band’s influences, tune [...]
Them Bird Things – Underground
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 [...]
Kim Curly Band – Passerby
Americana, or alt country or roots music or whatever label you want to use for the music done by the likes of Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams, is a quite unexplored genre by the Finnish artists. Or perhaps is that when it comes to singer-songwriter stuff, it makes more sense to go the Finnish folk [...]
The Props – We Need a Revelation
Tampere’s The Props cannot deny that they grew up during the nineties, listening to Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub and The Posies, so in their new album Mt. Karma they turn the guitars to 11 and throw some pop melodies. Even though the influences might be very clear, the album includes a few good songs that [...]
