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After hearing only two songs, I am pretty convinced that Greymouth is going to be one of my favourites bands in 2012. Back in January I chose their first song ever published for the Music Alliance Pact post and now I cannot help posting their second song. The combination of the acoustic folk sounds of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]