Watch an excellent video by synth-pop band Streak and the Raven. It is an elegant and intense track, creating a melancholic atmosphere. Speed of Light is included in the band’s debut album Love & War due in late February.
Stockers! is a four-piece indie band set to break through in 2013. Last year the band released a fantastic debut, in which you can find the song below. This is the opening track and starts the album with a bang: bright fast guitars, uplifting rhythms and a final one minute epic coda with the right amount of “wow-oooh” phrasing. A truly catchy tune. By the way, at the end of last year a bunch of journalists and bloggers selected Stockers! as one of the most promising Finnish acts in 2013 as presented by national radio YLEX and music magazine Rumba. So, expect to hear and read much more about them in the coming months.
Noise maker and sound selector XXXXHAWK has done a cool mix to put soundtrack to the no less cool video of Kuudes Aisti festival shot by photographer Jussi Hellsten. The mix includes music by many of the performers at the festival including, Kurt Vile, Tiiu Helinä, Godshifter and KXP, among others. The summer festival season cannot come soon enough.
Happy 2013!New year, new music. Here’s the first edition of the Music Alliance Pact in 2013 and it comes loaded with 35 new songs from all around the world. This month the funky sounds of The Fundamics represent Finland with an groovy instrumental track from their upcoming album.
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Here’s a little German-Finnish collaboration. Tampere based singer Anna Marjamäki features vocals on a new song by German artist/DJ Cass.. The track creates a smooth and calm atmosphere with the use of bells and percussion following a slow melancholic beat. Tagged as warm mountain music.