Flavour Of The Monthissa kiirastorstain “punk-special”
Turkulainen indieklubi Flavour Of The Month pistää 1.4. kiirastorstain ja aprillipäivän kunniaksi hiukan tavallista enemmän punkiksi. Ihan tanakinta hardcorea ei toki ole luvassa, vaan FOTM pysyy leviskässään ja tarjoilee punk-henkistä ja -taustaista musisointia omasta näkökulmastaan.
Illan avaa juuri turkulaisella pikkumerkillä Airiston Punk-levyt seiskatuumaisen vinyyli-EP:n julkaissut Jukka Kiesi, jonka akustinen punk-trubadurismi haisee aidolta ja puhkuu silkkaa asiaa.
Sessioiden ulkomaalaisvieraan osassa kuullaan saksalais-suomalaista Martti …

Drive-By Truckers: The Big To-Do (ATO Records, 2010)
Drive-By Truckers is still a great band. Yeah, it’s true that The Dirty South was a stunning album and Drive-By Truckers probably can’t ever reach the same level of perfectness. A Blessing and A Curse flew under my radar, but I really enjoyed Brighter Than Creation’s Dark even though it was a bit too long and some editing …

The Fox Hunt: Long Way To Go (Skull City Records, 2010)
The way things are going and my music taste evolving, I probably end up moving to some abandonded house on the Appalachian Mountains by the time I’m 60 and spend the rest of my days sitting on my front porch listening to string bands singing beautiful songs about broken hearts while digesting more alcohol than my …

New Teenage Fanclub song Baby Lee available here and/or here.
New album Shadows out and available on 31st of may in Europe/Japan/Australasia and on june 8th in the North America.
..and what about that song. It’s like the best thing ever. Live versions have been available on youtube for a long while, but it’s so wonderful to hear the studio version. May 31st can’t come soon enough.

Otis Gibbs: Joe Hill’s Ashes (Wanamaker Recording Company, 2010)
Otis Gibbs is a folk/country/blues songwriter from Wanamaker, Indiana. And mighty good songwriter I might add. He has released several albums, but this new album Joe Hill’s Ashes was the first one that found it’s way to my record shelf. However, there is a real danger that I may need to do some back catalogue shopping, because …

Jason & The Scorchers: Halcyon Times (Playground, 2010)
Alt. country and cowpunk legends Jason & The Scorchers makes a welcome return to this ball game with a new album called Halcyon Times. This new baby of theirs is definitely into rock’n’roll. Maybe even a little too much for my personal taste, because I think the album contains three or four “not that special” rockers that I …

Have Gun, Will Travel – Postcards From The Friendly City (Self-released, 2009 or 2010)
If you are a bit unsure whether you want to enter as deep to the country territory as I have, I can recommend Postcards From The Friendly City as a good stepping stone where you can sit back and decide whether you are ready for more. It’s not a stepping stone that …

Danny & The Champions Of The World: Streets Of Our Time (Loose Music, 2010)

I’ve been a long time fan of Danny George Wilson. I love most of those Grand Drive albums and I love that solo album, but I was slightly dissapointed with the first Danny and The Champions of the World album. At first, I was really into this second album Streets of Our …

Micah Schnabel: When The Stage Lights Go Dim (Suburban Home Records, 2010)
Micah Schnabel self-released his debut solo album When The Stage Lights Go Dim last year and the people who heard it, fell in love with it. Folks at the Suburban Home Records’ Headquarters were some of the lucky ones who heard it and they wanted to re-release the album. Thankfully Micah Schnabel gave them …

Thank you for everything Alex Chilton. You will always be a Big Star.