New Bookends album Proud Of My Stereo is due out in november. Free mp3-single Shaking Off The Mantra from the upcoming album is available on the New Music Community website right now.
Bookends at New Music Community

Happy times. The greatest band in the world is in Finland. Today in Helsinki and tomorrow here in Turku.

Some news from the past. I was away last week and therefore failed to mention these important releases.

MAGENTA SKYCODE

New Magenta Skycode album Relief came out last week. I’m not the biggest Magenta Skycode fan out there, but this is a great album. I think it’s lighter and more colourful than the debut and that suits me fine. Plus it has cats on the cover..
Magenta Skycode …

Two Cow Garage: Sweet Saint Me (Suburban Home Records, 2010)
If you have followed One Chord to Another lately, you know that I’ve become a huge fan of Micah Schnabel and Two Cow Garage during the year and I have listened to them more than anything else. It all started early in the year when I completely fell in love with Micah’s solo debut When The …

What a beautiful shock. I didn’t have a clue there was a new Le Futur Pompiste album coming up. But there is and it’s out on the ever lovely Shelflife Records on november 16th. However, if you preorder it now, you’ll get an instant download. So what are you waiting for.. and more importantly.. what am I waiting for. You can download the opener Five …

Liisa is an indie pop artist that moved from Finland to England in 2007. Last summer she started working on her debut album with a producer called Ken Stringfellow and you can hear the first snippet of these recordings on her website. This great song is entitled Julian’s World and you can download it for free after subscribing to her newsletter.
Liisa Website

The Posies: Blood/Candy (Rykodisc, 2010)
I love The Posies. They will always hold the #1 position on my imaginary the best bands in the world -list. Sure they have some great challengers like Teenage Fanclub, The Beatles, Big Star, The Zombies, but still… I don’t need a tie-break to choose the winner. It will always be The Posies. After all, I haven’t listened to anything else …

Darren Hanlon: I Will Love You At All (Yep Roc, 2010)
Australian pop singer-songwriter Darren Hanlon should be famous. There aren’t many guys out there that can write moving pop songs about a kickstand and make squash sound like the most beautiful game ever. Darren is one of them. His new album I Will Love You At All is out on Yep Roc and it’s once …

Topi Saha & Hiljainen mies would be a fairly good name for a folk duo, but these are two individual folk acts.
TOPI SAHA

I’ve been waiting for this album since I heard Topi Saha’s song Hämeentie 61 on myspace a couple of years ago. Now Topi Saha’s debut album Verta ja lihaa has been released by Ei-No Records. I have not heard it yet and I’m …

The Duke & The King: Long Live The Duke & The King (Silva Oak / Loose, 2010)
At first, I was really disappointed, but I’m starting to enjoy this more and more. I loved the debut album and gave it full five hearts. The debut was an extremely beautiful folk album that also had a little bit of soul thing goin on. The only problem with …