Esa Linna will release his debut EP She’s Not a Human Being in Finland on the 29th of february. As previously mentioned, the title song She’s Not a Human Being features pop wizard Roger Joseph Manning Jr (Jellyfish etc) on backing vocals and keyboards. The full-length album will follow before the end of the year. Preview the EP below (for some weird reason this set …

Nopat — Kadun tuolla puolella (Kleppari, 2012)
I’ve been looking forward to this album for a year or two, because Nopat is a big favourite at this household and I loved those little discs they released back in 2010. Therefore it was quite clear that Nopat has to take the album of the month spot, if the album will be as good as I hoped it …

The major announcement of the day was that Soliti will release the new Cats on Fire album All Blackshirts To Me on 28th of march. A Few Empty Waves is a brilliant new outtake from the upcoming album and it is now available as a free download. I’m so thrilled about the fact that there will soon be a new Cats on Fire album. There …

I feel so damn ashamed that I never wrote anything about the first Ochre Room release, Blue Ribbon EP. That debut EP was already really good, but I still didn’t expect them to be so amazing as they were last friday at Flavour of the Month. I was instantly in love with their sound and I’ve watched the concert half a dozen times afterwards. Ochre …

Tolbiac is a genius. Kaupunki is a new a song by Tolbiac. I fell in love with it about 23 seconds after I started listening to it. Hit play and try to beat my record.
 
And here’s a few months older treasure Elokuussa.
 
I don’t know about you, but I think these are some of the best Finnish songs I’ve heard during the recent months. Tolbiac …

Today was a great day for Finnish pop music, because two marvellous albums came out. I already know that the Nopat album is awesome and I’m 100% sure that the Burning Hearts album is also wonderful (I will buy a copy next time I visit the 8raita record store). Unfortunately I was too busy to write a proper news entry today, so I just give …

February’s Flavour of the Month is around the corner and takes place next friday 3.2.2012. Artists sharing the stage are Ochre Room and Markus Perttula.
Ochre Room is a folk rock / americana group from Tampere. They released a great Blue Ribbon EP last year. This is the title track.
 
Ochre Room Website
Markus Perttula is an excellent singer-songwriter from Turku. Markus is currently working on his …

Blues collective Devil Box released their debut album The Thing at the End on friday 20th of january, 2012. I’m just listening to it for the first time while writing this and I’m really enjoying it. The album was released by Kääntö Records. This is the opener Dial D For Devil.
 
Their record release concert took place at Pikku-Torre on the 20th of january. I …

I’m finally noticing that it’s 2012 already and I better start recommending some new stuff. Soliti released Black Twig’s debut album Paper Trees last week and pretty much every blog has already mentioned that it is excellent. I still want to join the party, because it definitely is an excellent album. The standout tracks are the first outtakes Lake Song and Death Scene, but the …

Another wonderful Flavour of The Month coming up on next thursday, 5th of january. Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace and Koria Kitten Riot share the stage. More information below.

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTHIN LOPPIAISAATON KATTAUS
Vuoden 2012 ensimmäistä Flavour of the Month-klubia vietetään Turun Pikku-Torressa poikkeuksellisesti torstai-iltana 5.1. Loppiaisaaton esiintyjinä ovat Jerry Lindqvist & The Grace sekä Koria Kitten Riot.
Vaasalaislähtöinen Jerry Lindqvist on tarponut Suomessa niin usein …