Volter is a 60′s-influenced pop group/duo from Tampere and they will release their long-waited debut album No Return in the summer. The first single from the upcoming album is entitled Ghost Town and you can listen to this lovely song below.
 
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Gudrid Hansdottir is a Faroe Islands based folk singer-songwriter and she is currently touring with the great Finnish folk group Hi-Lo & In Between. Unfortunately I somehow managed to live under the impression that this tour won’t start until next week. Most likely because the Turku concert at Bar Kuka (which I’m gonna attend myself) takes place next thursday 10.05.2012. Therefore I’m a bit late …

Sorry for the long break. I didn’t plan it, but hockey addiction took its toll. Quite frankly I was more worried about Sami Vatanen’s ankle than this little blog. But JYP won the title for the second time, so it was definitely worth all the excitement and anxiety. Of course there’s still the NHL Playoffs and the Kummola Hockey Games and I probably end up …

Hearts Somewhere by Johannes Laitila came out last week on the 28th of march. Hearts Somewhere is his second album. The debut flew under my radar, but this new one has gotten quite a lot of air time in this household during the past few weeks. It won’t make me shout his name from the rooftops, but I enjoy listening to the album. You can …

Ville Härkönen is currently exploring the Ethiopian pop music scene, but thankfully that hasn’t stopped him from writing new music and forming new bands. Piilomaa = Ville Härkönen, Ensio Kinnunen, Heikki Marttila, Pekka Kupiainen and Petri Varis and they’ve put together a promo EP, which you can hear below. My own favourite is Vaativaa seuraa. It’s been stuck in my head since I first heard …

Monday was a great day for fans of power pop, because Lojinx released David Myhr’s solo debut Soundshine. The expectations were sky high, because David Myhr used to play in The Merrymakers, which is one of my all-time favourite power pop groups. Thankfully Soundshine fills those almost unrealistic expectations extremely well. This really is pure pop perfection and it’s no wonder that the album has …

Big news! The new Cats on Fire album All Blackshirts To Me hit the record stores today. The regular readers all know that I love this band unconditionally. The finest indie pop band in the world in my books and All Blackshirts To Me is once again a wonderful record. The album was released in Finland by Soliti. The great indie pop label Matinee recordings …

Do you want to buy a beautiful vinyl copy of Finnish indie classic Ystävät, toverit by Wojciech? If the answers is Yes or hell Yes, join this facebook group. If 150 people commits on buying the vinyl by joining the group, the label Plastic Passion (who also released the out-of-print CD back in 2004) will make it available on vinyl as soon as possible. This …

This new single Listen Up (If the World Is Going to Hell) was my first introduction to Seattle-based Red Jacket Mine. They’ve released two full-lenghts in the past (Lovers Lookout from 2009 was actually produced by one of my biggest heroes, Ken Stringfellow), so I’m joining the party rather late. However, I think I need to preview the earlier material as well, because I’m really …

Esa Linna recently released She’s Not a Human Being EP and now he made video for the song Piece of Me. There’s also a bit of great news concerning this release. The great Kool Kat Musik mail order will be distributing this in the states and they also have an exclusive bonus disc that contains 11 demos. Should be available sometime soon if not already. …