Kevin – A Lonely Place

Kevin are returning to this ball game and a brand new Kevin album is due out in early 2012. The first outtake from the upcoming album is a free digital single entitled A Lonely Place and it is now out and available. I’m looking forward to the album, because even though I love digging the old treasures from the Shindig! magazine, it will be great to get some new Finnish music with 60’s psych/garage flavours.

This is the new single A Lonely Place:

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And this is the marvellous old music video Theme From Forever (from the We Come In Peace album that came out back in 2004)

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Kevin Website
Kevin at Facebook

Kevin photo: Risto Vauras

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Hi-Lo & In Between: We Are Not The Wind

I’m not sure when was the exact release date of this beauty, because I bought this from Hiljainen Mies at previous Flavour Of The Month. Anyway, I think it is now officially out and available and needs to be praised. We Are Not The Wind is an excellent record full of finest finnish folk rock and americana. It was released by Lumpeela Julkaisut and they’ve added one new song from the record to soundcloud. This one is called The Day When Madness Came:

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And this is the stunning first single A Clear Silence:

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The Spoonshiners E.P. released

Helsinki-based garage/power pop group The Spoonshiners just released their debut E.P as a limited edition cassette. If you aren’t willing or able to buy it, you can listen to the songs on their soundcloud. I especially enjoyed this opening track Three Years that I added below. Reminds me of all kinds of great 90’s american indie bands from Buffalo Tom to Dinosaur Jr.. The second track Echo on the Telephone on the other hand has some great classic power pop elements and wouldn’t feel out of place on those Shake Some Action compilations that I’ve been collecting recently (they gather together late 70’s and early 80’s powerpop, new wave and mod songs. Maybe not totally official compilations.. and if anybody wants to sell volumes 7 and 8 for a reasonable price, send me a note). Anyway, enough with the pointless ramblings. This is Three Years.. check out the other three songs and earlier single on their soundcloud.

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The Spoonshiners at Facebook
The Spoonshiners at Soundcloud

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Video of the Day #74: Samae Koskinen

You won’t get a big return, if you bet that this song will take the song of the year award here at onechord.net. Hän, jolla on kaikki from Samae’s latest solo album has been the biggest favourite to win that award since I heard it for the first time. Now it also has a music video where nothing or everything happens.

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Samae Koskinen Website

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