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Kevin – A Lonely Place

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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:

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/26910061″]
 
And this is the marvellous old music video Theme From Forever (from the We Come In Peace album that came out back in 2004)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUWCVhM-sY]

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Kevin photo: Risto Vauras

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Flavour of the Month goes Punk: 1981 + Folk-Valto

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Flavour of the Month takes place next friday 4th of november at Pikku-Torre, Turku. Legendary troubadour Folk-Valto and a great punk band 1981 will share the stage. These are songs from the magnificent 1981 EP. Press release in Finnish below will take care of the facts.

FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH GOES PUNK

Indieklubi Flavour Of The Month tunnetaan lähinnä kitarapopin ja folk/country-tunnelmoinnin pää-äänenkannattajana Turun livemusiikkikentällä, mutta aika ajoin klubi tekee hallittuja harharetkiä vaihtoehtomusiikin ja alakulttuurien laajan spektrin eri sektoreille.

Marraskuun Flavourissa seikkaillaan agitoivan ja tummasävyisen punkin maisemissa, kun turkulainen 1981 tekee paluun FOTM-lavalle. Paikallisia, monissa liemissä marinoituja soittajahahmoja sisältävä bändi yhdistelee nimensäkin mukaisesti 80-luvun alun uusi aalto- ja jälkipunkvärinöitä popimpiin sävyihin ja kulmikkaaseen yhteiskunnallisuuteen. Yhtyeen Bandcamp-sivulla kuultavat uudet biisit antavat ymmärtää soinnin hieman keventyneen sitten viime kuuleman, mutta lopullinen livetotuus selviää vasta perjantaina 4.11. Pikku-Torressa.

Illan on luvannut tulla avaamaan legendaarinen Folk-Valto, alias turkulaisen indiepopin jokapaikanhöylä Valtteri Virtanen (mm. Goodnight Monsters, The New Tigers, Hell Cat), joka vielä edellisellä 1981:n FOTM-vierailulla oli yhtyeen jäsen! Tällä kertaa ex-81 lämmittää lauteet vanhoille bändikavereilleen soolosetillään, joka saattaa sisältää lähes mitä tahansa, ehkä jopa tarunhohtoisen, hämmentävästi yhä ajankohtaisen sillanrakennuseepoksen Penny Bridge!

MENOTIEDOT:
Flavour Of The Month esittää
1981
Folk-Valto
+ FOTM DJ team
pe 4.11. 2011 klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
liput 3€

linkit:
http://i98i.bandcamp.com/
http://www.pikkutorre.fi/

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

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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:

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/26053597″]
 
And this is the stunning first single A Clear Silence:

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/25522366″]
 

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The Spoonshiners E.P. released

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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.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/25574468″]
 
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