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8raita presents: Ryan Boldt Finland tour in May

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Something pretty amazing is happening in a few months time. Canadian songwriter Ryan Boldt will be touring in Finland in May 2015. Ryan Boldt released a great solo album last fall and he is also the front man of The Deep Dark Woods. His band colleague Clayton Linthicum will play with him on these Finnish dates. A huge thanks to 8raita and Fredrik Johansson for bringing Ryan & Clayton to Finland.

Ryan Boldt Finland Tour:

May 6/2015 – Elmun Baari, Helsinki
May 7/2015 – Telakka, Tampere
May 8/2015 – Bar Kuka, Turku
May 9/2015 – Bar Edgar, Loimaa
May 10/2015 – TBA

I’ll get back to this closer to the tour dates, but here are some samples to get you interested. You can’t go wrong with any of the Ryan Boldt and The Deep Dark Woods releases. My own biggest favourite is The Place I Left Behind which was the album of the year 2011 on this little blog and like I’ve said many times, I still rate it as the best album that has been released during this current decade.

Love Is Pleasin’ from Ryan Boldt’s solo album Broadside Ballads (2014).

18th of December from The Deep Dark Woods album Jubilee (2013)

Sugar Mama from The Deep Dark Woods album The Place I Left Behind.

And a bit of live action as well.

The Deep Dark Woods singing Red, Red Rose (from Jubilee, 2014)

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Ryan Boldt at Bandcamp
The Deep Dark Woods Website
8raita Website

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Heartjet – Under The Spell & Egotrippi – Uusi aamu

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Time to get back to the basics of this website/blog and post a couple of great Finnish pop songs. Heartjet are working hard on their debut full-length and just released a second single from the forthcoming album called Under The Spell / Picture. I’m a long time fan of this power pop duo and really like these new songs as well. Under The Spell is available at Bandcamp.

Heartjet at Facebook

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Egotrippi doesn’t really need an introduction. They are one of the finest pop bands in the country and unlike 99% of the bands covered on this blog, they are also somewhat famous. That’s the only reason why I haven’t written that much about them over these 13 years I’ve been writing this blog. They don’t really need my help and there’s nothing that I can add that hasn’t already been said. Nevertheless, they have new single out there called Uusi aamu and I think it’s absolutely wonderful. Their new album Vuosi nolla drops into our hearts on the 20th of March. Here’s the music video for the lead single Uusi aamu.

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Egotrippi Website

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Ochre Room – The Fowler (video + 7″ single)

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Major news alert! Ochre Room just released a new song called The Fowler and it sure is another awesome addition to their song catalogue. The Fowler comes knocking your door shaped as a 7″ vinyl single with Blue Devil on the b-side. The package comes with a CD that contains these songs + some songs from their albums as a bonus. So purchasing this is a rather good way to get to know the best band in Finland, if you aren’t familiar with Ochre Room at this point. Sami Pöyry directed a gorgeous music video for the new song and you can see that beauty below.

The Fowler from Monadi-Filmi on Vimeo.

And for my German friends. Ochre Room will be touring there in late February / early March.

25.02. Hamburg, Hasenschaukel
26.02. St. Peter-Ording, Café Instinkt
01.03. Wetzlar, Cafe Vinyl
02.03. Dillenburg, Erbse
03.03. Dresden, Societaetstheater
04.03. Berlin, Posh Teckel
05.03. München, Glockenbachwerkstatt
06.03. Wuppertal, Bürgerbahnhof
07.03. Stuttgart, Galao

Ochre Room Website
Lumpeela Julkaisut Website

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Michael Feuerstack (CAN) visits Finland in early February (6-7.2)

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This is definitely a major news event on the One Chord to Another scale. Wonderful Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Feuerstack will be touring in Europe throughout February and the schedule includes two Finnish dates. On the 6th of February, he will play in Tampere at Valoa Festivaali (Artturi) and a day later on the 7th of February, he visits our Flavour of the Month Club in Turku (Pikku-Torre). I’m extremely excited, because I’m a big fan and have spent a lot of time listening to his music during the last year and a half. Yeah, I know. Year and a half isn’t much, because this man has been making great music since mid 90s, but I didn’t join the choir until his 2013 release Tambourine Death Bed. That’s because I was clueless prick before that and hadn’t listened to him while he was performing under that Snailhouse moniker (Tambourine Death Bed was the first one released under his own name). During the last six months I’ve also added a couple of Snailhouse albums (Lies On The Prize and Sentimental Gentleman) to my collection and those are just as fabulous as the newer material.

Michael Feuerstack is currently getting ready to release his new album The Forgettable Truth. The album comes out in February on a great Canadian label Forward Music Group. You’ll find the first outtakes from the forthcoming album below. I also added a few of my own Michael Feuerstack/Snailhouse favourites there. You can hear/buy all of his material at Bandcamp or order a copy to your local record store.

Michael Feuerstack in Finland:

Friday 6.2. Valoa-Festivaali, Artturi, Tampere
Saturday 7.2 Flavour of the Month, Pikku-Torre, Turku

Clackity Clack From the forthcoming album The Forgettable Truth

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The Devil From the forthcoming album The Forgettable Truth

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Friday Night Guard from his 2014 album Singer Songer. The vocalist on this one is one of my all-time favourite musicians, John K Samson (The Weakerthans).

Scorekeeper from his 2013 album Tambourine Death Bed.

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Daydream from Snailhouse’s 2011 classic Sentimental Gentleman. Such a brilliant song.

(Not) Superstitious from his 2008 release Lies on the Prize.

That’s actually as far as I have gone back on the Michael Feuerstack back catalogue. I’m sure there are plenty of great tracks on the earlier Snailhouse albums as well and of course this was just a tip of the iceberg. Just one great song from each of those four gorgeous albums that I own and a couple from the forthcoming album.

That’s all for now. I’ll write another reminder a few days before the shows. Visit the links below to find more information about this great Canadian tunesmith. Before reading that bio on his website, I wasn’t aware that in the 80s Michael also had a band with Rick White who became front man of Eric’s Trip. I know a few of my friends used to love that band, so that might be another interesting fact.

Michael Feuerstack Website
Forward Music Group Website

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