Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures – Orange Juice

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It’s February and it’s time to start again. The small break is over and the goal is to remain fairly active for the rest of the year and make this 13th year of onechord.net the best one so far. No promises though, because this is just a hobby (even though a very dear one) and I never really know how much time I have for this.

To get this started, I thought I shared a song that makes me really happy. I don’t know how Stanley Brinks and The Wave Pictures did it, but they’ve turned the most depressive words in the verse into a fabulous celebration of life. One of the few things I’m extremely good at is letting some really minor thing that shouldn’t have any relevance towards my happiness bring me down. These things shouldn’t matter at all, because I have you, orange juice and this damn joyous anthem. Stanley Brinks and the Wave Pictures 7″ single Orange Juice came out on Fika Recordings in January 2014 (the b-side is also gorgeous)

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Fika Recordings Website

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Flavour of the Month 10.1.2014: Markus Perttula, Nightbird, Ben’s Diapers (acoustic)

New year, new month and a new Flavour of the Month. This friday 10.1.2014 at Pikku-Torre, Turku. Markus Perttula, Nightbird and acoustic version of Ben’s Diapers will share the stage. See you there.

Markus Perttula – Lankakerä

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Nightbird – In My Dream

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Ben’s Diapers – Warriorette

Flavour of the Month
MARKUS PERTTULA
NIGHTBIRD
BEN’S DIAPERS ACOUSTIC

+ Flavour of the Month DJ team
pe 10.1. 2014, klo 21-03
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
liput: 4€

Flavour of the Monthin vuosi 2014 käynnistyy perjantaina 10.1. Tuolloin päämaja Pikku-Torren lavalle nousevat Ben’s Diapers-yhtyeen kitaristi-laulajakaksikko Jaakko ja Huuki, mielenkiintoinen laulaja-lauluntekijätuttavuus Nightbird sekä turkulainen Markus Perttula yhtyeineen.

Aiemmin FOTMissa sooloartistina esiintynyt Perttula on luvannut tällä kertaa tuoda mukanaan kokonaisen bändin. Yhtyeeltä on lupa odottaa kappaleita aiemmin tänä vuonna ilmestyneeltä Tuhon sydän-albumilta.

Nightbird on yhtä kuin vaasalainen Anna-Stina Jungerstam ja musiikkinsa akustista country/folkia, joka on saanut innoitusta myös vanhasta bluesista. Nightbirdin omien sanojen mukaan ” musiikkia, joka antaa toivoa yökyöpeleille”.

Turkulainen powerpop/americana-ikihonka Ben’s Diapers on määrittelemättömän mittaisella telakkakomennuksella, mutta bändin laulajakaksikko Jaakko Söderström ja Harri ”Huuki” Huuhtanen rikkovat radiohiljaisuuden akustisella duokeikalla illan avaukseksi.

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Bandcamp addiction + Jordan Nichols – Songs For Leaving

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I love Bandcamp and I love browsing it aimlessly. There’s always some exciting new arrivals on the front page and the fan accounts are just wonderful. I love seeing the collections of other fans who have similar taste, because it’s a great way to find both new and old releases that you have missed. Nothing beats an actual record store, but Bandcamp is the next best thing. It just encourages you to buy music. Like some other bloggers (Hi54lofi) have said it makes you even want to buy albums that you already own, because you want to see the record in your fan collection.

I also found folk singer-songwriter Jordan Nichols with the help of Bandcamp. A week or two ago I was again browsing the new releases in the folk category and this beauty was there. I hit that play button and instantly liked it. I added his new release Songs For Leaving to my wishlist and after a week or so, play button wasn’t enough anymore and I had to hit that buy now -button. During the last few days I’ve spent literally hours listening to this excellent album. I think all the songs are rather amazing. My own favourite is probably Never Been One, but this is the opening track Trouble Comes Trouble Goes.

Jordan Nichols at Bandcamp

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Dave Gerard & The Watchmen – Wooden Castles

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It looks like I’m not following British folk music closely enough. I didn’t know anything about Dave Gerard & The Watchmen until I found this magnificent album Wooden Castles at Bandcamp a few weeks ago. I’ve had this on heavy rotation for the past week and I have especially fallen in love with this song called Broken Horses. A modern take on traditional british folk music maybe. Not that I’m really an expert, but the song and the vocals kind of reminds me of Kevin Ayers (not the experimental side, more like the Kevin who wrote beautiful songs for the first three classic solo albums). This one below is Broken Horses. Listen to / buy the whole beautiful thing at bandcamp.

Dave Gerard & The Watchmen Website

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